The Upset Season in College Football

I watched every snap of that Kentucky-LSU game. Wow it was a great game, I really enjoyed it. And Oregon State beat Cal, Oregon State has a history of doing that. Through the years they have had some great upsets.

Why is this happening now in College Football?? I think it has to do with the scholarship limitations, plus the systems everyone uses today. You have so many young men out there that are skilled athletes that run and can catch the ball. And not all of them are at USC, Oklahoma, Ohio State, and LSU. The ones that are, are only 3-4 inches taller because that's who they recruit the 6'3", 6'4" wide outs. The 5'11-6' guys have to go somewhere so they end up at Stanford, but they can catch the ball, they can run fast, they can run routes. There are a lot of quarterbacks out there that still can throw the football and no one's taking but one at each program around the country. And because they're using such wide open offenses people are spreading the field, it does give you a chance to play catch-up football and score points. If you can hang in the game and be good enough on defense and have some breaks in the ballgame and get it down to a close and tight fit--You've got a chance today! If you lined up in two tight ends and a wing set and an I-Formation you don't have a chance to play catch-up football and score. The schemes they run today, a couple of big plays with two athletes, or a QB getting the ball to one or two guys running routes, you can move the length of the field in a hurry and make big plays and win games.

I don't care where you play, home or on the road, if you don't play well and the other team's ready to play you're gonna have a tough time. It can happen anywhere. The big ballgame can be played anywhere. Of course Cal-Oregon St. shouldn't have been a big ball game to Cal, but it happens. Everybody can get a quarterback today that can throw the football and make plays. Everybody can get receivers that run 4.5. They might be 5'11" or 6' at Oregon State and they're 6'4" at USC, but they are talented and they can make plays. I watched that happen at Kentucky this weekend. Andre Woodson is really good, but coming out of high school he didn't end up at one of the perennial powers for a national championship, but he's a guy who will be drafted by the NFL and be a good player.

I wondered in the overtime of the LSU-Kentucky game-where was Ryan Perrilloux? He was standing over there by Les Miles. That guy is the guy that makes big plays. Matt Flynn, I like him, but he's not a great runner and his numbers in the passing game aren't that great. I thought in the overtime Perrilloux would be out there to spread the field and run the option and make it a guessing game for Kentucky. He never was a part of the overtime. So Kentucky could load up and stop LSU between the tackles.

It was a great weekend in college football. I like seeing this. It's one of the great seasons we've had. We could have a national championship game between South Florida and Boston College. They may be unbeaten, but you can't convince me that those are the two most talented teams in the country.

BCS (The Barry CS rankings)

1. Ohio St-What hurts Ohio State the most is that people remember what Florida did to them last year in the national championship game.
2. Boston College-They are undefeated for a reason.
3. LSU-I believe LSU has the talent. Play Perrilloux and you might win some more.
4. Oklahoma-Big win over Missouri.
5. South Florida-I don't think they've got the overall depth and talent of some of the teams ahead of them.


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