Week 7 Commentary for 2007
SHAZAM! Mike Tyson got KO'd by Buster D....OK, wrong sport...
Well, well, well. Another week of top 10 teams going down. Mighty USC went down to a gutty Stanford club in the Coliseum, Wisconsin predictably lost to an upstart Illini team, and Florida came out on the short end of the stick in Baton Rouge. South Florida struggled against FAU, while Ohio State and BC dominated Purdue and BG respectively. The Stanford Cardinal's performance in LA is the stuff of legend, beating everybody's unbeatable team, in their house, on two amazing 4th down conversions. Simply put, what college football is all about.
Oklahoma won the Red River Shootout last weekend, catapulting them up to #6 (and consequently dropping the Longhorns to #23), while Mizzou blasted the Cornhuskers to jump up to #11. Mizzou is undefeated, and a bit of a surprise, while the Sooners were expected to be undefeated (granted the win in Dallas), and are a bit of a surprise the other way. The loss in Boulder was painful for the Sooner nation, but the team bounced back against Texas and now faces a Mizzou team that put on an even bigger show against the depleted Husker D than did USC a few weeks ago. Will the Tigers move on to 6-0, or will the Sooner Schooner triumph in Norman?
Purdue lost some legitimacy when they got trounced at home by the Ohio State University last week. Michigan lost a lot of legitimacy when they lost at home to Appalachian State (a point of fact that has been beaten into the Big Blue fan base for weeks now). Will Big Blue reclaim the big house, or will the Boilermakers step up?
LSU travels to Lexington to take on a surprisingly tough Wildcat team. The Tigers have looked positively unbeatable this year, and manhandled the same Gamecocks that thrashed UK last week. Andre Woodson has shown himself to be a legitimate candidate for the Heisman trophy (among other things). Glenn Dorsey (LSU DT) has been spoken of as a potential candidate for the *gulp* Heisman trophy. Dorsey is as dominant as any D-Lineman I've seen in years. I doubt anybody will give him serious Heisman consideration down the stretch, but that doesn't mean he's not legitimate. It just means the Heisman is an overinflated award that doesn't go to the BEST player in College football. Will Woodson establish his claim to the Heisman in a game for the ages, or will Dorsey make another big statement on the national stage?
Colorado beat Oklahoma. Yes, they lost big on the road to ASU, and yes, they lost close to a tough FSU D, but they did more to reestablish the Big XII North than any other team in the Big XII. Except, that is, for the team they play this week: K-State. K-State has beaten Texas two years straight. These two teams combined to beat the two perennial National title contenders of the Big XII South. Cody Hawkins has shown how well a freshman can play in his father's offense. Big Josh Freeman and Ron Prince have reinvigorated what was once the best team in the Big XII North. K-State stumbled against Kansas last week, while Colorado buried Baylor. Will the Buffs step up, or will purple power prevail?
Georgia Tech's visit to Miami looked promising before the start of the season. Now that Miami has lost twice and the Yellow Jackets thrice, it doesn't look as promising. At the same time, Miami lost to Oklahoma in Norman (by a lot), and lost last week to former Miami head coach Butch Davis and North Carolina. Time will tell, but Randy Shannon was a player and assistant under Davis and may take some time to adjust to playing his former mentor. Georgia Tech, on the other hand, has lost two games by a total of 7 points, and got beat at home by Boston College, the current #4 team in the country. Big wins at Notre Dame and against Clemson have been overshadowed by a muffed punt that led to a TD and a missed field goal last week against the Terps of Maryland. Will the Canes get back into the ACC hunt, or will the Yellowjackets climb above .500?
Stay tuned, sports fans. These questions and more will find their answers this weekend. |
