I basically had the house to myself yesterday to work on a presentation for work. During the day the TV stayed tuned to college football, which is pretty much normal for a Saturday around here. I took my scheduled break from the presentation at 3:30 to watch Ohio State play Northwestern. At 3:42, with the Buckeyes firmly in control, I went back to work.
Complaint time: Locally the OSU game got swapped with the meeshigan v. State Penn game on Mickey's family of networks. So, OSU on ABC, the "other game" to ESPN. Both in HD...or so you would think. Here's what happened on my cable network...they switched OSU to ABC on both feeds, but only switched the meatchicken game on the regular feed. So, I had two HD feeds of Ohio State eeking out a 51 point win. Would it REALLY be that hard to have swapped out both, WOW? Just wondering. (While you're at it, why don't you maybe list that FSN's HD feed shows glorious, high definition football all Saturday as opposed to your listed "HD Promo" when the Reds or Jackets aren't on in HD?)
On to other football related things, and right off the top...Dear LORD how bad is the Big 10(11)??? Ohio State is emerging as the top of the conference once again, and they're in a down year. Penn St couldn't beat a team that couldn't beat a team from 1-AA who couldn't beat a different 1-AA team yesterday! (If you didn't follow all that, App St's win streak came to an end yesterday at the hands of Wofford 42-31. Associative property of football states that Wofford v. Penn St should be a helluva football game.) Michigan St might be good, but they beat Notre Dame, so they could suck. Wisconsin and Iowa was fun to watch...if you tuned in only for the last 5 minutes of each half. Speaking of Iowa, they get great run in the press every year it seems, only to fall flat at some point or points. If Ference is such a stud as a coach, when is he going to sack up and win the Big 10? Outright, Iowa Fan, not by tying teams you don't play. (I notice that neither Ohio State or what's left of michigan are on Iowa's schedule...hmmm...)
Other games I caught a bit of were the Browns-Bengals-esque, "Defense is overrated" score fest in Stillwater, OK and the Georgia v. Bama game. Gotta admit, I don't mind watching Saban lose football games. And that one was an OT thriller. Bama ties it up with just over a minute left after trailing pretty much the whole game only to go 3-and-field goal in OT and have the Dawgs score on their first play from scrimmage. In a game I didn't see, Tim Tebow rebounded from his horrendous 1 INT game a week ago to throw two TDs and run for two TDs as the Gators held off Ole Miss. Thankfully he got it together, as rumor has it he took a dump last week and it actually DIDN'T smell like fresh cut roses.
Big Gainers (But not big winners)
1. Brian Brohm, prolific passer from Lousiville, put the ball up 65 times yesterday and threw for 555 yards and 4 TDs in a losing effort. (To Syracuse of all teams.)
2. Not to be out done, MAC powerhouse Ball State waltzed into Lincoln, NE yesterday and marched up and down the field on the vaunted Black Shirts to the tune of 610 yards total offense. Or, only 153 more yards than USC had in the same stadium a week ago. In two weeks Nebraska fans have seen over 1,000 yards total offense and 89 points against the Huskers. Be glad Oklahoma isn't on the schedule...
3. Finally, scoffing at the 600 yard mark was Texas Tech QB Graham Harrell who went 46/67 for 646 yards and 5 TDs, but it wasn't enough to beat Ok St.
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