A busy week kept me from getting to this sooner. But here is what I got:

First…So the top teams just keep losing. It has seemed apparent for a while that there really aren’t any teams that have separated themselves. Jevan Snead looked terrible losing to South Carolina. Penn St. couldn’t handle the weather and lost at home at night. And Cal was destroyed by Oregon. I think Iowa is a better team than we thought and Oregon might be too, but in most cases it’s likely that those top 10 teams were overrated. Expect this trend to continue. Other than Florida, Bama and Texas there probably isn’t a team to worry about.

And Ten…

  1. Tim Tebow getting hurt was the story of the week. In a way it showed that he is indeed human. Florida has a bye week this week which is nice for him to recover. LSU is after that. But Florida is a good team and if anyone can survive it’s them.
  2. Boise St. destroyed MAC bottom feeder Bowling Green. But I said it last week, Boise St. just keeps winning. Their schedule is cake, and they should go undefeated.
  3. USC was unimpressive in their “bounce back” game. They were favored by 46.5 points (!) and jumped out to a 20 point lead in the 1st quarter. They only scored 7 more points the rest of the game. I think USC is extremely overrated and I think will be exposed this week against Cal.
  4. Miami took a dump against conference rival Virginia Tech. Everyone got on the “Canes are back” bandwagon a bit too fast. Meanwhile VaTech has wins against Miami and Nebraska and their only loss is to Bama who might be the best team in the country right now.
  5. We are down to just 17 unbeatens after 11 fell last week. No two play eachother this week so we aren’t guaranteed to lose any this week. But I put the over/under at 2.5 for teams that go down this week. Best bets: LSU and Michigan.
  6. Still no Heisman favorite has emerged. The fact that Jimmy Clausen is in the discussion makes me want to vomit. This is the kind of year where someone random will win it.
  7. The Dan Hawkins Axe Watch continues this week at West Virginia. I think it’s going to be interesting to see what Colorado does. Hawkins’ son is the QB so they have to factor that in and it will be interesting to see how that works.
  8. Conference play gets into full swing this week. As usual the SEC is the one to watch.
  9. Games of the week 2A and 2B: Oklahoma at Miami and USC at Cal. Oklahoma is w/o Sam Bradford (officially now) and so this game takes an interesting turn. It’s must win for either team if they want to be in the hunt for the national title. Meanwhile USC and Cal play for what could be the top spot in the Pac 10.
  10. Game of the Week 1: LSU and Georgia. Both of these teams look like they have serious holes. Winning at Georgia is not an easy task and they have shown signs of being decent here and there. This is LSU’s chance to prove they can play.