College Football Week 12 Wrap Up

The upsets are back! The upsets are back! Who wants to be #2 in the country? Not I.


#1 LSU's got this thing about them. They don't have to outgain you. They don't have to play exceptionally well. They don't have to look like the #1 team in the country. They just have to win, and win they do. The took their show on the road to Ole Miss this week against the one time Tennessee Volunteer QB Brent Shaeffer. The star of the game was the little guy. Trindon Holliday ran a kickoff 98 yards to the house, making a couple moves, in just over 13 seconds. The Tigers won 24-41 despite being outgained 466-396. A bigger story might be that the Bayou Bengals gave up 466 yards to the Rebels.


#2 Oregon felt that number 2 doo doo voodoo on Thursday night. They started out looking like they were going to trounce Arizona. This was the game Dennis Dixon proved why he was the Heisman frontrunner. All the talks of Dennis Dixon's knee being bad were put to rest when he scampered 39 yards on 4th down for the first score of the game. The next Ducks drive, Oregon was down deep in the red zone and Dizon hit a reciever in the chest, and it popped up in the air, and was intercepted. The drive after that, Dixon was scrambling out to his left, went to cut up field, and fell to the ground. Uh oh. He tore his ACL and is out for the season. It wasn't until they said the name of Oregon's back up QB that I knew they had no chance. It was Brady Leaf. As in Ryan Leaf's brother. As in "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, ALRIGHT?" RYAN LEAF! Oh, and Ryan Leaf was there on the sidelines to cheer little brother on. At one point, they interviewed him and asked something like "don't you wish you could just get in there and help him out?" To which I thought, "Yeah right. Nobody in their right mind wants Ryan Leaf anywhere near their football team." What a stupid question." Anyways, Arizona won 34-24 and ruined Oregon's national title hopes.


#3 Kansas keeps taking care of busniess. They beat up on poor little Iowa State 45-7. Todd Reesing keeps proving he needs his name in the Heisman talks, going 21/26 for 253 4 TDs/0 INTs.


#4 Oklahoma caught that upset bug on Saturday, too. They just got beat up. The Sooners lost their QB, Sam Bradford, early in the game, and could have cost them, but Texas Tech did most of their scoring in the first half, anyways. Texas Tech is one of those teams that will murder you if you can't defend the pass for 4 quarters. Red Raiders QB Graham Harrel threw the ball 72 times. That's how many times some teams throw the ball in 3 games. Sooners fall 34-27.


#5 Missouri did their part in keeping the upcoming game with Kansas a beast. They will be playing in Arrowhead Stadium instead of the Jayhawks regular stadium, as the powers that be anticipate many more fans than seats in Lawrence. But Mizzou QB Chase Daniel tore it up, going 28/41 for 283 with 4 TDs/0 INTs. Tigers' freshman Jeremy Maclin set an all time NCAA record for total yards by a freshman. He had 360 total yards including 143 receiving yards with 2 TDs and 194 kick return yards with a 99 yard run back for a score. Look for this kid to keep demolishing the competition for at least a couple more years in Tiger land, and make a name for himself in the future on Sundays.


Pat White, of #6 West Virginia is a beast. He really is. He doesn't have to throw for a whole lot of years, but he's efficient. He doesn't HAVE to run for a whole lot of yards. He just chooses to. The Mountaineers went on the road to take on #22 Cincinnati this week in what was a look out game for the boys from Morgantown. Pat White threw for 140 yards and a pick, but ran for 155 and 2 scores in WV's 28-23 win.


The "biggest rivalry" in college football had one of it's ugliest games on Saturday. #7 Ohio State went to the Big House to take on #21 Michigan for the Big 10 title. I called weeks ago that Michigan would win this game because it would ruin Ohio State's chances of a national title. Well, we all know Illinois ruined that one last week, so my prediction was ruled null and void. Michigan combined for less than 100 yards of total offense. Michigan QB Chad Henne led the game in passing yards with 63. It was nasty. The game was won single handedly by Beanie Wells. He rushed for 222 yards and 2 TDs in the Buckeye's 14-3 win. They now have their tickets to the Rose Bowl punched. That is, unless things fall their way, and unfortunately they could, and they get a call from the BCS championship bowl where they will be destroyed.


#8 Airzona State was idle this week and plays USC on Thursday night.


#9 Georgia brought #23 Kentucky to town for a nice meeting between the hedges. The Dawgs running game has really started to shine ever since the Florida game. Freshman Knowshon Moreno and Thomas Brown combined for 197 yards and 2 TDs in this game. Dawgs won 24-13.


#10 Virginia Tech played host to Miami. No need for highlights. You already know who won. Va Tech rolls 44-14. The Canes suck, and I love it.


#11 USC was idle and plays Arizona State on Thursday night.


#12 Florida looked a little shakey early against Florida Atlantic. With a little over a minute left in the first half the score was 28-20 Gators. Then Tim Tebow hit Cornelius Ingram on a 26 yard pass with 9 seconds left to bring the score 35-20. The Gators would not allow a point in the second half, and went on to win 59-20. The Big news out of this game came from, who else, but Tim Tebow. He became the first person on the planet in D1 history to throw for 20 or more TDs and run for 20 or more TDs. As long as Darren McFadden doesn't run for 1,000 yards and 5 scores against LSU, I would say Mr. Tebow's got that Heisman on lock.


#13 Texas was idle this week.


So was #14 Virginia.


All #15 Clemson had to do was beat stumbling #17 Boston College and they were in the ACC championship game, and probably headed to the Orange Bowl. BS was having none of it. In what was a back and forth game, Matt Ryan hit Rich Gunnell for a 43 yard strike with 1:43 left in the game, and put the Eagles up for good, 20-17.


#16 Hawaii played Nevada and needed a FG with 11 seconds left to win. Colt Brennan only played a couple snaps, as he's still recovering from his concussion last week. He is currently tied with Ty Detmer for the career passing TDs record at 121.


#18 Boise State beat Idaho 58-14. The WAC is whack. We need not discuss this anymore. They would be bottom of the barrel teams in any major confrence in the country, including the ACC and confrence USA.



#19 Illinois needs to make t-shirts that read 'The Juice is loose!' Illini QB Juice Williams had another outstanding day against Northwestern. He went 15/23 for 220 yards with 1 TD/1 INT. He rushed for 136 yards and 2 TDs. The Fighting Zook's routed NW'ern 41-22.


#20 Tennessee welcomed Vanderbilt to Knoxville on Saturday. The Commodores did everything in their power to get the one win they need to become bowl eligable. Tennesse was down 24-9 going in to the 4th quarter. But, the Vols dropped a 16 spot in the final period to win 25-24


#24 UConn beat Syracuse 30-7. No surprise here. The Orange are terrible.


All I'm going to say about #25 Wisconsin's in over pathetic and embarrassing Minnesota is that the Badgers gave up 500 yards to a team who lost to North Dakota. Or was it North Dakita State? Either way, you get my point. (upon further review it was ND State. Horrible.)


New Top 5 Heisman Candidates

1. Tim Tebow, QB Florida
2-5. Doesn't matter.


New BCS Rankings

1. LSU 9-1
2. Oregon 8-1
3. Kansas 10-0
4. Oklahoma 9-1
5. Missouri 9-1
6. West Virginia 8-1
7. Ohio State 10-1
8. Arizona State 9-1
9. Georgia 8-2
10. Virginia Tech 8-2
11. USC 8-2
12. Florida 7-3
13. Texas 9-2
14. Virginia 9-2
15. Clemson 8-2
16. Hawaii 9-0
17. Boston College 8-2
18. Boise State 9-1
19. Illinois 8-3
20. Tennessee 7-3
21. Michigan 8-3
22. Cincinnati 8-2
23. Kentucky 7-3
24. Connecticut 8-2
25. Wisconsin 8-3



P.S. IT'S FLORIDA/florida state week. That means you already know what time it is. It's Great. To Be. A Florida Gator. I SAID...