Week 1 Review

The ACC

Horrible. Awful. Terrible. It pretty much could not have gotten much worse than it did. With the exception of our own Jackets, Wake Forest, and Miami, no one looked good. UNC and Maryland won, but both had close games against lowly teams in McNeese State and Delaware. NC State looks like they may be the new Duke. Virginia Tech proved that Tyrod Taylor’s “redshirt” was simply a white flag. Glennon looked horrendous and VT got out-Beamerballed when East Carolina won on a blocked punt. Clemson was the most visible embarrassment when the ACC’s supposed top  team got obliterated by the SEC’s 5th or 6th best team. I saw no fire out of the Tigers and the O-line looks porous at best. Just ugly. At least Duke showed that Cutcliffe could have them on the upswing.

Don’t even try to argue with anyone that the ACC is terrible. It’s true. The silver lining? This opens things up for Tech to try and weasel their way in to the ACCCG. If we can get this offense going smoothly, then our division looks weak and Tech should surprise a lot of people.

Blitzkrieg of Bits

If Georgia continues on the injury trajectory they’ve been on, we’ll be playing their 2nd team in November.

Good lord, I know it was Virginia, but USC is so loaded it’s sickening.

Don’t fret Ohio State fans, I don’t think Beanie’s absence will really hurt you against Ohio. He’ll be back for the USC game and that game will be awesome.

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Oh sorry, I was laughing too hard at Texas A&M. Although my wife’s cousins went there, I am a Longhorns fan and seeing the embarrassment they suffered at the hands of the mighty Arkansas State is hilarious to me. Who’s regretting that decision to hire the most boring coach in college football, Mike Sherman?

Screw you fourth quarter heroics! I hope Bobby Petrino looks as bad the rest of the year as he did this past weekend and loses all his games. If you elect to play for, or in any way be associated with, such a horrible excuse for a human then you deserve to suck and lose games.

Don’t feel bad App State. LSU is a beast athletically and there is no shame in losing in Tiger Stadium. Just go win another championship.

Although I lost a little money on the Tennessee-UCLA game, I loved every minute of that game. It was a truly entertaining game and seeing Fulmer get beat by a 3rd-string quarterback who threw four interceptions in the first half was pure gold.

Geesh, the SEC is without a shadow of a doubt the best conference in the nation. We all know about UGAg, bleeaahhh. Florida might be the most athletic team in the nation. Auburn had struggles running it’s new offense and still put up over 300 yards rushing and shut out a team that upset Bama last year. South Carolina, once they got a QB, looked strong. Alabama looks to be a very dangerous team. Kentucky looks to rely on a strong defense this year. Vandy is always a booby trap. Ole Miss is better with Houston Nutt. This conference is simply ridiculous. While I love my ACC, SEC football is just fun to watch.

Missouri might have the best offense in the nation. They put up as many points as USC, but on a ranked team.

It’s one thing to have 350 rushing yards, but when they are all from one guy that will make your eyes fall out of their sockets. Shun White at Navy came pretty darn close this past weekend with 348.

At least Fresno State is showing that last year’s bowl loss might have been to a pretty good team. I like Pat Hill as a coach, a lot.

I think Swofford and Tranghese (Big East commisioner) have been having an affair with each other and love to whisper sweet things in each other’s ears like “Hey, why don’t our teams blow chunks and lose to a bunch of crappy teams this year.” “Yeah yeah, that sounds like a splendid idea.” Hey BCS guys, can you please revoke our automatic berth card? We lost to East Carolina, Bowling Green, Fresno State, Northwestern and sucked against crappy teams like McNeese State and Delaware. WTF? You need to earn BCS berths and playing like this shouldn’t give you that privelege.</rant>

The Edgies

The Edgies will go out to my weekly players/teams/units/coaches of the week. No specific format here, just some useless internet awards to those who I think deserve them. Only five per week, so you better man up if you want one of these bad boys.

1. Shun White of Navy – Way to represent Navy in the absence of the great Coach Paul Johnson
2. Alabama’s Defense – You shut down, as in 0 rushing yards, a very dangerous offense
3. Kevin Craft – You came back from four interceptions to win a game against a ranked team. You sir, have testicles that make many men envious.
4. Georgia Southern – No you didn’t win, but you did take out yet another UGAg player for the year. The GT community thanks you.
5. Patrick Pinkney – 19-23 for 211 yards and a TD, 11 rushes for 33 yards and another TD. That’s a helluva day against a Bud Foster defense.

Polls

I will stick to my values and belief that polls should not be released until after Week 3, when most teams have played at least one real opponent. After Week 3, I’ll give you my Top 25 plus my ranking of the ACC.