The Blue Workhorse

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 watched several of the college football games that were televised throughout the day on Saturday. There were some good games, some blowouts, some close calls, and another upset for East Carolina.

I didn’t get to watch much of the late games because I had to go to work, but here are some things I observed about certain players and teams from the games I was able to see:

* East Carolina is no joke. They are a physical squad that wasn’t afraid of West Virginia or their high powered offense. Just like last week against Virginia Tech, they were tougher than their BCS conference foe.

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