Oregon Defense stiffens, A new Dennis Dixon is born.

Last night Oregon squared off against Oklahoma State in the Holiday Bowl. With Oklahoma State the heavy favorite because of their high powered offense coming out of the Big-12, Oregon's best hope was to carry their momentum from their last game, winning 65-38 over rival Oregon State, to spur them on to a win against the Cowboys. Last night was a very slow start for the Ducks, only producing one offensive play, which was a Jeremiah Johnson 76 yard run for a Touch Down. The Cowboys however, produced many by scoring 17 points, and the Ducks were VERY lucky that they didn't score twice as much in the first quarter. The Second quarter looked to be very high powered and exciting, hopefully with a more even play by teams. But at the half, the score was the same, 17-7 Oklahoma State. Oregon hadn't been moving the ball all day, so I could see how Oregon didn't score. But with Oregon's defense stiffening up and holding the high-flying Oklahoma State offense to no points, It was a whole different ball game. If Oklahoma State couldn't score, then Oregon was bound to find a way with all their offensive talent.

At the start of the third quarter, Oregon started out by returning the opening kick-off 95 yards, all the way to the 1 yard line. Then quarterback Jeremiah Masoli ran in a 1 yard touchdown to cut the lead to only 3 points. Then on the next drive, Jeremiah Masoli ran for ANOTHER touchdown, this time with POWER. He didn't make a cut, or spin away from a defender. Actually, he could have ran the touchdown without even having contact with the defense, but he aimed right at it and ran right over the Oklahoma State defense. Next, Oregon's defense finally let up the first score since the first quarter. With Oklahoma State RB Kendall Hunter running 4 yards to take the lead by 3. But Oregon answered right back with a 17 yard touchdown by QB Jeremiah Masoli. With that one being his third, Oklahoma State was looking to keep on answering back as the third quarter came to a close. They did. QB Zac Robinson ran it in from 1 yard out to take the lead 31-28. But after that score, Oregon took over. Masoli threw a jump ball to the corner of the end-zone, which was caught by Jaison Williams, putting Oregon up by 35-31. Then with Oregon's defense holding Oregon State to a punt, they marched right down the field and capped it off with a very motivated 29 yard touchdown run by LeGarrette Blount. Now with Oregon's lead stretched to 11 points, their was no looking back. Oregon came out of this one with the W, 42-31. During this game, a new Oregon football era was born. With both RB LeGarrette Blount ,and QB Jeremiah Masoli coming back next year. Oregon's offense looks set. Look out Pac-10 defenses, USC, their may be some competition arising.

Notre DANG!!!

Last night, Notre Dame entered yet another bowl game while having not won any sin 9 years. Except this time, it was in Hawaii, v.s. Hawaii. Playing for their season, which hasn't been very impressive, Notre Dame came out to end their bowl game losing streak. This time, it was different. Notre Dame's QB Jimmy Clausen threw for 401 passing yards along with 5 touchdowns, both in which were Notre Dame bowl game records. Pretty impressive since he's playing for a school who's had many great quarterbacks including Joe Montana, Joe Theismann, and Brady Quinn. Notre Dame ultimately won 49-21, bringing hope to Irish fans.
My question to you is, where was this in the regular season? I heard the announcers RAVING about how good their young players are, and how many great plays that they're making for them. Ummmmmmmm.......... NEWS FLASH!!!!! When your 6-6, you don't have much to RAVE about. I mean it's understandable to enjoy the performance, and talk about their recruiting class and how good it's going to be. But if your team just had a lukewarm season at 6-6, and all of a sudden they blow out a WAC team, you can't go crazy! Just settle down and look at next years recruiting class, and next years schedule. Cause while you may have some great young talent, your ALWAYS losing some. And just one crack in an offensive scheme, could self destruct your entire game plan.

Les Miles bringing LSU a Bright future

Did you know that 48% of LSU's football team is made up of freshman? You probably didn't. You probably just thought that LSU was having what Michigan and Notre Dame fans would say, a "rebuilding year". Well actually, LSU lost almost half of their starters, including starting QB matt flynn, battering ram Jacob Hester, and DT Glenn Dorsey. This year, they started a couple of freshman, but left it up to most of their more experienced players to do the work. Something they unfortunately couldn't do at the QB position. All 3 of LSU's QB's are freshman, and are bound to make mistakes. But if you look at all of the players returning, and all of the players coming in, they're looking pretty good. They already have Top dual threat QB in the nation, Russell Shepard, committing early to LSU. Along with already committed prospects RB micheal Ford, DT Josh Downs, OT Stavion Lowe, DT Chris Davenport, CB Janzen Jackson, DT Joshua Downs, Athlete Drayton Calhoun, OLB Kevin Minter, RB Dexter Pratt, all of which are in the Top 150. They also have #6 recruit in the nation WR Rueban Randle, #2 recruit in the nation Dre Kirkpatrick, #9 recruit in the nation Saftey Craig Loston, #17 prospect in the nation WR Marlon Brown, and #18 in the nation RayRay Armstrong all on their board. And that's just the top 20. LSU not only has many great freshman, but a HUGE recruiting class. I'm guessing that they're going to have the best recruiting class in the nation. LSU fans are giong to be in for a ride next year. GEUAX TIGERS!
If you want more proof, go to http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/tracker/espnu150?&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncf%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fespnu150

Perfect Season v.s. Perfect Playing. Who wins the Sugar Bowl?

The Sugar Bowl, a BCS bowl, this year featuring a very intriguing match-up that may be predicted in any way that you want. Have you ever heard that opposites attract? Well they did in this years Sugar Bowl when Coach of the year Nick Saban leads rock-solid SEC power house Alabama to face Undefeated #7 BCS buster Utah. Both these teams are very very VERY different if you ask me. Alabama has that slow but steady approach with huge players on both sides of the ball that will run you over and hit you hard. But Utah comes from the Mountain West conference, a small conference that doesn't hold much of a challenge, but has tremendous QB play by their QB Brian Johnson throwing for 2,636 yards. With Alabama's solid play all around, and Utah's exciting big play capability, it's bound to be an unpredictable game. It'll come down to simply one thing; who comes to play. Here is a table of stats comparing the two teams.

Here's how Alabama's offense matches up to Utah's defense. Matchup Utes Defense Crimson Tide Offense Points/Game 17.3 (19) 31.2 (57) Rush Yards/Game 104.8 (33) 196.5 (42) Pass Yards/Game 191.1 (95) 170.7 (183) Total Yards/Game 295.9 (33) 367.2 (104) Third Down Pct. 30.3% (17) 42.4% (73) Fourth Down Pct. 40.0% (70) 80.0% (101) Sacks 23 (111) 17 (64) Sack Yards -144 (129) -125 (87) Rushing TDs 10 (27) 32 (20) Passing TDs 14 (74) 10 (203) Carries/Game 382 (44) 535 (27) Yards/Carry 3.3 (45) 4.8 (44) Completion Pct. 54.6% (128) 58.2% (111) Yards/Pass Attempt 6.1 (48) 7.3 (85) Pass Rating 108.7 (38) 125.8 (119) Avg. NCAA Football Ranking 41.4 60 Here's how Utah's offense matches up to Alabama's Defense Matchup Utes Offense Crimson Tide Defense Points/Game 37.4 (20) 13.0 (8) Rush Yards/Game 168.4 (79) 78.8 (8) Pass Yards/Game 236.8 (76) 178.1 (53) Total Yards/Game 405.3 (50) 256.9 (9) Third Down Pct. 45.5% (40) 27.0% (4) Fourth Down Pct. 66.7% (23) 50.0% (243) Sacks 21 (102) 24 (101) Sack Yards -171 (154) -179 (76) Rushing TDs 23 (69) 4 (2) Passing TDs 26 (33) 15 (87) Carries/Game 475 (66) 367 (26) Yards/Carry 4.3 (93) 2.8 (16) Completion Pct. 67.6% (50) 51.4% (17) Yards/Pass Attempt 7.6 (58) 5.4 (9) Pass Rating 149.7 (29) 101.6 (23) Avg. NCAA Football Ranking 42.8 31 My prediction is that Alabama will seek revenge from the SEC championship game loss, and come out victorious winning 34-24.

The Chick-fil-A Bowl Prediction

This year in The Chick-fil-A Bowl are two teams that finished going in different directions. With LSU losing its last 3 out of 4 games, and Georgia Tech doing the opposite by winning its last 3 out 4 games. This game, in many ways, is set up to be a great game. Although LSU is coming in with 2 more losses than Georgia Tech, they still play in a lot tougher conference. But, Georgia Tech has the nearly unstoppable running game. I think that this game doesn't mean any more than getting prepared for next year for either side. LSU has only freshman QB's on their roster and are gonna try to play it conservative as far as the passing game goes. But Georgia Tech is going to take advantage of all their talent that will be leaving them next year. Georgia Tech is playing for the seniors, and LSU is playing for the future.
The game will be taking place at the Georgia Dome, giving Georgia Tech an obvious home field advantage. But LSU fans don't miss out on a chance to go to a game, so don't be surprised to see an even number of fans for both teams. Here are my keys to the game for both teams.

Georgia Tech:

1. Run the ball successfully- Georgia Tech has ran the ball with a sense of power and urgency for the last couple of weeks, and they're going to have to rely on the running game if they want to win. If they don't run the ball well, then they're not going to be looking good offensively.
2. Play physical up front- In order for them to stop LSU's running back Charles Scott, they need to play mean up front. Smash Mouth Football. If they don't do that, then they'll find LSU running the ball up the middle all day without hesitation. This is very essential for their defense.
3. Take care of the ball- With Georgia Techs great running ability, they should be able to produce long drives for scores. But that can't happen unless they hold on the football and avoid stupid throws. As long as they hold on to the ball producing steady drives, it will make winning almost certain.

LSU:

1. Stack the box- With the great running game that Georgia Tech has, LSU needs to stack the box with big, strong, fast lineman. If they can hold Georgia Tech to an unsuccessful running game, then it will force them to pass, which Georgia Tech is not good at, which will create opportunities for LSU on defense.
2. Play well in the Trenches- LSU's offensive and defensive line has really helped LSU win this year, and without it, they wouldn't be in this game. They really need to fight in the trenches to open up holes for RB Charles Scott, and stuff Georgia Techs offensive line from getting to the linebackers. If they do that, then they will surely win on New Years Eve.
3. Win the Turnover margin- LSU's passing game hasn't been very successful under the spotlight this season. As a young QB, Jarrett Lee has thrown 16 interceptions and hasn't helped LSU's turnover ratio very much. Les Miles can not call plays to where Jarrett Lee has to force a throw that isn't their, otherwise more interceptions will come. They can't drop easy interceptions on defesne, and they can't make stupid throws on offense if they want to win the turnover margin. If they do this, then they will be hard to beat on New Years Eve.

My prediction is that LSU will finally play that all around great game that they've been waiting for winning 31-24 by ending Georgia Techs last second drive on an interception.

College Football Award Winners

Here are a list of awards that were given out last night to honor College Football's best players. I hope you Enjoy.

Maxwell Award- Player of the Year- Tim Tebow- I think that Tim Tebow is one of the best college football players to ever play the game. Not just as a QB, but as a competitor, and a person. Tim Tebow speaks at foster homes, prisons, and other countries spreading the word of Jesus Christ. He's the best all around player that I've EVER seen.
Walter Camp Award-Player of the Year- Colt McCoy- This nomination does not surprise me. If your looking at the award of "Player of the Year" I think that he is the best overall QB in college football. I look forward to watching his career progress in the NFL.
Dick Butkus Award- Best Linebacker Award- Aaron Currey- Aaron made a very strong presents on Wake Forest's Defense this year and helped his defense to a solid year. He also holds the record for the most interception return yards at Wake Forest, and holds the record for most interceptions returned for a Touch Down by a Line Backer with 3.

Outland Trophy- Outstanding Interior Lineman- Andre Smith- This pick was just one of the options for this award of many. He is a GREAT left tackle and is one of the best blockers in the nation, leading Alabama's ball control, steady offense to a 11-1 record.
Chuck Bednarik Award- Defensive Player of the Year- Ray Maualuga- This pick was probably the right one. Although the heavy favorite at the beginning of the year to win this award was James Laurinaitis, but Ray Maualuga came to play and ran away with this award. Although their are questions about the strength of the offenses USC faced this year, he is the clear cut winner.
Davey O'Brien Award- Sam Bradford- This award was a debate in my mind really....... Well only for a second. This year in college football featured many phenomenal Quarterbacks and their was more than one that stood out. I still think that Colt McCoy is the best QB in the nation, but I feel that it's only fair for Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford to win this award. He has a perfect arm, and leads the nation in scoring. I look forward to watching him in the BCS National Championship Game.
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award- Outstanding Sr. QB- Graham Harrell- This pick doesn't really surprise me. Graham Harrell has an awesome arm and can squeeze the ball into tight spaces. He'll be a success in the NFL in the future.
Doak Walker Award- National Running back Award- Shaun Green- This award looked like it was going to be close in the beginning of the year with numerous backs around the country rushing for more than 100 yards every game. But as the season went on, one back emerged, and that was Shaun Green. Picking up 100+ yards rushing in each of his games this year, he is the clear selection for this award.
Fred Biletnikoff Award- Outstanding Wide Receiver- Micheal Crabtree- This award is a no-brainer really. Micheal Crabtree leads the nation in nearly every receiving category and comes up with big plays when needed including the last play miracle against Texas.
Jim Thorpe Award- Outstanding Defensive Back- Malcom Jenkings-This ffaward honors the best athlete in the history of the United States, Jim Thorpe. This year Malcom Jenkins won the award very controversially. I say that Eric Berry, Safety out of The University of Tennessee should have won the award, he had more interceptions, deflected passes and nearly as many tackles. But I congratulate the Senior.
John Mackey Award-Outstanding Tight End- Chase Coffman- Chase Coffman provided a huge target to Missouri QB Chase Daniel and helped out his team when they needed it the most. He definitely has the size at 6 foot 6 inches, 245 pounds, to be successful in the NFL. Chases receiving ability makes him the definite winner of this award.
Lou Groza Award- Collegiate Place kicker Award- Graham Gano- Graham had a magnificent season this year by kicking a field goal, not an extra point, a field goal, in every game he played this year. He also split 4 field goals through the uprights in his teams win v.s. NC state. He's been very consistent and obviously deserves this award.
Bronko Nagurski Award- Defensive Player of the Year-Brian Orakpo- This was probably the best selection for this award. Orakpo led this Texas defense to huge stops in very close games all year. He'll be leading Texas against Utah in the Tostito's Fiesta Bowl.

Ray Guy Award- Outstanding Punter- Matt Fodge- I don't know much about punters, but I just looked up his stats and they were outstanding! He punted no more than 40 times all year and STILL had a phenomenal season. My congrats go out to Matt.
Ted Hendricks Award- Defensive End of the Year Award Brian Orakpo- Well this award makes 2 and he definitely deserves it. I explained why in the Bronko Nagurski Award reasoning, and I'll say it again. He led Texas's defense to the Tostito's Fiesta Bowl by anchoring down that Texas Defensive Line. He deserves this award in addition to the Bronko Nagurski award.
Vince Lombardi/Rotary- Award Outstanding Lineman- Brian Orakpo- Well Brian Orakpo had quite a night, receiving 3 awards in the ceremony. Including the Bronko Nagurski award, the Ted Hendricks Award, and now the Vince Lombardi Award. He's quite the player and their's not much more to say about him. Congratulations Brian, on your accomplishments.

Rimington Trophy- Outstanding Center - A. Q. Shipley- Shipley led Penn State's offensive line to a near perfect season with only one stumble to arch rival Iowa. Giving snaps to junior Daryll Clark and blocking consistently throughout the season helped his team accomplish great things. He is definitely the right man for this award.

The Orange Bowl, A dissapointment?

All 4 of the BCS bowls were announced on last Sunday along with all the others, and their were many disappointments. Texas not getting to the title game, Texas Tech being left out of the BCS along with Boise State. But the biggest disappointment to me, is that 2 teams made it to the Orange bowl with 3 and 4 loss records in easy conferences. I'm talking about Virginia Tech and Cincinnati.
Virginia Tech finishing with a 8-4 record in the ACC, and Cincinnati having a 9-3 record in the Big East. Both easy conferences and both with non BCS worthy records. I would have rather seen Texas Tech and Boise State go at it rather than Cincinnati and Virginia Tech. Texas Tech v.s. Boise State would be GREAT. Texas Tech losing to Oklahoma big time in the 10th week of the season, and struggling to get the easy wins since despite the phenomenal talent they have on offense. And Boise State going undefeated and had beaten Oklahoma 2 years ago in the Fiesta Bowl. This would be a great match-up and would not just sell more, but also get more media and T.V. viewers. I think that the BCS followed its rules by taking the champions of the ACC and the Big East, but it's a horrible match-up. I don't think that this game proves anything, and I'm looking forward to the Texas Tech v.s. Ole Miss in their bowl game rather than the Orange Bowl. Keep on checking out my predictions for all the bowl games, including the BCS national championship game.

What about Texas Tech?

The BCS bowls were announced Sunday night, and everybody knows that the championship match-up is Florida- Oklahoma. But what some people don't notice is the fact that 11-1 Texas Tech, the only team to beat the "Championship Worthy" Texas Longhorns, did not get an "At Large" bid to the BCS. Instead, Ohio State did. A team in a weaker conference than Texas Tech and a worse record than Texas Tech, but still got the bid. This is almost an outrage really. If I were a Texas Tech fan, then I would be raving about it, but since i'm not, I just don't think it's fair. Texas Techs only loss was to Oklahoma, now in the National Championship. I don't just think it's unfair, but it totally changes my opinion on the BCS. I don't know how the computers screwed up here, i'd rather see Texas Tech play Alabama than Utah play Alabama. Go ahead, kick the whiny BCS buster school out that never beat ANYONE! Why them? Almost as sorry as when Pete Carol was getting interviewed by ESPN on Sunday afternoon and said that his team had "a very tough schedule" with only one ranked on their schedule, and still losing, but some how getting to the Rose Bowl anyways, where Home Field advantage is King (Cough Cough, Rose Bowl, Cough Cough, is played in USC's stadium, Cough Cough). But either way, I still think that Texas Tech got the bad end of the deal when it comes to bowl games, they beat Texas, and this is what they get?

A Near Perfect Prediction

Some of you may have read my Preview for the SEC title game between #1 Alabama and #2 Florida. Well in my prediction, I said that Florida will pull away with it in the fourth quarter, with the score 31-23. Well the game unfolded just as I had predicted. With a rather fast start, but with the gators running away with it (literally running) with the final score of 31-20. My prediction was near perfection and I congratulate the Florida Gators on their magnificent season, capturing the SEC championship. They still have one game to go though, the BCS national championship. Stay tuned for my bowl game predictions, including the National Title. GO GATORS!

Every thing on the line. The SEC championship........ PREVIEW

THE GAME

The SEC championship game decides the champion of the SEC. One of, if not the most, prestigious conference in all of college football. With SEC teams winning the last two national championships in a row, the SEC championship decides a lot. With the south loaded with the best football players and fans in the world, it's more than just a game. The winner of this game almost always goes to the National Title game because of their strength of schedule and when they do reach the title game, they rarely lose. This game has all the intentions of the national championship game.

THE TEAMS

ALABAMA

Record: 12-0

Interesting Fact: Beat rival Auburn for the first time in 6 years. This year by a score of 36-0

Alabama is undefeated for the first time in a while and have every right to go to the national championship game if they win on Saturday. They're undefeated in the SEC conference and that's all that matters. They've had an outstanding defense, a productive offense, and a VERY solid team. They rarely commit penalties and rarely turn the ball over, which makes for a good football team. Alabama has no intentions at losing everything they've worked for all season, and don't expect them to go down easy this Saturday.

FLORIDA

Record: 11-1

Interesting Fact: Are 3rd in the nation in points per game and are 4th in the nation at points allowed per game.

In the Pre-season, Florida looked to be pretty good with former Heisman winner Tim Tebow returning to play QB, and speedster receiver Percy Harvin also coming back. But nobody thought that last years 7-5 Florida Gators to go 11-1 this season with their only stumble against in conference rival Ole Miss. But since that loss, Florida has been the hottest team in the country by blowing out LSU, Vanderbilt, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida State(all ranked at the time). Florida looks to capture their 2nd BCS national title in the last 3 years and be the team with the most BCS national championships, along with LSU.

THE HYPE

Every college football fan across the nation is RAVING about this match-up between Alabama and Florida. Both are the top two on the list in SEC championships all-time and both have been college football powerhouses for a LONG time. With Alabama having THE BEST defense in the nation, and Florida riding on an offensive HOT STREAK, the game looks to be all it's wait.

THE PREDICTION

It took me a while to make up my on who's gonna be the SEC champ. But in the end, I finally came to a conclusion. With Florida having 12 players on their roster with a 4.4 forty time or better, a Heisman Quarter back, 4th in points allowed, I think that Alabama's defense will just be too slow to keep up with Florida's offense and will not have enough production on offense to score much on Florida's defense. In the end, I think it'll be a close one until the fourth quarter with Florida pulling away with it, 38- 23.

There's a point inside every fan where they just wanna forget about the season, and just move on to the next one. I'm feeling the hate right now. We'll start with last years 2007 LSU football team. With star defensive lineman Glenn Dorsey coming back to hopefully earn a national championship, and with 5th year QB Matt Flynn leading LSU's offense with his experience, they looked to be pretty good. But that was only half of the story. Starting QB and later to become #1 overall draft pick Jamarcus Russell, hard Hitting safety LaRon Landry, WR Dwayne Bowe went, and WR Craig Davis, all starters, left to NFL in the first round the year before and LSU's offense looked to be down. But LSU came out to the season going undefeated and grasping the #1 spot until their triple overtime loss to Kentucky. With that loss, they fell down to #8. But over the weeks, LSU slowly crawled back in to the race of things by beating Florida, Auburn, Alabama, Virginia Tech, and South Carolina, all ranked at the time of the game. But then in the last game of the season, LSU looking to clinch an SEC title birth, lost to Arkansas in triple overtime almost mimicking the Kentucky game earlier in the season. Now with two losses on their resume, LSU looked to be out of the national title race. But all over the nation, LSU fans were calculating what it would take for LSU to get in to the National Title. It was official. All that had to happen is that LSU beat Tennessee in the SEC championship game, #1 Missouri to lose to Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship game, and #2 West Virginia to lose to Pitt in the back yard brawl. If all that were to happen, which was a long shot, then LSU would be one of three 2 loss teams competing for a national title bid. Well with all the nation relaxing at home, expecting at least on of the two teams to win, it happened. West Virginia and Mizz both lost nail biters in the end and led all the college football world to watch to see what happens in the BCS bowl announcements. LSU was given the birth to the national title because of all their wins against ranked teams and considering that both of their losses were in triple overtime. LSU went on to win it against Ohio State 38-24, With the spark leading LSU fans to belive in a bright future. Throughout the preseason, SEC fans were raving about how strong the SEC is and arguing over who would win it. With LSU fans with a national championship on their resume, they carried all the confidence in the world to belive that they would again succeed. Well we were wrong. First of all, you can't get any better than winning a national title, you can only be worse, so in the back of our minds, we all new it couldn't get any better. In the begging of the 2008 season, LSU looked to be the national champions like the year before, smoking Appalachian state and winning a close on e against rival Auburn. But LSU had a long hard road in front of them in order to succeed. As the season wore on, the win against Auburn began to fade because Auburn started losing week after week. While confidence was draining out of LSU fans as the days went on, they were still pumped up in Gainesville for their first big test v.s. the Florida Gators. Florida proved to be all the hype in the beginning with Florida taking the lead in only 3 plays. LSU's defense proved to be no match for the fastest offense in the nation. With one loss on their schedules, LSU fans began to think back to last year when they barely pulled it out at the end, but still, in the back of every Tiger fans mind, was that fear of failure and let down. As if one strike didn't make it clear, LSU lost to Georgia in a fourteen point game which was mostly blamed on Red Shirt freshman QB Jarrett Lee throwing 4 picks including 2 for touchdowns. With two losses on their stat sheet, all LSU fans could hope is to win out the rest of their schedule. Their next tough opponent on the treacherous LSU schedule was #1 Alabama. With Former LSU coach Nick Saban returning to LSU for the first time, except this time with a new team. The game proved to be an emotional one won by turnovers. And as they say, a teams as strong as their weakest player, which in this case was QB Jarrett Lee throwing 4 interceptions including one for a touchdown and one in overtime to seal the Alabama victory 27-20. Now with all of the Fight and fire sucked out of LSU's players and fans, they still had to face 3 more mediocre opponents. The next week was a scary one when LSU was down 31-3 against non conference opponent Troy late in the third quarter. LSU rallied back and used all energy possible to pull off a 40-31 victory clinching a bowl game. By this time LSU fans and family were just wanting to get the season over with. But that wasn't it. LSU lost a blow out to Ole Miss the next week and another to Arkansas because of a 20 yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds remaining. Now with LSU's record standing at 7-5, I just want to get out of the season. The future looks good, and their's no doubt that they will be better next year. With all three of their QB's this year being red shirt freshman, they can only get better entering their junior year. Starting freshman Corner Patrick Peterson is with no doubt bringing back his very special athletic ability to next years defense. He's gonna be LSU's next Big star. Starting power back Charles Scott, Starting WR Brandon LaFell, and Speedster Trinton Holiday all returning, LSU looks to have a lot better offense next year. Rahim Alem, starting Defensive end, and Strong safety Chad Moody also returning, will be a force added to LSU's defense. Not mentioning #1 dual threat QB in the nation, #1 athlete in the nation, Russell Shepherd committing to LSU already, which will give LSU's offense more speed with his 4.4 forty speed. Bayou fans, I see a great future for our LSU tigers. GEUAX TIGERS!!!!!!!!

The REAL BCS rankings

Well usually, I'm a fan of the BCS rankings and all the shenanigans that go along with it. But not today. This weeks BCS polls doesn't show you who the best teams are, it's just playing the "who beat who" game. I'll give you the REAL college football rankings for who's the best team in the country. Records don't matter, it just matters on who's hot and who's not.

1. Florida- they're the team playing the best ball in all the land, no doubt about it. They've ran in 37 touchdowns, passed in 25, and have out scored their opponents 511 to 132. If you want more proof than just tune in to ABC or ESPN2 when they play #20 Florida State, Saturday, 3:30 pm

2. Oklahoma- Teams grow as the season go's on and this team has shown among the most improvement of any team in college football. Even thought they lost to Texas at a neutral site earlier in the season, if they were to play them again, it would be similar to the Texas Tech game. A blow-out. They lead the NCAA in points scored a game and their defense has stepped it up over the last couple of games

3. Utah- They're playing phenomenal football right now taking down other questionable teams trying to sneak into the BCS including TCU and BYU. They're playing great football right now and I think they can beat teams like USC, Penn State, and Boise State.

4.USC- Since USC's loss to conference opponent Oregon State, they've only allowed 3.8 points per game and have outscored their opponents by an average of 34.7 points, Although the two Washington teams they shut-out have a combined record of 2-21, and one of the wins came from when the two teams played each other.

5. Missouri- They're listing near the top of the rankings in total offense, passing yards, points per game, and first downs a game. Most people think that Texas, Texas Tech, or oklahoma will win the Big 12 championship, but they have to go through Missouri first.

I only did the top 5 teams because it's almost impossible to rank the teams past this point. Their are so many teams that are doing well right now, but these teams are the best teams in the nation right now and they need to be noticed as the best.

These polls don't mean anything! This weeks BCS is inaccurate!

In case you haven't got a chance to look at the latest BCS polls yet, they got knocked up. With #2 Texas Tech going down hard to #5 Oklahoma, #3 Texas had a bye week, #1 Alabama won, #4 Florida won, and with 6 teams with 1 loss records, it's nearly impossible to put these teams in the right order. It's a total mess and I sincerely hope that the best teams some how get their rightful bowl games.

What's really screwed up is all this Big 12 south shenanigans. With Texas Tech beating Texas, Texas beating Oklahoma, and Oklahoma beating Texas Tech, theirs no possible way to decide which team is the better of the three. Well we have to do something, so according to the Big 12, the team that is the highest in the BCS polls will be the team that go's to the Big 12 Championship game. Well even though theirs one week left, Texas is the highest in the BCS out of the three, even though they idled this week.

Another thing that should be fixed, is The Pac-10 dilemma between USC and Oregon State. both with only one loss within the conference, USC's to Oregon State, and Oregon state's to Stanford in the first week of the season. USC has won the Pac-10 for the last who knows how long, and if Oregon State wins it, then it out a shut Pete Carol up about not getting a fair ranking. Oregon State still has one last conference game this weekend v.s. #19 Oregon, which is gonna test this Oregon State team to see if they're truly up to the rose bowl challenge. The way all of this is going to affect the BCS is that now, USC can't go to the Rose Bowl and have the ultimate home field advantage like they've had the last billion years in a row, which means that they will have to receive an "at large" bid to another bowl game that might test them a little more than usual.

One last thing that's bothering me about this weeks edition of the BCS polls is that Florida is still only #4 in the nation. Right now their are two teams in the SEC that haven't lost more than one game; Alabama, and Florida. Everyone should agree that if you go with only one loss in the SEC, then you most likely deserve to go to the title game, and if you go undefeated, their's NO QUESTION that you should go. Well many of you may have read my article a couple of weeks ago about how Bama doesn't deserve to be #1, and how Florida is going to go all the way in my opinion. Well these two teams are already set for the SEC championship game in Atlanta Georgia. These two teams are arguably the best two teams in the nation and one will have to pack it up a week from this Saturday.

All of this is setting up one of these two things. Either Oklahoma, Texas, or Texas Tech goes to win the Big 12 championship game and face either Florida or Alabama in the national championship game. Or, Alabama will lose to Auburn, Florida will lose to Florida state, and then beat Alabama in the SEC title game. Texas will lose to Texas A&M, Oklahoma will lose to Oklahoma State, and then Missouri will beat Texas Tech in the Big 12 championship game, and USC will face Utah in the national championship game. All of which is VERY possible.

Ball State Needs Every Break They Can Get To Stay Undefeated

Ball State and Central Michigan played last night featuring the best of the MAC. To me Ball State QB Nate Davis was a little bit of a dissappointment. Before the game, everyone was getting so hyped up about this guy but then he got totally outmatched by Central Michigan QB Dan LeFevour. LeFevour was 30/44, 345 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 int. Even though he put up great numbers, Ball State got some lucky breaks including false start, and holding penalties in the fourth quarter so they can hold off the Central Michigan offense just long enough to squeak out a victory. This game showed me 3 things.

1. Ball State is overrated and if given a BCS bid, they will likely get crushed.

2. BCS busters act like playing a MAC team is a "tough game"

3. Dan LeFevour is a beast

4. Central Michigans gonna be good next year since Dan LeFevour and many other offensive starters are returning next year

5. I'm rooting against BCS busters for now on

Central Michigan- Ball State Preview. Upset Alert! Upset Alert! Upset Alert! Upset Alert! Upset Alert! Upset Alert!

While most college football is played on Saturday's, some of the smaller conferences play on the weekdays. Most of these games are just a way to get T.V. viewers and gain school popularity for smaller schools. But not on Wednesday when the Central Michigan, the unstoppable force in the MAC, takes on Ball State, the Undefeated BCS hopefuls. Although many of these "BCS Busters" have very easy schedules, (which is why a couple go undefeated each year) every once in a while theirs a tough game on their schedule that will show America if they're ready to go to a major BCS bowl or not. Well right now, Ball State's on trial. They're coming into this game with the record of 10-0 for the first time in school history, have all the confidence in the world, and are expecting to roll right through the rest of the season untouched. But not if Central Michigan QB, Dan LeFevour has to say something about it. Dan has 18 total TD's this season even though he's missed two games because of a leg injury and has played with the injury the last couple of games. Because of his bad leg, he lacks the stats that he had last year, almost matching Tim Tebow's exactly, but he's preparing and ready to play on Wednesday against Ball State. I think that possession of the football will be key if Central Michigan wants to win on Wednesday. Ball State has an explosive offense and have many big plays to offer, so if Central can hold on to the ball, and not turn the ball over then I think that they can very well win this football game. My prediction right now is Central Michigan pulls of the huge upset in Overtime, 37-34. Go Chippewa's!

LSU- pulls off one of the largest comebacks in NCAA History

LSU v.s. Troy. What was expose to be an easy match-up for LSU. An easy win, if you will. Well I was at my house in N.C. and unfortunately this game was not on television so I was watching it on the live game cast on ESPN. I was so surprised by how much they were losing, that I was almost laughing. But Even though that they were losing 31-3 in the 3rd quarter, I still had that little feeling that every fan has deep inside, that maybe, just maybe, this could be the game when they come back. Well last night WAS that game. LSU rallied back with 38 unanswered points, including out scoring Troy 30-0 in the fourth quarter. If you look at the quarter break down, you'll never believe how well they turned their performances around. Jarrett Lee was getting booed by Tiger Stadium and was actually benched for a portion of the first half. But then in the second half, he connected with Brandon LaFell 9 times and had more than 200 yards in the final two quarters, leading the Tigers to a win. Their defense also improved drastically. After allowing almost 300 yards passing in the first half, to holding them to only 7 points in the second. This win kept LSU from suffering the embarrassment of the defending national champions losing to a sun belt conference team. What I think is responsible for this lame duck performance in the first half is the players losing interest in the remaining games because of their loss to Alabama the previous week. Even though they're out of the BCS hunt, they should still care about the rest of their season and try to get a good bowl game. They need to build as much as confidence as they can before the next season. Especially for their 3 freshman QB's.

For more information on the game, follow the jump-

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=283200099

Oregon State............. Pac 10 champions?

Well right now guess who's #1 in the Pac-10. NO, not USC. It's actually Oregon State. If Oregon state wins the rest of their games, then they're automatically Pac-10 champs because of their win over USC. If Oregon State does win the Pac-10, then Pete Carol has to shut his mouth about how the BCS is stupid and how he's being treated unfairly. Because then he's not conference champs and that means that he can't be #1 or #2. And you can't get a good BCS bowl when your not your own conference champs. Especially when you can't win the Pac-10. I've been waiting a while for this day, where USC can't control their own destiny, where they can't complain about where they're ranked, and Pete Carol can't keep on saying "this is the best team I've ever coached" year after year. Oregon State rolled over Cal today, cutting the home stretch down to only two games. I've never been so excited about a Pac-10 team winning games. Matter a fact, I've never been excited about anything that has to do with the Pac-10. Keep on goin Oregon State!

Charlie Weis is saved by the bell

Charlie Weis was saved by the bell after his fighting Irish just squeaked out a victory against Navy. Everybody was talking all week about how he's in the hot seat since he's been losing the last two seasons but after the victory, he just might have saved his job. But honestly, whenever everybody is complaining because Notre Dame isn't going to BCS bowls, they automaticly think that it's the Coaches fault. Charlie Weis has been the best out of the last 3 coaches so Notre Dame fans just stop complaining. Your Glory days ended a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time ago so stop complaining. Your lucky to have a good coach like Charlie Weis on your side, maybe it's not his fault. They haven't had many great players beside Brady Quinn. So maybe it's your recruiting. I think that it's a good thing that Charlie Weis won and is coming back to Notre Dame. I don't see a national championship but they'll have a better future with him at coach.

Obviously #1

Florida is obviously #1. They are the best team in the nation by far. They've blown out too many ranked teams including LSU, Georgia, Vandy, Kentucky, and now South Carolina. They're the fastest team in the nation and speed pays off. They have 12 players on their team with a 4.4 forty or better and they also have Heisman QB, Tim Tebow. I'm telling you right now that they're going to go into the SEC championship game and crush Alabama because Alabama is just too slow to keep up with Florida and the best rushing defense, bla bla bla. If they had the best defense than they would have held Charles Scott of LSU to less that 150 yards rushing. After that, Florida will beat Texas Tech in the National Championship. It'll be a closer game than the Alabama game but they'll still win. I'm not a Gators fan but i'm just saying, they're the best team in the nation.

It happened again to Michigan

Well what do ya know, Michigan lost again and this time it was to northwestern. But that's not the story. Michigan had more first downs, most of them rushing, better rushing yards per carry , had the same amount of turnovers, had less sacks, and less punts, better 4th down efficiency, and about the same 3rd down efficiency, but they found a way to lose. It's almost as if Michigan can do very well the entire day but find a way to blow it. I almost feel sorry for them going into next weeks game v.s. Ohio State. If I were a Michigan fan, I would not be very happy with my team right now. Rich Rodriguez needs to pull his team together and do some serious game situation practice if they want to have any chance of beating Ohio State next week. It's a huge rivalry game and anything can happen but it's not looking like it's gonna be a "Penn state-Iowa" type matchup. 

You can look at the break down your self if you want to and without looking at the final score, decide who you think should have won the game. Follow the jump and then come back to this page to comment.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/boxscore?gid=200811150029

aaaaahhhh, your killin me!

Come on Jared Lee, lets go! You've thrown enough interceptions already leading up to the Alabama game, you've already shown the nation that you know how to screw up a game in about 2.5 seconds, and you've already shown that you can ruin the defending national champs season in a heartbeat. So why'd you do it again against Alabama! LSU is ALOT better than Alabama. Alabama sucks! That was probably the most winnable game of the season and you screwed it up with 4 interceptions including 1 for a touchdown and 1 in overtime! I know that Alabama does NOT have the best defense in the nation, they let Charles Scott rush for almost 150 yards! And getting 4 picks off Jared Lee isn't an accomplishment. Auburn got 3, Florida got 3, and Georgia got 5. Now I have to listen to all of those stupid Alabama fans chanting "JeLouSU" just because they got lucky because their arch rivals has 3 freshman QB's. You'll see what happens next year when he has experience and when they have Russel Shepard on their side. If you don't know who he is then look it up. He committed to LSU. Just type in "Russel Shepard" on Google.com. Jared Lee, your killin LSU fans with your inexperience so you better get alot better over the next year or two and you better make up for it with a bunch of W's. Just keep on fighting.
Go Tigers!

Why not BCS?

Just listen to me here for a second. For the last couple of months, I've been hearing people complain about the BCS system in college football and how it should be stopped because it's unfair. Well It just seems like it's unfair when ever your team loses and doesn't make it as far as you want them too. Trust me I've been their. Ever since last year I thought the BCS was a little stupid, unorganized, and Untrusted. But once LSU got the good end of the BCS deal and got a bid to play in the national championship, I became a BCS fan. It's exciting. This year LSU's out of the race by about 2 losses but it's still fun and exciting to debate the rankings and who should be where and why. If it weren't for the BCS than the T.V. ratings would go down because of the lack of interest in the games because every game doesn't matter since you'll make the play-offs anyways. Obama can't do any thing about it until 2014 and the NCAA looks pretty stiff at this point. I think that college football is riding on the BCS system and it's making the players play harder and work harder because every week is a play-off. With the BCS system then every week can and WILL decide your destiny, whether you like it or not. The thing about the BCS that frightens people is that if their team loses once than they drop in the rankings and it's that much harder to get to the championship. Fans of teams in larger conferences don't want their season to be over when they lose once. They'd rather get another chance and see more match ups. But lets be real. If their WAS a play-off system, then WHO WOULD DETERMINE THE TEAMS THAT WOULD GO TO THE PLAYOFFS? The AP poll? The coaches poll? What about the BCS? I think that the BCS is fine right now and if you think your team got the wrong end of the deal, then they'll come back next year to show it. The BCS is based off how good the team does the next year. For instance; the Georgia Bull Dogs went 10-2 last season without a SEC championship. Many college football fans were arguing that they should go to the National Championship instead of LSU. Other fans wanted Undefeated Hawaii to go. So what did the BCS do? It Put those two teams against each other in a BCS bowl. Hawaii got blown out and as for Georgia, instead of coming back this year with the help of the #1 pre-season ranking and dominating other teams, they lose to a blow out to Alabama and lose another Blow out to Florida.
In the end, the BCS makes the right desision. Every team gets a chance. Whether they take advantage of it or not, is their choice.

OOOOOO(really)Obama

Now as many of you may know by now, or should know by now, is that Barrack Obama is our new president. Another thing some of you may know is Obama's take on college football and a playoff system. In case you don't know, i'll fill you in. During half-time of the Steelers-Redskins game, Barrack Obama was asked if he could change one thing about sports, what would it be? He said that if he were president, he would make it so that their is a college play-off system. Now most people (not including my-self) thought "Really? GO OBAMA! We want play-offs!"

Personally I'm not a fan of College football having a play-off system because I think that every year, even though it may have a few weird or out of place rankings, the best team always shows in the championship. Pete Carroll is just upset about the BCS because he lost to Oregon state and now he can't be #1 so he has to blame it on somebody. In 2004 he didn't complain about the BCS because he was #1. But the main question that this half-time interview left me was, "Can he really do that?". As the President of the United States, you can change alot, actually that's his moto; change. But he can only change so much. He can't reach into the NCAA organization and force them to have a College play-off system. You just can't. That's like saying (just using this as an example) if he doesn't like strawberry ice-cream and thinks it's horrible, he can shut down the production of strawberry ice-cream (again just using it as an example). When I read this article after the half-time of the Steelers-Redskins game, I thought, OOOOOO(really)OBAMA.

Bama's not #1!

As you look at some of the top teams in the land right now, they would be Texas Tech, Alabama, Florida, Texas, and maybe Oklahoma. Not USC. If you look at who's the best team, I think that I know the exact rankings;

1. Florida- They Beat the crap out of LSU, Georgia, and Vandy.

2. Texas Tech- They're the only undefeated team in the Big 12 and they beat Texas.

3. Texas- They beat Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Missourri

4. Oklahoma- Beat TCU and Kansas

5. Alabama- They beat LSU and Georgia

The reason that I have Alabama so low is because i'm a huge LSU fan and it just so happens that both Georgia and Alabama both beat LSU. The difference is that in the Florida/LSU game, LSU's QB threw 3 interceptions and Florida blew out LSU point blank but in the LSU/Alabama game, LSU's QB threw 4 interceptions, 1 for a touchdown, and still went to over time tied at 21. That shows me that Alabama may be good but not nearly good enough to be number 1. Most rankings won't show Alabama an lower than #1 untill they lose; which they will. If they play as good as they did aginst LSU aginst Floridain the SEC championship game then they're going down big time, i'm talking a 45-14 blow out.