The "Sophomore Barrier" is already broken
With his performance against Oklahoma State Saturday (30-of-44 for 370 yards and four touchdowns, four carries for 16 yards and a touchdown), Sam Bradford is the favorite for the Heisman trophy. But wait, doesn't he play for one of those pesky Big 12 teams?
With his performance against Texas A&M Thursday (23-of-28 for 311 yards and two touchdowns, 11 carries for 49 yards and two touchdowns), Colt McCoy is the favorite for the Heisman trophy. But wait, no, he also plays for one of those pesky Big 12 teams. And it played Texas A&M, so that can't even count.
With his performance against Florida State Saturday (12-for-21 for 185 yards and three touchdowns, 16 carries for 80 yards and one touchdown), Tim Tebow is the favorite for the Heisman trophy. But wait, isn't he just the biased media's favorite?
With his performance against Kansas Saturday (25-for-41 for 288 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions, 9 carries for 103 yards), Chase Daniel is the...but wait, nevermind; his team lost that game and now it's 9-3. He can't win the Heisman with a record like that, not even if Mizzou beats Oklahoma Saturday.
With his performance against Oregon Saturday (seven carries for 56 yards and no touchdowns), Jacquizz Rodgers...but wait, he was injured, so his team lost, 65-38, giving USC the lead in the Pac-10. Poor Beavers. I wanted you to win, too!
They won't ever go away
Which brings me to USC and the Pac-10.
Why can't the Trojans just go away for a while? Why must they continually pop up everywhere? They play Washington (0-11) and Washington State (2-11) every year and half of their conference is sub-.500; OF COURSE their defensive numbers will look awesome! Put Texas Tech in that conference and the Red Raiders would win the conference five times in a row, at least.
So tell me, why are the Trojans ranked fifth in the country? I guess for the same reason Utah (and probably Boise State) will get a shot at a BCS bowl.
All I know is that I'm a Bruins fan this week.
Nebraska won Friday
BOO YAH. My Huskers beat rival Colorado and only lost the Big 12 North Division title due to Missouri holding the tie-breaker. We finished 8-4 (5-3). Nice. Read it.
Mediocrity has become standard issue
What is up with the ACC? At least Boston College and Georgia Tech squeaked out wins this weekend to assure there won't be a four- or five-way tie (boy, wouldn't that make the Big 12's situation look easy).
In the end, the conference is the real loser. Of the 12 teams in the ACC, only four have winning records in conference play. Four. The Big 12 has that many that are ranked in the top-14 of the country and half of the 12 teams have winning records in conference.
The ACC is kind of like the SEC (only four of the SEC's teams have winning records in conference), except that the teams at the top of the SEC are at the top of the country and the teams at the top of the ACC have been consistently in trouble of dropping out of the rankings.
There has got to be a solution to the absolute mediocrity that's plaguing the ACC. When somebody figures it out, distribute it to Duke, Virginia, NC State, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina, Wake Forest, Maryland, Virginia Tech, Florida State, and Clemson. Maybe they'll follow Georgia Tech and Boston College and be good enough to be ranked next season.
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