The Blue Workhorse

Last week’s predictions may have been my best effort thus far: I told you to pick Texas Tech in a game Vegas thought was even; I said Texas wouldn’t cover a 12 point spread; I told you Georgia and Penn State would escape Top 25 matchups; and I even gave you the spread for the FSU/VT game when I said Florida State would win by two scores. (They won 30-20.)

I even let you know USC would win unimpressively, Kentucky couldn’t win in the swamp, and that the heartland (Oklahoma, Tulsa, and TCU) would put up a bunch of points. Now I did miss some games at the back end of the Top 25, but there has been so much movement in the bottom half the past couple of weeks that I don’t know anyone who could have predicted that whole mess.

So what kind of predictions do I have this week? Probably not any good ones, but here they are:

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Thanks to Tampa Bay (no longer Devil) Rays’ shortstop Jason Bartlett’s stolen base in Game 1 of the World Series, everyone in America gets a free taco from Taco Bell.

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Oklahoma State really gave Texas a run for their money. Unfortunately, for the Cowboys, Texas still reigns supreme in the land as they hung on for the 28-24 victory. In the other matchup of top ten teams, Georgia dominated LSU despite having an offensive line that was supposed to get dominated. So much for those experts.

Another week means another re-evaluation, and thus, we give you our new The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25 after Week 8. Some things to note from this week’s rankings:

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It has been a while since I’ve been free on a Saturday and able to make my weekly college football observations. Over the last three weeks, I’ve had a wedding to attend with the girlfriend, ALCS Games 1 & 2 to attend, and my college Homecoming and alumni baseball game to participate in, so my college football observations have been missing.

This week, I tried to make up for the lost time, however. I watched a lot of college football as I tried to flip back and forth between the several games that were televised throughout the day on Saturday.

There were some huge matchups for the top 10 teams that didn’t disappoint and a lot of blowouts of overmatched teams, but here are 78 observations about certain players and teams from 11 of Saturday’s games I was able to watch in between the World Series and UFC fighting:

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In last week’s predictions, I missed the big game (Texas/Missouri) incorrectly expecting Mizzou to respond to their upset loss the previous week. However, I was right with most of my remaining picks. I said Georgia and Oklahoma would both win in conference showdowns but not cover huge spreads (which they didn’t). I told you Ole Miss would give #2 Alabama a run. I told you Tulsa would put up huge numbers, and that Virginia was no longer the god-awful team they were a month ago.

I did miss the LSU/South Carolina game when LSU eked out a late win, overestimated Wake Forest, and expected more out of California and the new Clemson coaching staff. So what kind of predictions do I have this week?

(all rankings from are from The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25)

#7 Texas Tech at #20 Kansas

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Seventeen years ago to the day, relatively unknown pinch hitter Jerry Willard strolled to the plate against Minnesota Twins reliever Steve Bedrosian in Game 4 of the 1991 World Series.

Willard lifted a fly ball to the outfield and Atlanta Braves second baseman Mark Lemke tagged up and beat the throw home to give the Braves a 3-2 walkoff victory that evened the series at 2-2.

Everyone may remember this series as one of the great World Series because of the incredible 1-0, 10-inning Game 7 that included Jack Morris’s 10 inning performance and Gene Larkin’s walkoff single that scored Dan Gladden. What everyone may not realize is that this was the best World Series ever!

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With their 3-1 victory over Boston and the Red Sox Nation in Game 7 Sunday night, the Tampa Bay (no longer Devil) Rays have advanced to their first ever World Series where they will face off with the Philadelphia Phillies.

While I feel sorry for the Phillies fans that had to endure the opposing fan treatment (yea, stay classy LA), I will be rooting for my Rays and here are 23 reasons why you should be rooting for them as well.

1. Worst to First - The Rays are the new Atlanta Braves.

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The Bills got a big win against San Diego showing that the Bills are ready for the big stage while the Dallas Cowboys looked atrocious against a St. Louis team that until 2 weeks ago appeared to be in the running for the worst NFL team ever. But how did these and the remaining games affect the rankings?

Each of our four writers have ranked the teams. The rankings have been tallied. The top 3 and bottom 3 teams remain the same, but there are plenty of changes throughout the rankings. Scroll down to find out where your favorite NFL team ranks.