Okay, this is something I don’t get, perhaps someone can explain it to me……. LSU beats no.3 Oregon 40-27, jumps Alabama in the polls to NO.2, actually they could of the jump the Sooners if you ask me or anybody at the Texas Stadium who witness the Oregon, LSU game. I must say for Alabama to jump LSU after they beat no.23 Penn State on the road 27 to 11, big deal, I am not trying to be Bias about this, but please Penn State who is that, they are overrated, and I said before before Finbaum said it, Paterno needs to hang up the cleats. Thats really interesting for Bama to jump LSU after a victory over no.23 Penn State, whats the world coming too……. Well, I am done tooting my horn…… but what is the A.P. Poll and USA thinking….. its okay, when LSU rolls into Alabama towards the end of the year, LSU will leave their mark with the Tide, as they leave with a victory…… you heard it hear first…. the tide will get rolled that weekend, by the Tigers of LSU. Good Day sports fans…..
Well, LSU Tigers get there first SEC game in Starksville,Ms. tomorrow night as they go and face the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs coming off a loss to Auburn should be ready for this game, if not they will be looking at back to back losses. LSU at no.2 in the nation cannot play into the fact that they are no.2 in the nation going in playing the Bulldogs. This will be the first road game for LSU, and I guess we will have to wait to see the outcome. LSU’s running game and defense up to par, it should be a challenging but overcoming contest. Oklahoma faces FSU this week, so we will have to wait the outcome of that game as well. No.1 against No.5, and so early in the season. The sooners better not be looking ahead to next week, or down the line, because the Seminoles have a very good established team, this will be a game to watch, and probably the game of the week. I might have a chance to get to Soldier Field this saturday to watch Wiscousin vs NIU, what a battle that will be at Soldier Field.I just found out NIU is located in Dekalb,Illinois,a small town school, buit willing to put up a fight against the Badgers. I hope its a competitive game, and Wiscounsin is playing NIU in Chicago, so it will be a home game forthe Huskies, what a big venue this will be when it comes game time. Good luck to the NIU Huskies, it would be fun to see a upset thats for sure. I must say I have a really hard job going to watch college football games, taking pictures, talking to fans, and posting what I saw during the game. Its a tough job, but I guess someone has to do it.
Looking back at the Michigan vs Notre Dame game in the Big House, what a classic finish that was, I hope to see more games like that this season. I wasn’t too far from Ann Harbor, would of been nice to jump in the car and scoot out for the game, but after driving cross country I was a bit tired. I will get out to Ann Harbor this year to witness Denard Robinson and the Wolverines, and to get out to South Bend as well when U.S.C. rolls in town will be a fun event as well. Good luck to your teams this week…….
Well what a week for college football. A great OT thriller on Friday night to start things off as ASU gets their signature win over a Missouri team that seemed to ice its own kicker. I called the Michigan win over Notre Dame; however i did not expect it to be that great of a game, what a classic finish!! Denard Robinson may not be a superstar at the next level, however he is like an out of control Mike Vick who always makes the game exciting to watch.
I predicted that UGA would beat South Carolina in Athens, however they must have known in Vegas that i predicted that and someone threatened the UGA football team to then throw the game, because that is exactly what they did. They had the game wrapped up and lost it on silly turnovers and special team miscues.
Auburn pulls out another one at home, this time over an opponent in the conference whom was ranked. I dont know if Miss St was deserving of a ranking like that or not. A win like last weeks for Auburn may have struck a match and lit a fire underneath them because as we know a team can rally around a close win and it can change the momentum of a season and that is one of the beauties of college football.
The Pac-12 looks like a depleted conference, and it seems like the bigger the conference, the weaker as a whole they are. Look at the ACC for example. There was a time when teams like Ga Tech, NC State, UVA, Boston College, used to be better than what they are now. It seems as if the ACC has been rebuilding ever since it expanded and started having a championship. I feel the Pac-12 may go in the same direction. It appears as if Oregon would have the easy road to another Pac-12 championship, i cannot really see anyone contesting them, unless they just choke down the stretch. ASU might have a shot, and possibly USC if they can get their offense to be more physical.
The game to watch next week is FSU vs Oklahoma and that game is a toss up, along with Ohio St vs Miami. I feel better about Miami’s chances rather than FSU. I watched Miami play against MD on Monday night and they did not look that bad eventhough they were missing eight starters. They definitely have an offense that can score in a hurry regardless of the QB that is playing for them. Two outstanding running backs and Miami always has talent on both sides of the football. I have not seen much of Oklahoma, however i know Stoops will have them ready, and i hope FSU fans are not getting their hopes up, it could get ugly. I do believe FSU is overrated. I am a loyal UVA Cavalier fan who saw his team claw its way back after giving up a 20 point lead in the second half to force a turnover in the final minute of the game and kick a field goal to win at Indiana 34-31. UVA is a young team with Mike London at his second year and i am excited to see what he can do with them. A lot of Wahoo-wa faithful have had these feelings before and UVA has always found a way to let us down, however I am and always will be CAVALIER BLUE through and through. Until next week college football fans, James Gray is signing off.
Like most viewers of college football, I have always enjoyed watching exciting players like Denard Robinson play the game. Nearly every year it seems like there are a few players who are so compelling to watch, that you root for them regardless of what team they are playing for. What usually, but not always, captures most fans attention is the player’s flashiness or explosiveness. Sometimes it is simply their moxie or toughness that wins fans over and makes them hard to root against.
This year there are already three players I just can’t root against: Andrew Luck of Stanford, Robert Griffin III of Baylor, and Denard Robinson of Michigan. All three are exciting players, full of moxie and appear to have great character and leadership qualities. But only Denard Robinson has that certain video game quality to his play that only comes around a few times a decade. Not since Reggie Bush played for USC, have I seen a player like Robinson who every kid wants to be when they’re playing the video game EA Sports NCAA Football.
I wouldn’t even be the least bit surprised if many Ohio State alums have children that can’t resist the allure of playing the video game with Michigan for the chance to control Denard Robinson. When Reggie Bush was at USC, I had friends who worked for opposing conference teams ask me to get them autographed Reggie Bush jerseys for their sons for Christmas. Despite the parents’ deep-seated dislike of USC, you couldn’t wipe the smile off of their faces as their sons opened that present.
As obvious as it is that Denard Robinson is one of those rare players who transcend his team affiliation, it was his interview with the college GameDay crew following the Notre Dame victory that won me over. When it was mentioned that he had rushed and passed for a combined total of 446-yards in the game, he was clearly genuinely shocked by the news (note his reaction at the 2:06 mark in the video). This exemplified the winning mindset I try and instill in all of my clients. The truly great winners and champions are so consumed with being in the moment, they have no idea how well they performed until after the competition is over. If you are keeping tabs on your performance during competition you are not 100% in it and performing to your full capabilities.
Denard Robinson and his Michigan team are still a work in progress and still have a ways to go to get back to the top of the college football world. But with Denard’s continued development and the leadership and coaching of Brady Hoke (who I wrote previously about here) the future looks very bright for both Robinson and Michigan.
by Sam Obitz
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Although the score was 40 to 27, of the LSU and Oregon game, Oregon controlled the first half, with the score 16-13 LSU, going into the half time. LSU recieve the kickoff and had to imply the Oregon quick temple offense, if not Oregon would of picked up where they left off. LSU then march down the field with a go ahead touch down, and then stripped the ball on a kick off and got the ball back, and minutes later Spencer Ware made it 30- 13, with a one yard pludge, LSU then added another 3 points, and the score was 33- 13, Oregon march down the field and score a go ahead touchdown, and made it 33 to 20, Oregon held LSU on 4 downs, LSU punted, as Oregon set up its offense again. This time LSU held there defense to four downs, but Oregon decided to go for it on 4 and 6, on its own 35, and LSU defense batted the ball away on the next play, setting up there go ahead touchdown. A few minutes later Michael Ford ran 16 yrds for the next score to make the score 40- 20. For the final score Oregon drove down the field 11 plays for 70 yrds, with Thomas on a 4 yrd run, score LSU 40, Oregon 27, then on the kickoff Oregon went for a onside kick, LSU recover and ranout the clock. During the game Oregon was setback with injuries, losing 3 tailbacks, and a kick returner, also the 3 turnovers set Oregon back as well. There is a chance for these two teams to meet again in the BCS Title game, if Oregon runs the table, and Alabama,Oklahoma, and Boise State loses, they might get a chance to play in New Orelans. If LSU continues winning, they will be in New Orelans in 2012.
