25 Thoughts on College Football's First Weekend

Michael Bergman by Correspondent Written on September 02, 2008
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12. Did the GameDay guys curse Beanie Wells, whose name reminds me of Beenie Weenies and kinda makes me sick to my stomach...?  Run-on sentence.  Either they jinxed him with the "He's gotta stay healthy" speech, or that dude really is injury-prone.

I hate to break it to ya, OSU fans, but it sounds serious.  He's not gonna be the same player for at least a month.  Which brings me to my next point...

 

13. Although they won, I think at least three National Championship hopefuls are out of the picture now.

A. OSU loses Wells and will probably lose to USC.  They can't recover from that loss and the national perception (voters) to make it to the championship game.

B. Mizzou didn't look dominant enough to convince me that they would be in the NC game.  Add a gimpy Jeremy Maclin, and their chances seem even slimmer.

C. Georgia lost another player to injury and already had the toughest schedule in college football.  Many people weren't picking them to make it all the way through that schedule even before all the injuries and arrests.

I could make cases against OU and Florida too, but I'll chill.  LSU and WVU still look pretty solid.

 

THOUGHTS on the Longhorns' first game.

 

14. Is Howard Schnellendork even the coach at FAU?  I mean, the guy never had any assistants or players near him, and he didn't wear a headset.  He just seemed to be mumbling like a crazy old angry Colonel Sanders.  Anyways, we shut him up—him and his suspenders.

 

15. Colt looked good.  Real good.  Maybe it will silence all the haters.

 

16. The defense was disappointing to me.  I know FAU only scored 10, but they should've had more.  We were very fortunate to get a couple red zone turnovers.  I don't think we got a single sack, which is very unsettling considering how we were supposed to be better in that area.

However, it does appear that Will Muschamp made some good adjustments, or maybe our players got smarter as the game went on.  I think the secondary will be OK, but I'm not sure.

 

17. The offense looked really good in all aspects.

 

18. Matthew McConaughey might not be a great actor, but he is a cool-@$$ dude. 

 

19. I love Vince Young.

 

THIS CONCLUDES THE LONGHORN PORTION OF YOUR BROADCAST

 

20.  I really thought LSU might struggle, especially with the early start, but they played well.  Maybe they just partied all night, so they were still awake.  Glad Gustav was merciful.

 

21.  I still have no thoughts on the Wisconsin football team.   But I could go for a cheese-covered brat.

 

22. I think Gustav and Penn State switched places this weekend, cuz PSU beat that coastal azz!

 

23.  After that win, I don't think Bama fans have any problems with the Dark Lord of the Underworld being their coach.  Sellouts!

 

24.  I think that if you want your rival to win, for any reason, then they're not your rival.   Screw how their success might help you if you beat them.  Screw conference allegiance.  If you hate someone, you better darn well hate them!  Georgia fans, you should've been cheering for UCLA last night.

 

25. I can't wait for next weekend!

 

HOOK'EM!

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