Friday, September 10, 2010

College Football 2010 (Week 2).....

There were great endings to some of the games in the first week of the NCAA season. East Carolina on a "Hail Mary", Utah in overtime over Pittsburgh, North Carolina dropping two game winning touchdowns in the last 10 seconds of their loss to LSU, and Mississippi losing in double overtime to Jacksonville State after leading 31-10. Then we finish week 1 with the exciting Boise St. / Virginia Tech game (and my only loss) that did not disappoint us in any way.

Biggest relief for coaches was no injuries to any star players. On to week 2 and the start of the season for the rest of the teams in the NCAA.

Week 2 games:

Notre Dame over Michigan - I think Michigan is on the way back, but feel Brian Kelly has the Fighting Irish a little more ready get better faster.
Oklahoma (#10) over Florida St. (#18) - The Sooners struggles in week 1 raised some eyebrows, and not in a good way. Meanwhile the Jimbo Fischer era could not have started better, but it was Samford. Oklahoma gets back on track and get the win.
Ohio St. (#2) over Miami (#12) - Two very athletic quarterbacks (Terrelle Pryor and Jacory Harris) improving their passing games. Ohio St. has a little more talent and the advantage of playing at home in this great early season match-up.
Alabama (#1) over Penn St. (#14) - Another early season treat for college football fans. Alabama will miss Mark Ingram but the Nittany Lions start freshman quarterback Robert Bolden and that is asking a lot against Nick Saben and that tough Tide defense.
Oregon (#7) over Tennessee - The Ducks travel east into the tough environment of Neyland Stadium, but this Oregon team is very talented and will go back west with a victory.
South Carolina (#25) over Georgia (#19) - A very nice early season SEC match-up. I've been through this picture before in believing in a Steve Spurrier team. Let's see if they fool me again, but at home I give them a slight advantage over the Bulldogs.

Week 1: 5-1
2010 Season: 5-1

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