‘Noles all day, Yngwie Malmsteen all night!
Is Ohio State finally dead and buried?
Yes. But that’s never stopped fellow plodding Midwesterner Michael Myers from repeatedly coming back to life under increasingly implausible circumstances. Much like the fictional residents of Haddonfield and the entire movie-going public (sans 12-15 year old boys), college football fans are done with the Buckeyes. Heck, the Buckeyes seem done with the Buckeyes. The last three years we’ve seen them destroyed in an increasingly violent and thorough manner right before our eyes. Thankfully, we didn’t have to wait until the end of the film for their inevitable and gruesome demise this year. However, the loss is early enough that there is a strong possibility this monster is going to rise again despite lukewarm public sentiment and be coached by Rob Zombie.
Is the Pac-10 actually that bad?
Yes. On Saturday, they were twice as bad as the ACC and the Big-10 combined. Whatever credibility they were hoping to establish this season has vanished on a rattlesnake freeway in the Utah desert along with Bruce Springsteen and the UCLA Bruins’ defense. If Oregon somehow managed to lose to Purdue, it would have been a conference-wide “Lost” caliber apocalyptic event never seen before in college football. But despite the win, Oregon cruelly lost another starting QB (Justin Roper) with a knee injury. Luckily, he’ll only be out 2-4 weeks. While not exactly Dennis Dixon, it’s a big loss for the Ducks, who have had the worst knees in the NCAA this side of women’s college basketball. Has anyone found a correlation between the Spread offense and knee injury?
Will Lee Corso profess his love for Chase Daniel next week on live TV?
Quite possibly. Chase Daniel has been so good so far this season, I’m at a loss for superlatives right now. I know they’ve only played one decent team…Illinois. But that’s how the first quarter of the college football season tends to play out, like patty-cake…unless you are a Michigan fan. Daniel might be a little guy (6’0″, 225 lbs), but he’s got the moxie and he’s quarterbacking the highest scoring team in I-A (College Football Bowl Division sounds stupid). I saw this stat printed somewhere today: in the past two games, he has more touchdowns (7) than incompletions (6). That’s a wowzer stat right there. Anyway, Corso loves to gush about people. This week, I predict Corso will be wearing a tiger head and holding a giant heart shaped box full of chocolates for Chase.
Will Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey start the season 0-3?
Hell yes. Greg Schiano sure seems far removed from that 2006 Big East coach of the year trophy, doesn’t he? I don’t know what coach Schiano is preaching right now, but it sure isn’t ball security. In their first two games, the Scarlent Knights have turned the ball over six times. They have not caused their opponents to turn the ball over once. Any yokel can tell you that winning football games is a hell of a lot harder when you turn the ball over. Now, I know Rutgers is only playing the Navy Midshipmen this Saturday. But Navy has one of the best rushing offenses in the country every year. They will run, and then they will run, and then they will run some more to the tune of 86% of their plays so far this season. And Rutgers…well, they wish Ray Rice stuck around for his senior year. Navy’s defense isn’t that great, but Rutgers offense is that awful. Greg Schiano will have a lot of questions to answer in his post-game presser on Saturday.