Northwestern University – You gave up 38 unanswered to the Fightin’ John L Smiths, the largest comeback in I-A history, and stealing my best running gag in the process.
Georgia Institute of Technology – Sigh. Front 7 was completely dominated on defense. Offense couldn’t do anything at all. I’m done with this now.UCLA – You played defense for 59 minutes, and then you let Brady and Samardzjafjajzjia own you for 80 yards in 35 seconds. WTG.
John Bunting – You’ve been told that you will not return next season. Not surprising, since your team sucks.
University of Oregon – I didn’t see this game at all, or know anything about it. But you lost to Wazzu, who’s outside of the Top 25.
The ACC – Grow some balls and give the leg stomping mofo more than a 1 game suspension. Seriously.
Coaches’ Poll – You have USC at #2 still, even though they kinda suck. Whatever. Pretty much mailing it in at this point.
University of Miami – Thug U rolls into the ATL to determine the Coastal Division champion. A GT win gives them a defacto 2 game lead, and with games against NC State, UNC, and Duke remaining, essentially clinches the division. A GT loss essentially means the inverse. Fortunately, Miami isn’t nearly as good as Clemson, so GT should win.

Remember when you went to arcades as a kid? Some of the games were really cheap, like Whack-a-Mole. Others, like Cruisin’ USA, cost four quarters to play. Likewise, a team needs to put in four quarters of effort to have a chance at winning a college football game. This fact was readily apparent in the following matchups of week 8.

California at Washington: Down 17-24, Washington quarterback Carl Bonnell tossed the football towards the end zone on the last play of regulation. None of three Cal players underneath the ball managed to bat it to the ground. Instead, the ball bounced into the hands of Husky receiver Marlon Wood, who dove into the end zone for a touchdown. In overtime, Bonnell threw into another Cal jersey, and this time Desmond Bishop picked him off. Luckily, the Bears’ poor defense against the Hail Mary didn’t cost them the game.

Texas at Nebraska: Halftime in Omaha found Texas winning 16-7. In the second half, the Longhorn defense gave up two touchdown drives to the Cornhuskers. Up 20-19 with 2:17 left, all Nebraska had to do to win was make a few first downs and kill the clock. It looked like they would do just that until Terrence Nunn fumbled a nine-yard pass. Texas walk-on Ryan Bailey made his first ever college field goal, and the Longhorn D batted down two Hail Mary’s from Zac Taylor to end the game 22-20.

Thanks to Nebraska, these guys stood half-naked in 40-degree weather for nothing. Nice going, Cornhuskers.

Notre Dame at UCLA: Up 17-13 with 0:55 left on the clock, UCLA looked as if it was going to upset Notre Dame right beneath the gaze of Touchdown Jesus. However, the Bruin defense backed off of Brady Quinn for his final drive, allowing the quarterback to move the Fighting Irish from their own 20 to the UCLA 45 with two passes. Then, Quinn hit Jeff Samardzija, who faked out defenders and hightailed it to the end zone. Talk about defensive self-detruction.

Michigan State at Northwestern: The other three games pale in comparison to the second-half nature of this Big Ten matchup. Northwestern went to the locker room leading Michigan State 38-3 at halftime. The Spartans scored 38 unanswered points in 24:36 minutes of gametime to beat the Wildcats 41-38. Michigan State came back from the largest deficit in the history of Division I-A college football.

You need four quarters to play Cruisin’ USA, and you need to play four quarters to win a college football game. ‘Nuff said.

I’ll try not to be depressed about yesterday long enough to talk about this. Onward:

• Still no idea who really has a shot for that at-large spot in the Poinsettia Bowl. Only two of the Pac-10’s 4 win teams will probably finish with 6, which means they can’t fill it. I doubt they’d pick a small conference East Coast team to fill the slot, so I went with San Jose St.
• Question marks by Indiana and Kentucky because I think they have a shot at finishing with 6 wins, and because I have no idea who will take those spots if they don’t.
• FSU-Washington in the Emerald Bowl, or, “teams that were really good in the 90’s bowl”
• The ACC is still pretty much very muddy. You’ll note Boston College is in the Orange Bowl – this is because they have the inside track to the title game (they need to lose again for Clemson to go). Despite the performance yesterday, beating Miami Saturday leaves Georgia Tech in the Coastal driver’s seat. Everything after Clemson on there is pretty much just a guess.
• The SEC has an extremely good chance at putting two teams in the BCS, provided Auburn and Florida win out. The ACC could also do it if Clemson wins out, but this is unlikely, since the Big East champion still has to go somewhere, the Rose will happily take Michigan and Cal if Ohio State and USC win out, and Notre Dame will be eligible so someone will take them.
• Speaking of OSU and USC, I’m keeping them there until I’m convinced someone will actually beat them. USC is obviously more vulnerable, but if they take care business and whip Oregon State and Stanford the next two weeks it will be impossible for anyone to knock them off unless they lose.

There may be errors on the page, in fact, I just spotted a new misspelling. Oh well. The link is on the right, and you can comment below and tell me how dumb I am.

Later.

Just nothing to say. Embarassing…in the words of Jim Mora, Sr.: “We couldn’t do diddly-poo offensively, we couldn’t run the ball….”

Sigh.

Normally, this would be my listing of games that would be broadcast where I am and my opinion on them.

However, I’m going to be busy today. Also, looking over the slate, I don’t know what’s worth watching outside of GT-Clemson, anyway. I’ll leave you with this:

Clemson is a redneck school, doo-dah, doo-dah
Clemson is a redneck school, dah-doo-dah-day
Gonna moo all night
Gonna moo all day
Clemson is a redneck school, dah-doo-dah-day