NCAA College Football Creampuffs; Week Two Mismatches

Welcome to week two of the Bleacher Report cupcake sweepstakes, where we present the biggest cupcakes by conference each week, with the conference with the biggest blow outs tallied up at year end getting the coveted “Golden Éclair” award.

 But first, let review last week’s tasty bakery items and the first weeks standings:

 #10 Independents: Army 31 Eastern Michigan 27.  Not much of a blow out here, but then Army sucks.

#9 Big East: West Virginia 31 Coastal Carolina 0.  A shut out, but only 31 points? C’mon guys.

#8 Big Ten: Penn State 44 Youngtown State 14.  Can’t believe they let em’ in the end zone twice.

#7 WAC: Idaho 45 North Dakota 0.  Vandals show that all of the WAC teams located in Idaho are bullies.

#6 Mountain West: Air Force 65 Northwestern State 21.  65 points with a lousy passing game. Ouch.

#5 Big 12: Texas A&M 48 Stephen F. Austin 7. Whup, gig em

#4 SEC: Arkansas 44 Tennessee Tech 3.  Hogs don’t even break a sweat.

#3 Conference USA: Houston 66 Texas State 28.  Cougar defense still gives it up, however.

#2 Pac 10: California 52 UC Davis 3.  UC Davis not smart enough to stay home.

#1 ACC: Florida State 59 Samford 6.  Why do they even play games like this?

The ACC heads into week two with the lead, but the Pac 10 and mid major Conference USA are in close pursuit.  Here are this week’s cream puffs.

#10 Independents: Navy Vs. Georgia Southern

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PHILADELPHIA - DECEMBER 12: Captain Matthew L. Klunder, Commandant of Midshipmen cheers during the game against the Army Black Knights on December 12, 2009 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Navy won 17-3. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/G

Navy has a ton of guys back from a ten win season and looked primed for another campaign. 

Whoops.  A 17-14 overtime loss to a Maryland team they were expected to beat sure has to hurt. 

The recipient of their anger will be the Georgia Southern Eagles.  The Eagles, however, are a top 20 FCS program, and will probably play the Middies tough, so I don’t expect to see a huge blow out here…just 15 points or so.

#9 Conference USA: Southern Miss Vs. Prairie View A&M

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NEW ORLEANS - DECEMBER 20: Damion Fletcher #25 of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles is flipped upside down by Alex Suber #7 of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders during the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl at the Louisiana Superdome on December 20, 2009 in New

Southern Miss got pecked on by those pesky Cocks in South Carolina, losing 41-13 in week two.  They are in for a reprieve in week two, taking on the Prairie View A&M Panthers. 

The Panthers are no longer losing games in 20 and 30 in a row stretches, but also will not be mixed up with a powerhouse anytime soon and are at FCS level. 

Now, if I’m Southern Miss, playing in a so called mid-major, shouldn’t I be scheduling quality opposition to raise the profile of my program rather than easy cheesecake? 

Oh yeah, that’s right…41-13 loss…been there, done that, didn’t like the movie.

#8 Big Ten: Minnesota Vs. South Dakota State

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN - SEPTEMBER 08: Mascot Goldy Gopher of the Minnesota Golden cheers during the game against the Miami of Ohio Redhawks as Minnesota defeated Miami of Ohio 41-35 in triple overtime at the Metrodome on September 8, 2007 in Minneapolis, Minnes

Minnesota’s sure starting off tough this year. 

After taking on mighty Middle Tennessee State University in game one, they now move down to FCS and get the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. 

Wonder if they raised their ticket prices this year, given the stellar level of competition they have been lining up?

#7 Pac 10: Arizona Vs. The Citadel

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TEMPE, AZ - NOVEMBER 28: Head coach Mike Stoops of the Arizona Wildcats walks the sidelines during the college football game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium on November 28, 2009 in Tempe, Arizona. The Wildcats defeated the Sun D

Arizona is another school that just believes in scheduling quality. 

They went up to Ohio and, holy Toledo beat those Toledo boys 41-2. 

Now they have FCS The Citadel at home.  Yep, the same school infamous for its rituals, military culture and nutty kooky hazing…I wonder if playing Arizona away was just some big ol’ hazing ritual for the football team that some crazy upperclassman dreamed up.

Sir, yes sir.

#6 WAC: Utah State Vs. Idaho State

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PROVO, UT - SEPTEMBER 23: Kevin Robinson #6 of the Utah State Aggies runs with the ball against the Brigham Young Cougars on September 23, 2006 at La Vell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah. (Photo By Kent Horner/Getty Images)

Utah State went to Norman, Oklahoma last week and hung in against the Sooners, losing 31-24. 

This week they get the FCS Idaho State Bengals.  The Bengals won their first game this year against Montana Western…which equals their win total from 2009 when they managed to go 1-11. 

Expect to see the Aggies of Utah State hand at least a 30 point blowout on them.  It's about time that they get to beat a team from Idaho.

#5 SEC: Florida Vs. South Florida

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GAINESVILLE, FL - SEPTEMBER 04: A fan shows his support for the Florida Gators in a game against the Miami University RedHawks at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 4, 2010 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

SEC fans are always proud of how rough and tough their conference is.  This was underscored last week when Ole Miss dropped a game to FCS Jacksonville State.

Hmmmm.

This week we’ve got Florida, who never, ever, ever ever plays an out of conference game away from home other than their rivalry game against Florida State (and the state legislature pretty much had to hold a gun against their head to get them to do that).

They are taking on the University of South Florida at the swamp.  Sends chills up your spine just thinking about it.

While Miami ventures up to play Ohio State, Florida takes on mighty South Florida. 

What a great game. Not.

#4 Big East: Pitt Vs. New Hampshire

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CHARLOTTE, NC - DECEMBER 26: Head coach Dave Wannstedt of the Pittsburgh Panthers walks around before the start of their game against the North Carolina Tar Heels on December 26, 2009 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Pitt got upended by Mountain West turn coat Utah 27-24 in overtime last week, dropping out of the top twenty five. 

Pity poor New Hampshire who, while a decent FCS program, will not be able to keep up with a ticked off Panther team. 

Check that…New Hampshire beat up on Central Connecticut, who just recently moved up from Division 2, by a score of 33-3 last week.  

So I guess they’ll get to see how it feel to be on the other side of the can o’ whup ass this week.

#3 Big 12: Missouri Vs. McNeese State

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ST. LOUIS - SEPTEMBER 4: Blaine Gabbert #11 of the University of Missouri Tigers looks to pass against the University of Illinois Fighting Illini during the State Farm Arch Rivalry game on September 4, 2010 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri.

Missouri grabbed a 23-13 win over Big Ten Illinois last week, and decided to take a week off to heal up. 

They are taking on McNeese State. 

Who? 

The McNeese State Cowboys, who won their first contest over FCS foe Lamar by 30 -27.   Mizzou, with 18 returning starters from last year, should put the wood on them for a spread of 40 or more.

#2 Mountain West: TCU Vs Tennessee Tech

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ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 04: Quarterback Andy Dalton #14 of the TCU Horned Frogs drops back to pass against the Oregon State Beavers at Cowboys Stadium on September 4, 2010 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

TCU grabbed a 30 to 22 win over a top twenty five Oregon State team to start the season. 

They were originally scheduled to play Texas Tech in Lubbock in week two, but Tommy Tubs cited ‘scheduling conflicts”. 

OK, so you schedule a game four years in advance, and then all of the sudden have a conflict?  Sounds more like “gosh, they have a top ten team and they are going to kick our butts" conflict from here. 

So the Frogs, who could of and should have scheduled a BCS level team, instead are taking on Tennessee Tech at home.  Tech, were a sub .500 team in FCS last year and blown out in a week one cupcake special, 44 to 3, by Arkansas. 

Expect more of the same.

Glorified scrimmage.

#1 ACC: Clemson Vs. Presbyterian

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Clemson started out with a 35-10 pounding over Sun Belt conference North Texas, moves on to a main course of the vaunted Presbyterian Blue Hose. 

Presby who had a 0-11 season in FCS last year, started out by getting the snot kicked out of them by a lousy BCS Wake Forrest team 53-13. 

Welcome to Death Valley.

If Clemson puts their mind to it, they could easily score 100.  Expect to see their third string in the game by the third quarter.

They should be ashamed to charge their season ticket holders and others ticket buyers full price for this thing.  Shame, however, is not an emotion that is seen much around big time college athletic director and head coaching offices.