Thursday, October 22, 2015

CFB - W7 Rewind, W8 Preview - Wait, what?! Did that just happen?!

I mean, there was quite a bit of excitement this weekend.  But if you only saw one thing all weekend (year?), I hope it was the end of the Michigan game.  Here are your Week 7 highlights:

  • Is Stanford the hottest team in the country, dismantling UCLA.  That McCaffrey dude is reaaaal good.
  • Auburn holds off an scrappy Kentucky team.  Is it possible that the Tigers (pre-season sleeper national title contenders) will finish last in the SEC West?
  • Ohio St may have finally found, or should I say decided on, their quarterback.
  • Will Baylor face a defense that will hold them to under 50 points this year?
  • Explain to me again why I stayed up to watch Utah vs. AZST?
  • Clemson looks really good, and only have FSU (at home) as any real contender.  Still, there's a clemsoning out there somewhere...
  • Alabama seems to be finding its way, which is shaping up to be another SEC West showdown between Alabama and LSU.
  • I told you so.  Apparently Ole Miss thought all they needed to do was beat Alabama and the road would be paved in gold.
  • USC put up an impressive fight, but those Fighting Irish were just too good.
  • Seriously though, exactly how are you going to talk to your kids about an undefeated Iowa?
  • Lastly, a few more quick game notes.  Pitt beat a GT team that seems to have lost their way.  Miami bounces back and beats VT.  Rutgers got their first Big Ten win against Indiana. Only 15 points were scored in the Mizzou v. Georgia game.  And lastly, Oregon WON.

However, finally, and commanding a paragraph unto itself...the Michigan vs. Michigan St. game.  If you're living under a rock and you've somehow failed to see the end of this game, go ahead, take a moment, and watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kD_8QZM9k

Michigan St. literally had a 0.2% chance to win with 10 seconds left to play and Michigan punting in that moment.  Have you seen a worse way to lose?  This face pretty much explains it all...

So with Week 7 complete, which is sure to be an incredibly, nay, impossible week to top this year.  I bring you possibly the weakest slate of games yet.  Here are the Week 8 previews:

  • #3 Utah plays USC.   Yes, that's nationally number three ranked Utah playing an unranked USC. 
  • TAMU travels to Ole Miss.  Will the Rebels right the ship.  Will Kyle Allen throw more TDs to Ole Miss players or TAMU players?
  • Tennessee travels to Alabama which is sure to turn out well for those Vols fans.
  • Clemson travels to Miami, could this be a possible clemsoning???  Nahhhh, it's Miami.
  • Washington, who is sneaky good, travels to Stanford, who is not so sneaky really good.

Yup, that's about it.  Pretty light Week 8.

Vandy and Florida update

  • Mr. Derek Mason, I have just one question for you.  At what point do you ask yourself, maybe we should try a different QB?  Is 3 INTs and a fumble not enough?  This week Mizzou travels to Vandy for Homecoming weekend.  The over/under (points scored) on this game is 34.  And honestly, I'd take the under.
  • LSU looked really good in the first half, but if it weren't for another mad-hatter fake field goal, this game could have easily gone to OT.  Hey, at least we (Gators) didn't get blown out.  So there's that.  This week Florida is on a bye.

Top 4 surprising things that have a better chance of occurring than Mich St. had to win that game:

  • Having twins
  • Being born with extra fingers or toes
  • Dating a millionaire
  • Getting audited by the IRS

If there was ever a weekend to accumulate some brownie points, this is the weekend.  Your DDD for this week: 6:00p CST

Maybe not as exciting as the last two weeks, but should be another fun weekend of college football.  Enjoy Week 8!

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