1. After the first week I didn’t see a college football team on the field that can compete with Florida. USC has a freshman quarterback and hasn’t been tested yet, Oklahoma lost, Ohio State struggled and Texas gave up 101 rushing yards to a mediocre Louisiana-Monroe team. Alabama, maybe, but they don’t have Tim Tebow at quarterback. Did I mention Florida’s 6’ 6” 290 pound defensive end Carlos Dunlap.
2. Oregon’s RB LeGarrette Blount is a bonehead. He went from a sure fire 2010 NFL Draftee to out of football all together. That has to go down in history as the most expensive sucker punch in history.
3. Let’s stop making it a big deal when an FCS (formerly division 1AA) team upsets or almost upsets a BCS (formerly division 1) team. Yes it was shocking last year when Appalachian State upset Michigan, but we had better get used to it. In this first college football weekend, three FCS teams won against BCS schools: The Richmond Spiders defeated Duke, Villanova defeated Temple and Williams and Mary defeated Virginia. UNI almost upset Iowa (17-16), and Massachusetts almost upset Kansas State (21-17). This isn’t a fluke; the FCS has some very good teams. Appalachian State, Richmond, Montana and Northern Iowa could compete against any BCS team in the country.
4. There is a new entry in the Heisman Trophy Race, enter BYU quarterback Max Hall. His (Hall) rise emerged at the same time as Sam Bradfords’ Hiesman Hopes fell. Not only did BYU upset Oklahoma, but Hall outplayed Bradford throwing for 329 yards and 2 TDs. Bradford left the game with a shoulder injury and might miss a few weeks.
5. Was Oklahoma over rated? Their two best offensive players are injured, (QB Sam Bradford and TE Jermaine Gresham). The only returning starter on their offensive line is RT Trent Williams and the only returning receiver is sophomore Ryan Broyles. The defense was supposed to be the strength of this team but BYU QB Max Hall shredded the secondary.
6. Nick Saban is a good coach. His team has heart and they play well in the fourth quarter. Alabama’s 34-24 win over 7th ranked Virginia Tech on the road was impressive. Most college football teams like playing patsies early as a tune up game and most coaches would never risk a game of that difficulty so early in the season, Saban is not like most coaches and he likes to challenge his players early.
7. Let’s wait a few games before we put USC quarterback Matt Barkley in the college football hall of fame. The 56-3 victory over San Jose State was impressive and his stats were stellar: the 18 year old freshman completed 15 of 19 passes and threw for 233 yards and one touchdown and his QB rating was 199.32. But it’s only one game folks; let’s see how he does next week, in prime time at Ohio State.
8. For more coverage on college football’s opening weekend be sure to check out NFL Draft Dog’s recently launched Risers and Fallers Column, which will highlight, throughout the season, the college football players that are either helping or hurting their future NFL Draft stock.
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It's William & Mary, not Williams.
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