Oh, if only I knew

Zuerst: Did you see this? What a mess. Maybe the teams can rename themselves the Bloods and Crips. Or the Jets and the Sharks. Or the Montagues and Capulets.

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College Football: Michigan...goes down. Georgia...goes down. Florida...goes down in the Swamp. Went 2-3 this week (Va Tech and Iowa). Thoughts:

• You don't suppose that Michigan - and for that matter Oregon - will work on punt/kick protection this week?


• LSU beat a banged up Georgia team. Add to this the fact that Ga's kicker was 1 for 4 on field goals, and Georgia could have pulled out the win. Not as impressive as you might think.


• One reason, two words, for the Florida loss: Ron Zook. The way he coached the end of the first half was very Fassel-esque. Add to this the fact that he almost seems scared of opening the offense up, and you get, well, a home loss to the biggest conference rival.


• Surprise, surprise. The team which couldn't beat Utah State by more than 10 at home got their asses handed to them on the road. I'm shocked, shocked!


• How about the MAC? As much as I hate Ohio State (the goddamn insufferable fans, especially), the 7 point win against Bowling Green didn't look quite as bad by the end of the night.


• Does this mean that, over the next year or two, we'll hear things like "Wow, they had the stones to schedule a MAC team?"


• HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's the sound of me laughing at the Mildcats. Now the only way they get a BCS bid is to win the conference. Considering the North is so weak, I don't doubt that they'll win the division, but they'll have to play, more than likely, Oklahoma to go to the Fiesta Bowl. Enjoy the Holiday Bowl, guys.


• Evidently Pitt's secondary is weak. Toledo's starting QB Bruce Gradkowski, who had started only 3 games previously, threw for 461 yards and 3 tds. Reggie McNeal can be mighty dangerous, and A&M will be at home against Pitt this weekend, not away. This may be closer than the line.


• Keeping with the special teams theme, you don't suppose that UCLA will work on punt coverage this week? Antonio Perkins had 277 yards and 3 touchdowns on 7 punt returns.


• I found this while looking for the team to whom K-State lost their last non-conference home game. "A Decade of Dominance"? Give me a break. Had you played decent competition, you'd still share football hell with Kansas.


• K-State's last lost a non-conference home game to...Northern Illinois. That's right, the team that yesterday handed a non-conference home loss to Ala-damn-bama. Makes me laugh.

Because I don't feel like doing much more (my 'Skins are about to play) I'll leave you with my top 10 list:

1. Oklahoma


2. Miami


3. USC


4. Ohio State


5. Virginia Tech


6. Florida State


7. LSU


8. Georgia


9. Tennessee


10. Michigan

Will look at my NFL picks later. - Ryan.