The Dawgs Ramblings

Its Gameday

Hawaii is 17th in the BCS standings in a year where they should be ranked higher with the constant upsets going on.

Seeing Connecticut in the BCS rankings is shocking. They can prove they belong with a win over South Florida. It’s nice to see the Big East apologize for the huge blown call that went against Louisville in Friday’s night game against the Huskies. For those who missed it, the Connecticut punt returner signaled fair catch but started to run regardless. All the Louisville players had stopped on seeing the fair catch signal. Only problem was the referees did not notice the fair catch and allowed the play to continue which resulted in a Connecticut touchdown. Of course, the play can not be reviewed which calls into question why there are rules at all of what can and can not be reviewed. If the ultimate purpose of a review is to call the game correctly, then any call should be subject to review especially if a team wants to use their red flag. Anyways, Louisville blew this game by failing to stop Uconn on two fourth quarter drives after taking a ten point lead. They have no one but themselves to blame.

Drew Weatherford is back in as the starter for Florida St. at QB. With him at the helm, I give them a shot at beating BC. With Lee, they had no shot. Lee threw three consecutive passes into the ground when trying to run the two minute drill in an attempt to rally the Seminoles against the Canes.

Possibly playing South Florida in the Orange Bowl would be like dating a girl that has all the right credentials; 6 figure salary, college education, well read, athletic … and all you can think about is ‘Why aren’t you sexy?”

South Florida and Mississippi St. have both beaten an Auburn team that has influenced the national title picture as much as any team could. Auburn’s victory on a last second field goal may be keeping the Gators out of the top spot.

Despite USC’s 37-0 nothing victory over Notre Dame, I am not sold on them. Notre Dame rolled over and gave up and can you really blame them? They weren’t going to come back. Some of the missed tackles by Notre Dame defy explanation. Hazleton is not Reggie Bush. Regardless, at Oregon will answer most everything.

Was thinking about Tyrone Prothro the other day and whatever happened to him. Here is a link to his site which states that his football days are probably over. This is really sad as the kid could have been a slot receiver in the NFL and garnered a couple of paychecks. I hope the young man gets his education and does not live just for memories of his catch.

http://www.tyroneprothro.com/



BC:

I can not help but think that this will be one of the most heavily watched Thursday night football games of all time. The whole college football nation will be tuned in to see if BC is for real or at least gain a level of understanding if BC is any good at all. The fact that BC is number two in the BCS and has a good shot of maintaining that ranking if they win out will not go over well, especially in the deep South. TV’s will be turned on in the bayous of LSU to the swamps of Florida to the rolling prairies of Oklahoma and to dorm rooms throughout the nation and everyone will have an opinion on a game that will be televised without college football competition. It is extremely ironic that the most anticipated BC game of all time will be bigger to people outside Boston than within the finest city west of Barcelona. I think you may have to go into a bar and ask for the BC game in Boston and you may not get it. Any TV not turned to the Sox could mean a loss of revenue… … The point is exaggerated of course but the game will not be front in center on the big screen TV’s nor front and center for a team that attempts to go where no BC team has gone before. The pressure for this BC team does not come from its fans or the local media but through a national prism consisting of ESPN, Sports Illustrated and anyone that spends their Saturdays rooting for a college football team. As long as BC keeps winning, they are no longer a nice little Catholic school from up North but a program that has a chance to drastically alter the college football landscape and the BCS formula.


The Dawg’s Top 10

1)LSU – Dramatic win against Auburn keeps them in the top spot.

2)Ohio St – Penn St. will be chomping at the bit for the upset but if Morelli maintains his track record, the Buckeyes will remain on the path to New Orleans.

3)Oregon – The Ducks are scoring and scoring and scoring. Who needs a defense. If Colvin holds on to the ball they would be the undisputed number one. Even though California has stumbled I think the Bears were hitting on all cylinders when they were up at Autzen so that loss should not hurt them too much. I do not want to rank them this high with that home loss but I need teams to prove they should be ranked ahead of the Ducks.

4)West Virginia – They have taken care of business since the South Florida loss and remain in the national title hunt.

5)Boston College – They know what they have to do.

6)Arizona St. – They get their shot to silence the critics.

7)Oklahoma – Struggling on the road against Iowa St. I almost don’t want to rank them. The Cyclones are awful. Ask Texas

8)Missouri – I like these guys. Oklahoma on a neutral field later.

9)Kansas – Boasts my new favorite quarterback.

10)Florida – These guys have just lost two games but boy are they scary and could shoot right up these rankings.

Lookin in: USC, Virginia Tech, South Florida, Kentucky.

posted by oceanjay @ 1:59 PM