College Football: Why 2010 Is Starting To Look Like the Chaotic 2007 Season

First it was Alshon Jeffery's ridiculous one-handed catch that put away South Carolina's upset of Alabama two weeks ago.

Then it was David Gilreath's opening kickoff return for a TD that helped Wisconsin stun Ohio State.

This week, Missouri's Ghan McGaffie launched a third dose of deja vu on No. 1 Oklahoma by returning the opening kick for a TD to help the Tigers win 36-27 in Columbia.

With all of this BCS chaos, it seems as if we are in for a situation much like 2007 where it seemed like teams wanted no part of the top spots at all.

If 2007 were the Curse of No. 2, then 2010 has to be the Curse of No. 1.

And how ironic is it that Missouri, the No. 1 team in the country heading into the last day of the 2007 regular season, knocks off No. 1 for the third straight week?

And more ironic, it was Oklahoma, the team that beat Missouri that year in the Big 12 Championship Game and kept them out of a BCS bowl game that season.

Not only have all three No. 1 teams lost games on the road to opponents ranked in the Top 20, but they have all lost by two scores.

But that streak should end this week as Auburn travels to Oxford to play 3-4 Ole Miss, not nearly as tough a challenge as the previous three top teams had to deal with.

Like that season, there is no clear elite team, just a bunch of really good teams.

Auburn and Oregon, both No. 1 and No. 2 in the new BCS respectively, have won games on the strength of their offenses but have questions about their defenses.

Boise State has no tests left on their schedule, and Michigan State must face their toughest test of the season going to Iowa City to face a hungry Iowa team that fell short of beating No. 10 Wisconsin.

If Missouri cannot turn around and beat Nebraska this Saturday, then we will be left with at most five undefeated teams after TCU and Utah square off on November 6.

Then we are left with the one-loss teams: Alabama, Oklahoma and Ohio State.

Alabama looks similar to LSU back in 2007: a one-loss team lurking in the standings and capable of getting back to the top of the heap.

Oklahoma has to find a way to regroup but should still be in good position to make the Big 12 Championship Game.

Ohio State, on the other hand, has to hope for a lot of help because they do not have much control over their own destiny and might possibly get shut out of any January bowl game for the first time since 2004.

This time around, we may see more history, whether we have a second two-loss team to play for a title and/or we have a non-AQ team like Boise State or TCU finally crack the national championship game.

But thinking about this season, who would've imagined that we would have the following scenarios happen as they have:

-Michigan State, not Wisconsin, Iowa or Ohio State, is in the driver's seat to win the Big Ten and is still undefeated.

-Auburn would be the No. 1 team in the country with former Florida QB Cam Newton running one of the most explosive offenses in the country.

-Oregon would be better than it was in 2009 with Jeremiah Masoli.

All we can say is, the fun is only getting started.

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