Week 2 Notes

I watched 12 hours of college football yesterday and made some notes about the things that I saw. By the end of the day I was flipping to reruns of the League on FX (second season premieres on Thursday) whenever UCLA was on offense.

Week 1 record against the spread 5-4-1

Week 2 record against the spread 6-1-0

Overall 11-5-1

Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina’s Frosh RB, is the real deal. His balance and strength overwhelmed the Georgia Defense. If the Ole Ball Coach can continue to feed him the ball and then use play action to get Jefferies one on one down the field they are going to be a nightmare to deal with.

Without AJ Green, Georgia lacks an explosive playmaker. I told Big Game that the 4 game Green suspension will cost them two Ls. South Carolina was the first, Arkansas will be the second.

Wisconsin’s ability to run the football will give their opponents fits. But I wonder when they come up against Iowa and Wisconsin if their QB and WRs will be able to convert enough of the handful of 3^rd and longs that they will face. Wisconsin is a ten win team but if they can handle the talented back 7s of the Buckeyes and Hawkeyes, they might be talking a national championship run in Madison.

Notre Dame tight end, Kyle Rudolph, is the best player at his position in the nation. Unfortunately with Brian Kelly’s offense we are rarely going to see him go twenty yards down the field against a safety. Rudolph will forgo his senior year and will be a first round pick in next years draft. That 95 yarder was awesome. Send him down the f’ing fiels instead of these stupid 5 yard crossing routes.

Time to put Frank Beamer out to pasture. Poor special teams play against Boise, unacceptable loss to James Madison.

Has throwing down the field been outlawed in college football? All of these 7 yard passes to the sidelines makes me puke. The Buckeyes went downfield on their first touchdown drive and Oklahoma has been doing it the entire first half against FSU. Getting the ball to WRs going towards the endzone is not rocket science.

Colorado’s Athletic Department needs to be gutted. This Dan Hawkins experience has murdered their football program and because the AD department is too stupid to generate revenue and their university is full of worthless stoners, they can’t eat his salary. Can him and bring back Barnett.

I would be shocked if Denard Robinson can continue dominate against Big Ten defenses. Gardner and Forcier will see time this year, but he has been unbelievable to watch. But it will be even more fun to watch them struggle against varsity defenses.

If an NFL GM picks Jake Locker over Andrew Luck, he will be fired and burned in effigy within 3 years. Andrew Luck is a legit #1 pick.

What is happening in Pasadena? I love Ricky, but God Almighty.