College Football Observations

NM Green · September 15

I know it’s early but the results seem different this year. And there is more interesting to come.

1. It feels like there are more blowouts. So many 50, 60 point romps with a 70 and 80 point output. This isn’t good for the sport. Tech’s stadium began clearing out at halftime. Low energy post game vibe around the stadium too. We had some good travel following but how long will fans pour out money to travel where this seems to be happening more. You had the NIU and Toledo upsets of Notre dame and Mississippi State but it feels like games were more competitive in previous years.

2. I do like the ACC after dark. Freaked me out when I heard that tagline and saw the San Francisco skyline, and then it dawned on me oh yeah, Cal is in the ACC.

3. After driving back from Lubbock I turned on the tube and saw Indiana vs UCLA. I thought, how did that dog meat game get on tv? I mean seriously what a horrible matchup then I realized it’s a freaking conference game. Ugh. Boring boring boring. I don’t need to see Rutgers Washington or Maryland ucla. Come to think about it anything ucla.

4. It will be interesting to psycho analyze Sooner fan this week. There is a good shot they get curb stomped on Saturday in Norman. I went to LSU vs Tennessee in Baton Rouge a couple of years ago. LSU fan before the game knew they were going to get beat. Did not feel good about the game. Sure enough the Vols stomped them on cue. This is new territory for OU and Texas. It ain’t happening to the Horns this year but getting their fanbases used to reality in the sec will be wild to observe. This ain’t no Big 12 anymore.

5. I am rooting for Cal to beat FSU to set that Miami vs Cal matchup in Berkeley in a couple of weeks. That would be an awesome after dark special.

Already excited for Saturday. It’s prep time for rebound week. Savor the flavor of football season.

GMG

Edited September 15 by NM Green

GMG_Dallas · September 15

I was looking through college football schedules yesterday. It started with the Rice UNT 77-20 game so I looked at the Rice schedule that year thinking they must have won the conference only to see they lost to Tulsa 63-28. Same thought. "Wow Tulsa must have been great!" Checked their schedule and saw they lost to Houston 70-30. Tulsa was great that year by the way. Anyways, checked Houston's schedule since they walloped Tulsa and saw they went 8-5. No crazy losses but it reminded me anybody can lose big to anybody on any given week.

This helped me calm down a bit. I'm still upset about yesterday. Really, I'm embarrassed. But these games can happen. I've tempered my emotions until next Saturday. I need to see us do to Wyoming what Tech did to us. That was a team that was upset and probably had some not so nice moments in practice during the week. We need to see the same on Saturday. We need to see a team motivated by a pissed off coaching staff. Let's go.

GMG