K-State 24 OU 19 - Here's the thing to take away from this game: It wasn't as close as the score suggested. At no time did I feel that OU's offense was ever a serious threat to K-State's defense. The Wildcats out-muscled OU in every stage of the game, and Landry Jones is just not that good of a QB. OU has some serious issues, on both sides of the ball, to work out.
ND 13 Michigan 6 - After this game was over I got into a mild Twitter debate with Sean "the Cablinasian" Pendergast. He was hyping ND linebacker Manti Te'o as a sleeper Heisman candidate (If you follow Notre Dame at all it's not unusual for them to tout ANY good player they have as a potential Heisman candidate) I disagreed, explaining that Te'o has been great against inferior competition this year. This led Pendergast to term me a "bitter" UM fan who was let down by my team. If you have to project in an argument you've already lost. Te'o is a great LB, probably the best in the country. What he is not is a Heisman contender. What Michigan is not is a good football team. Time to help Denard Robinson with his NFL future and move him to WR while letting Redshirt Freshman Russell Bellomy take the keys to the car and try to give the Wolverines a functioning offense. Notre Dame's schedule, which looked brutal at the beginning of the season, has gotten a lot softer with USC and OU turning out to be paper tigers. I expect they finally get into a B(C)S bowl finally taking advantage of a system that was designed to make it easy for them to do so.
Florida St 49 Clemson 37 - It looked rough for a while, maybe the Seminoles needed some time to adjust to D-1A football speed, but ultimately Florida State proved (to me) that they're contenders who belong in the B(C)S championship conversation. EJ Manuel is now the Heisman front-runner, along with Geno Smith of WV, and that defense. It reminds me (a lot) of the defenses FL State brought to the table during their 80's and early 90's hey-days. Make no mistake, Clemson has a LOT of talent on that offense. The biggest problem for the Seminoles is that their schedule is pretty dull until November 8th when they have to travel to Blacksburg and face Va Tech. They then end the season with Florida. Besides those two games? Meh. Can they stay focused?
Oregon 49 Arizona 0 - Ranking Arizona in the Top 25 after their home upset over Oklahoma St. was ridiculous. Again I go back to the idiocy of early season polls. Now that we're four weeks into the season the picture is starting to get a little bit clearer, as almost all of the top teams have played somebody halfway decent. (The exception being LSU, who still hasn't played a good team in my opinion) Know this, the Oregon Ducks are for real. Unless something drastic happens I'll have them at #2 in my first ranking behind Alabama. The impressive thing is that they have a defense this year to go along with that eye-popping offense.
LSU 12 Auburn 10 - Now might be a good time to get nervous if you're of the Geuax Tigers persuasion. LSU struggled against a very pedestrian Auburn team and, while it is hard in the SEC to win on the road, showed us that they still have a LONG WAY to go offensively. That defense is still there, and they have a ton of running backs to throw at you but, if they keep this up they're going to fall down the rankings further than #3, and without losing potentially. At this point I'd say that the Seminoles are better than LSU, and possibly even Georgia & South Carolina. Fortunately, the Gamecocks are on LSU's schedule in a couple of weeks so we'll find out first hand.
Finally...
Poor U of H. Even in an off-week they lose something. In this case it's the single-game passing record long held by David Klingler. Beaten by Old Dominion of all people. The thing is that I have a feeling things are not going get better for the gang on Cullen anytime in the near future. The Bayou Bucket is next, and I think the Rice Owls have a better offense than UH this year. Given the state of the
