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- I thought Alabama's offensive line looked less stellar than what we've grown accustomed to. They struggled at times to move the ball against Virginia Tech. Texas A&M's was missing a few starters for disciplinary reasons, but their defensive front looked vulnerable at times as well against Rice. That's gonna be an interesting matchup to watch this upcoming week. Just a guess here, but I suspect Sumlin lifts the suspensions prior to kickoff.
- From what I saw, Clemson and Georgia was a fun game. Don't think Georgia can be written off by any means, there is still plenty of time to get back in the national picture. They can start quickly, with South Carolina and LSU in the next 4 weeks. They have a bit of a breather sandwiched in between with a bye week and North Texas at home, so if they can get past the Gamecocks they should be able to regroup. I think Clemson is for real, but your mileage may vary. As for ranked opponents, the'res only Florida State at home on October 19 and the season-ending trip down the road to Columbia left on their schedule. But as always, the "Dabo gonna Dabo" and "Clemson gonna Clemson" possibilities exist for the other conference games.
- Washington State was able to pass protect against Auburn much better than I expected. I didn't get to see much of the 4th quarter so I don't know what made the difference for Auburn, but in the first half Halliday had plenty of time and space to operate.
- Florida still can't pass very well, but they still have enough SSN's up front to suffocate teams to death. Muschamp has built a different type of powerhouse than the great Florida teams we saw during the Urban era or the Fun-n-Gun days. Today's Florida is predicated on brute strength instead of offensive dynamism.
- Ohio State did not look like one of the best teams in the country. They looked downright average at times vs. Buffalo, and were sloppy throughout. Buckeyes committed nine penalties and turned it over twice.
- A bit surprised at how thoroughly Oklahoma State's defense dominated Mississippi State. Held Ladarious Perkins to 50 yards on 16 carries, and State was 2-16 on 3rd downs. The Cowboys kind of needed the defense with their offense starting uncharacteristically slow. 21-3 doesn't' seem like your typical Okie State game, nor does 17-33 passing for 146 yards. After two series, sophomore JW Walsh replaced senior Clint Chelf at quarterback and ended up rushing for 125 yards so he's probably the guy going forward.
- Score that jumps out, even though I didn't get to watch: Washington 38, Boise State 6 … What the hell happened there?
- Another one that jumps out, Nebraska 37, Wyoming 34. Um … if you're Nebraska you are supposed to beat Wyoming by more than that. Huskers were up 31-14 and 37-21 but just couldn't put the game away. The good news is that they rushed for 375 yards on 63 carries, the bad news is the defense surrendered 602 total yards.
- From what I saw, Clemson and Georgia was a fun game. Don't think Georgia can be written off by any means, there is still plenty of time to get back in the national picture. They can start quickly, with South Carolina and LSU in the next 4 weeks. They have a bit of a breather sandwiched in between with a bye week and North Texas at home, so if they can get past the Gamecocks they should be able to regroup. I think Clemson is for real, but your mileage may vary. As for ranked opponents, the'res only Florida State at home on October 19 and the season-ending trip down the road to Columbia left on their schedule. But as always, the "Dabo gonna Dabo" and "Clemson gonna Clemson" possibilities exist for the other conference games.
- Washington State was able to pass protect against Auburn much better than I expected. I didn't get to see much of the 4th quarter so I don't know what made the difference for Auburn, but in the first half Halliday had plenty of time and space to operate.
- Florida still can't pass very well, but they still have enough SSN's up front to suffocate teams to death. Muschamp has built a different type of powerhouse than the great Florida teams we saw during the Urban era or the Fun-n-Gun days. Today's Florida is predicated on brute strength instead of offensive dynamism.
- Ohio State did not look like one of the best teams in the country. They looked downright average at times vs. Buffalo, and were sloppy throughout. Buckeyes committed nine penalties and turned it over twice.
- A bit surprised at how thoroughly Oklahoma State's defense dominated Mississippi State. Held Ladarious Perkins to 50 yards on 16 carries, and State was 2-16 on 3rd downs. The Cowboys kind of needed the defense with their offense starting uncharacteristically slow. 21-3 doesn't' seem like your typical Okie State game, nor does 17-33 passing for 146 yards. After two series, sophomore JW Walsh replaced senior Clint Chelf at quarterback and ended up rushing for 125 yards so he's probably the guy going forward.
- Score that jumps out, even though I didn't get to watch: Washington 38, Boise State 6 … What the hell happened there?
- Another one that jumps out, Nebraska 37, Wyoming 34. Um … if you're Nebraska you are supposed to beat Wyoming by more than that. Huskers were up 31-14 and 37-21 but just couldn't put the game away. The good news is that they rushed for 375 yards on 63 carries, the bad news is the defense surrendered 602 total yards.
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