What I Have Learned From the First Week Of College Football

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Alabama/Va Tech-This was the game of the weekend until Monday’s shoot out with Florida State and Miami. This was a great slugfest between two really good teams with the better one coming out on top. What did we learn this weekend from this game? Well that Alabama’s defense may be as good as advertise maybe even better and that Virginia Tech’s  offense is well what I thought it was and has been for the last few years and that’s pretty much non-existent. Tech is not an offensive juggernaut never have been, never will be. The reason why they are so good is because they have a very good defense and great special teams which they showed Saturday night, but when it got to the nitty-gritty, that wasn’t enough to defeat Alabama. All the Tide had the do was wait and wear the Hokies defense down which they did and that was that. Until Va Tech becomes more offensive minded, they will continue to be just ACC champions, but not national champions.

Florida State vs Miami-Well I be damn, the FSU/Miami game was actually worth watching this year. Who knew? This is the first time in years that this game was actually good and it actually mattered. But I think this is the first time that I have ever witnessed an offensive shoot out between the two teams. Normally, we get great defense and bad special teams on FSU’s part but not this year. This year we got a great offensive showdown which came down to the last play of the game. Can someone please explain to me though why did FSU let the clock run down towards the end of the game, but I digress. What I took from this game is the ACC should be fearful of both teams. It looks like after all these years the Seminoles and Canes are ready to dominate the ACC again.

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