College Football Random Thoughts

I'll have more on the UT game tomorrow, but just thought I'd give some thoughts on other games in college football today:

-- USC beat Ohio State because they remembered to give the ball to Joe McKnight.  Matt Barkley didn't win that game, McKnight did.  Hell Ohio State averaged 7.1 yards per pass, while USC only averaged 6.1 yards per pass, so the quarterback that we all thought couldn't get it done through the air (Pryor) out-performed Barkley...although neither quarterback threw a touchdown pass tonight.  Great win for USC, but that performance didn't do much to make me think they can make it through the Pac-10 unscathed, especially with a trip to Berkeley looming in October.

And Ohio State is not going to win a big game until Jim Tressel grows a pair.  Seriously.

-- Great win for Michigan today, Tate Forcier looks like a *bad pun alert* FORCE to be reckoned with...but Charlie Weiss cost Notre Dame that game.  Notre Dame got the ball with 3:07 left in the game at their own 16 yard line, with a three point lead.  Michigan had all three timeouts, but here is the drive: Rush for 13 yards....rush for no gain...timeout Michigan (2:29 left)....pass incomplete....pass incomplete...punt for 29 yards.  Michigan got the ball back with 2:13 left, at their own 42, with two timeouts left.  Did anyone have any doubt what was going to happen next?  Run the ball twice, make Michigan take the rest of their timeouts, and you are giving Michigan the ball at their own 42 yard line, but the difference is they don't have any timeouts, so the best they might do is a FG.  Horrible decisions there by Weiss.

-- Just when I give Oklahoma State some credit, they pull an Oklahoma State.  They give up 500 yards to Houston, and their offense for the second week in a row looks very unimpressive.  Goodbye to your dream season, Cowboys, but hey, it is good news to me because those Texas/Oklahoma State tickets will be cheaper.

-- I would have bet a lot of money on the Under for South Carolina/Georgia today.  Ooops.