Each week, the three of us will drop a few lines about the week that was.
Week 2…whew can we call that a blood week? Despite a weak slate on paper, we had some fun surprises, hilarious upsets and plenty of stupid to go around.
- Texas Ain’t Back, Y’all
I think there were more ‘horns down’ gestures in Fayetteville than Arkansas rush yards last night, which says quite a lot. Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns got a Texas-sized ass whoopin’ at the hands of Arkansas last night. The Hogs racked up 333 rushing yards and 4 TDs, while Barry Odom put on a defensive clinic.
Arkansas might be better than we thought? Texas is probably worse than we thought? The soon-to-be rich bankers of the SEC have a lot of work to do before next year.
- What’s a Peacock?
The thought of millions of crusty white Notre Dame fans scrambling to find and subscribe to Peacock only to see their team nearly lose to a Jeff Bezos ass rocket Toledo team will never not be funny.
Jack Coan popped a dislocated finger back in place and led the Irish on a game-winning drive. Ballsy move, but there are probably more questions than answers with the Irish at this point.
- DAMMIT BOBBY
In the most King of the Hill voice “DAMMIT BOBBY!” Florida State is the king of historically finding brutal ways to lose and Norvell is fitting in just fine in Tallahassee.
Jacksonville State’s Zerrick Cooper heaved a 59-yard Hail Mary at the horn to upset FSU at home. Instead of a prevent defense, FSU decided to defend a Hail Mary with man-to-man coverage with a single high safety. (Seems problematic?)
FSU is not very good and McKenzie Milton is probably not the answer. Mike Norvell’s seat is already hot in Year 2.
- El Assico’ provided ample ass
Can we stop with this ISU playoff team nonsense now? Matt Campbell lost to Iowa AGAIN. The Hawkeyes offense is nothin’ pretty but they put the clamps on the Cyclones for the sixth straight year. Iowa has immerged as the clear favorite in the B10 West and should be eyeing a date in Indianapolis with Ohio State.
- Ducks > Bucks
In the biggest game of the week, the shorthanded No. 12 Oregon Ducks upset No. 3 OSU in Columbus. Oregon was more physical, established a hellacious run game and got enough stops late to win.
This is the first regular-season loss of the Ryan Day era. I must say: it was quite strange to see a Pac-12 team push around the B10 champs. Mario Cristobal has made no secret about wanting to bring an SEC-like feel to Oregon and they looked the part yesterday with a big, physical running attack.
Ohio State will still win a lot of games this season, but it definitely put a damper on their title-contending hopes for me.
- DAWGS GOTTA EAT
I’m wearing Maroon glasses but I think Mississippi State has a pretty decent defense. They won a crucial non-conference game yesterday 24-10 over NC State. I think Will Rogers is good enough to keep MSU in a lot of games.
(Side note: If you want to see some foolishness, watch MSU-Memphis play next week. Knuck If You Buck!)
- Close Calls and Head Scratchers
We got some fun close calls yesterday. Despite a cat jumping from the upper deck at Hard Rock Stadium (which, whew, that sounds very on-brand for some Miami football) the Canes narrowly avoided an upset to App State 25-23.
Did Jimbo and the Aggies eat too many edibles this week or what? They sluggishly survived a Colorado upset bid 10-7. Haynes King is hurt. A Jimbo offense is unconvincing once again. But hey, at least our rich boy got richer last week.
OSU-Tulsa is the Dust Bowl El Assico, as the Cowboys barely beat a bad Tulsa team 28-23. Spencer Sanders seems to have gotten significantly worse. I don’t love their chances the rest of the way.
Hey Clay Helton, y’all OK? USC got waxed by a Stanford team that got bullied by KState in Week 1. Helton is a fraud. Maybe this is the year everyone else figures it out.
Washington might have the worst offense in the country. Jimmy Lake coaches like a defensive coordinator and they got walloped by Harbaugh and Michigan last night. I’m all the way out on the Huskies.