Week 7 - College Football Gone Wild

This is getting ridiculous. Are we going to have a matchup of two-loss teams in the BCS National Championship game? Wild. Trust me, the upsets are not over. Take, the three top undefeated teams - all of them have backloaded schedules. Kansas too.
Next week alone you have South Florida @ Rutgers, and BC @ Virginia Tech. Ohio State visits Penn State after a visit from Michigan State next week.

I suppose if you like intrigue, the good news is no one with 1 or 2 losses is REALLY out of the national title picture. I mean look how drastically the Top 10 changes from week to week.

And that's BEFORE the big games later in the year. We're in an era where teams play as many powder puffs as possible to start the season, buying home games against lesser opponents to fatten the home stadium revenue coffers and get some practice that counts in the standings.

Well, its backfiring. Either with direct "upset" losses (Michigan - App State) or with not being prepared for the big games later on (Florida) . I don't know what Cal, LSU and USC's excuses are because they both played at least one big name opponent before their losses (Oregon, Florida and Nebraska respectively)

All this to say - normally this is the time of year where you'd see some jumps on the rankings because you can really evaluate what a loss to who or a win over whom actually means now that enough games have been played and overrated teams have been exposed.

Well, there's still 5 games to play this year. And most of those are the big backloaded conference matchups I mentioned earlier. So we STILL have teams that haven't played anybody, and that, more than actual talent and performance, is why I have no idea where to rank Kansas, Boston College, Texas Tech, Virginia, et al. So Whatever. At the end of the year, I hope voters recognize that early and late losses are less relevant this year and we are really going to have to take into account a teams entire body of work more than normal. Because controversy is coming with the BCS! The first one is released tomorrow...

1. South Florida - who has BC or Ohio State beaten? South Florida has won @Auburn and vs W. Va
2. Boston College - beat Georgia Tech
3. Ohio State - hasn't played a decent team yet
4. Oregon -I think their loss to Cal was a fluke, so they get benefit of the doubt
5. Oklahoma - I think this is too high for the Sooners
6. LSU - might still be too high for a flawed team with a coach who refuses to put in his unstoppable option package when he needs two yards...the entire game
7. South Carolina - Defense the mark of all good Spurrier teams. Control destiny in SEC
8. Kansas - ???
9. Arizona State - ??? (**9b. West Virginia - oops, left them off my original rankings)
10. Kentucky - well...I think LSU is loaded with talent but not well coached and has their best QB on the bench...so how much is a win over them REALLY worth? Is Kentucky good or not? We'll see when they play Florida next week.
11. Cal - I dont know what to say about a team that gets to #2 and immediately tricks off their first legit shot at a title in who knows how long.
12. Texas Tech - no idea what to do with Tech
13. Florida - good but young and will probably lose again. But by the time the bowls come around, could probably beat whoever. Next year its on.
14. Virginia Tech - I wonder what would've happened if they didn't get blasted by LSU
15. USC - sucks. The media loves them so its not being put out there. John David Booty = Chris Rix
16. Cincinnati - you lost to Louisville? You didn't put up more then 30 on Louisville???
17. Auburn - stop tricking off "gimme" games Tuberville
18. Hawaii - Colt Brennan is cool and all but this isn't a complete team. And his arm is going to fall off soon, so whatchagonnado then?
19. Missouri - you know its crazy when you only drop one spot after a loss
20. Texas
21. Maryland
22. Alabama
23. Michigan - they're Back...for now
24. Penn State
25. Wake Forest / Virginia / Illinois / Michigan State- maybe they don't deserve to be in the Top 25. We'll see

Way Too Early Heisman Ballot

1. Hart, RB, Michigan - this is not a "homer" vote. Mike Hart is cranking out the 150 yards performances with regularity, considering all of the troubles the Maize and Blue is having.

2. I don't even know - It was Andre Woodson, but he didn't even play well against LSU. It could've been Darren McFadden, but he's not in the spotlight with Arkansas not playing well. Its not Tim Tebow. Its not Ray Rice or any of the pre-season favorites. Colt Brennan is getting fat off of weak opponents, hence Hawaii's drop on my ballot...so... no #2 this week. Give it some time

3. Matt Ryan - if we use the Best player on the Best team rationale, which i'm not really with, he's the standout amongst the current...CURRENT top teams.

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