oVo wrote:Yeah, Bradford did a backfield face plant in the first half and that was all she wrote. To BYU's credit Oklahoma couldn't muster a consistent offensive threat without him. The biggest Week 1 stunner by far. BYU, TCU and Utah certainly make the Mountain West competitive against anybody. They aren't underrated, it's mostly a strength of schedule thing... and all three ended last season ranked high. Crimson Tide fans will have Utah nightmares for the rest of their days. The other BCS buster Boise State is also off to a nice start.
Hats off to Oklahoma State, Georgia, Alabama and VA Tech for having the balls to actually schedule a legitimate challenge to open the season... and to Brigham Young for whuppin' the Sooners. I was equally surprised to see a PAC 10 doormat like Washington hang in there against LSU.
I watched a little of that LSU game and while I do think LSU is a bit overrated I think they also were kind of looking past Washington thinking it would be an easy win.
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Tennessee dominating a Western Kentucky team that only won 2 games last year is no biggie of course, but their freshman players certainly looked good doing it. So even if this young team doesn't get it done this year, the Vols appear to be on the right track.[/quote] Of course they aren't far off from being a quality team, Tennessee rarely stays in the shadows for long I just don't think they're anywhere close to being ready on offense to contend in the SEC East.. Also look at the stats, sure the QB threw 5 touchdowns but he also threw 2 interceptions, I think that has to be a major concern for him to throw two interceptions in a game that's supposed to be a warm up for the rest of the season.
[quote="oVo wrote:Navy giving Ohio State a scare in the season opener isn't a shocker either, as the Midshipmen haven't been a pushover for anyone the past two seasons... and I'm hoping this proves to be their best group yet.
NOt a surprise but even with an Oklahoma loss I wouldn't be surprised to see OSU fall a little in the standings (maybe end up behind OK State)
As for the Alabama-VT game. I was a bit surprised I felt that Alabama would win but I was surprised at what they were able to do against a very talented, albeit as the announcers pointed out, undersized, defense from the Hokies. Really a good defensive showing from both sides of the ball that just didn't get translated as such. I was impressed by both teams and especially impressed with Alabama who I think gave up more special teams yards in the first half than they allowed VT's offense to get all game and most of those yards were from one big kickoff return (this seems to be one of the flaws that Alabama will have to work out). But overall both teams seemed very well coached throughout the game and I believe that probalby 90% of the mistakes they made in this game for both teams should be fixed by week 3. Who knows, the Tide probably feels that they have a reaspn to upset everybody's predictions and become the SEC representatives for the NC after letting it slip away last year.
I'm pretty confident I can close out the remaining 4 games for this week so I'll be #3 by the end of the day.
