The Blue Workhorse

It took me a little while to get over my sports fan depression, but I was finally able to make a full recovery and write my first post of the new year last Saturday.

Did he just say “sports fan depression?” Yea. That’s what I said.

Oh? You’ve never heard of SFD?

You may not have heard of it, but you’ve seen or even experienced it.

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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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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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The SEC is the best conference in college football…or is it?

As most fans in the Southeast assume each fall, the Southeastern Conference is by far the best college football conference in the country, but as ESPN’s Lee Corso says, “Not so fast my friend.” This season may have something else to offer fans as the Big 12 is off to an impressive start, and as this writer believes…yes…that the Big 12 is stronger than the SEC in 2008.

Let’s examine the facts:

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Last week, I was fortunate enough to get a hold of 5th row seats to the Florida/Tennessee game (thanks to Andrew and the Shelbyville crew). Unfortunately, that meant I was unable to make my weekly college football observations. This week, I tried to make up for it, however.

I watched as much college football as I possibly could this weekend. I tried to flip back and forth between the several games that were televised throughout the day on Saturday (as well as Thursday night’s game).

There were some huge matchups and some true battles, but this weekend will be known for all of the upsets (six Top 25 teams lost to unranked teams). Here are 49 observations about certain players and teams from 10 of the games I was able to watch:

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Every Saturday, after a hard week’s work, I just want to be able to sit on the couch and flip back and forth through college football games for the entirety of the day. Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to be able to do so.

I watched several games that were televised throughout the day on Saturday (as well as Friday night’s game), and unlike last week there were some big matchups and some true battles. Here are my observations about certain players and teams from the games I was able to see:
Kansas v South Florida (USF 37, KU 34)

* South Florida cornerback Jerome Murphy missed multiple tackles because all he was concerned with was loading up and using the hit stick on ball carriers. He made a couple of good hits but the few “Ooohh”s he’ll get in the film room won’t make up for the coaches’ yelling that is due him for his missed tackles.

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I know Georgia is not USC or Ohio State, doesn’t have a controversial coach like Rich Rodriguez or Nick Saban, and doesn’t necessarily have a high-profile, household-named player such as a Tim Tebow, but their latest transgression against my college sports team of choice is inexcusable: