Week One

a guest post by James

Week one of college football is in the books. There were some great games and plenty of blow outs. The biggest upset this weekend came from #20 BYU who defeated #3 Oklahoma. Last years Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford who plays for Oklahoma was put out of the game after injuring his throwing shoulder. I mention this because at the beginning of the year I thought Bradford wouldn’t be able to come close to his stellar stats of last year. Why, because Oklahoma had 4 of 5 starting offensive lineman graduate last year. Bradford was hurried, hit, and sacked most of the night. This is important to remember when looking at teams. If you have experienced offensive and defensive linemen you will succeed. If you don’t, watch out. Championships are won in the trenches.

One thing that always bothers me every year about most teams, is scheduling. In my opinion if you schedule a Division II (yes I know there is another name for it) team on your schedule you should not be able to play for the title, yes that includes all Division I schools except for four. According to my research since the NCAA divided Division I and II in 1978 only Notre Dame, Washington, Southern Cal, and UCLA have not scheduled the lower division. Kudos to those schools for not being chumps. Give me a break, can’t all you other schools beat up on some lowly Sun Belt team. If I was a season ticket holder, I would be livid at some of the horrid schedules.

As for the Fighting Irish this weekend…Some analyst were picking the Irish to lose to the Nevada Wolf Pack even though the Irish were favored by 14pts. The Irish beat down the Wolf Pack 35-0. That’s right, a shut out. The Irish were in mid-season form. Jimmy Clausen was 15/18 for 315 yards, Michael Floyd led the receivers with 4 rec. for 189 yards, and Armando Allen had 15 carries for 72 yards rushing. The defense was solid and held the Wolf Pack only to 307 total yards and zero points. For comparison the Wolf Pack averaged 508 total yards a game last year. Now, the Irish will face the Michigan Wolverines in the Big House this week. No matter how each team is playing since this is a rivalry game anything can happen, but hopefully Charlie Weis will have the team humble and ready to beat down the Skunk Bears.

Enjoy the second week of College Football and GO IRISH!!!

By the way its Tuesday and Michigan Sucks!

Enjoy the highlights from the ND/Nevada game.

Paul Dietzel, LSU—"You learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life."