Where is the Offense

With only a couple of games remaining the National Championship picture is still not clear. The only clear thing is the winner of the Big XII will play the winner of the SEC. Sorry USC and Penn State. Moving on from that UNC and ECU had letdowns for weekends. ECU is just plain struggling now and didn't deserve to win the previous two games either. UNC is not struggling they are playing better teams and they are still playing playing well. However, having the backup QB for this many games is starting to show why he is a backup. He just can't bring the consistent level of play that is expected of a starter.

ECU is a whole different story. I just want to know what happened. They have lost some due to injuries but both QBs are still there and the best receiver and play maker is still available. It is awful to watch, it looks as if there is no hope not matter who is out there at QB or catching passes. It has been bad to watch and hard to take pride in anything the Pirates are doing, even during their so called wins. Hopefully they can turn it around and get some help and still make the conference championship game.

As a UNC and ECU fan I can only hope they keep winning and that some others ahead of them lose as well. It will be an interesting finish to this season.

And We Make The Turn

At this point in the season it is now time for every team in the country to start making the turn down the home stretch. Most of the non conference games are out of the way and only meaningful conference games remain. For a team like ECU this is a good thing because C-USA isn't that good of a conference and they can match up athletically unlike the past couple of games against ACC opponents. After Texas destroyed Missouri last night I don't think there is any question who is the best team in the country. However, I do like Alabama's big game potential. I think they can rise up and beat Texas if they ever get a chance to play each other in the National Championship. They both have to remain undefeated or only have one loss and win their conference championship game for that to happen, which is gong to be tough.

UNC is for real and really unlucky. Injuries are the only thing keeping that team from an undefeated season so far and probably for the year based on their schedule. What a season it could have been in Chapel Hill, one of their best ever but they were bitten by the injury bug. Say what you want about excuses, injuries are unlucky and they do change the season. Texas without Colt McCoy and Cosby, not much are they. Oklahoma without Bradford and Iglecias, not much either, still good teams but not elite teams. UNC actually had a shot to be right outside the elite team category by the end of the year with Yates and Tate still in there, not anymore. ( I am not suggesting they would have been an ELITE team this year but approaching that threshold) Oh well it will still be a good season for the Tar Heels, at least good enough to keep the fans happy until their near NBA team takes the court this winter.

The Season So Far

Well it has been a couple of weeks since the last post and much has changed in the world of College Football. Lets start with the things we do know at this point in the season.

• ECU was a fluke, I hate to say it but 3 straight sub par to awful games can't be ignored.
• Much to the dismay of Mike in our class, Tennessee is a disaster this season and that probably wont change by the end of the season.
• The USC Trojans are human, in fact very human to the point of being dismantled straight up with no fluke or trick plays even needed.
• The Sooners and Missouri look down right unbeatable at this point in the season, its a shame they will have to play before the National Championship because they might really be the two best teams in the country.
• However a team from the SEC might have something to say about it, the question is which one will survive to say it.
• The ACC isn't as terrible as people thought but they also aren't an elite conference this year, if teams could find consistency they could compete with some of the big boys.
• The last thing we do know for sure this year is that the Big East (Least) might be the worst BCS conference to date, no one out of that conference even deserves a chance at a BCS bowl but yet they will get one automatically. Hey UNC would be the best team in that conference, they have trampled 2 of the top 4 teams.

Things we don't know

• Will ECU be able to right their Pirate ship and set sail again or will they continue to be boarded every week.
• The SEC is good, but which is it, out of this world defense or horrific offense. I think it is a little bit of both. Really good defense, not amazing though, and the worst group of offenses and quarterbacks on the east coast. The SEC is lucky they don't play some of these other conferences week in and week out because they could not sustain the offensive pace every week regardless of their defensive performance. Lucky for them they get to hide in conference play and beat each other up literally.
• How good is Texas? I guess we will find out next week in the Red River Shootout.
• Which is better SEC or Big XII? I propose the Big XII at the top but the SEC from top to bottom. There are more national title caliber teams in the BIG XII though. We will see how it all plays out.
• Is UNC for real?

Well that concludes this weeks topics and thoughts. I would love to hear some feedback and opinions about the college football season so far.

Intro

Hi, my name is Kenneth Weston and I am new to this blogging thing. The topic of my blog every week will be on college football. This blog will cover all aspects of college football. After sitting through an amazing game against West Virginia I really couldn't think of a better or more exciting topic right now especially for this area and University.

My first actual topic involves the game this past weekend, but the topic is not about the game rather what happened after the game. At the conclusion of the game thousands of people desired the opportunity to descend upon the field in jubilant celebration. Not surprising was the 3rd battalion from the National Guard with reinforcements called back from Iraq waiting for them at the edge of the field. Someone could have robbed Greenville blind because every available law enforcement officer seemed to be there with the sole intent of preventing people from celebrating and enjoying one the the Universities biggest wins EVER. When the thousands finally broke through and gained access to the field some officers took it upon themselves to beat, bruise, cuff, assault, abuse and ultimately use unnecessary and disturbing force. The officers were in no danger, people were not there to attack them, they were there to celebrate with friends and fellow fans. Their presence on the field only made matters worse. I understand both sides of the coin in this event but they were not going to prevent thousands of people from getting on that field so why pick out an innocent few and make pointless, meaningless, violent examples of them that I hope cost those officers their job or at least keep them from ever participating in an event like that again. For those few faithful fans lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit, the behavior of those officers were unacceptable and completely embarrassing to the University. After all they were there to prevent injuries not inflict them.

Let me know if any of you watched this occur or if you have any thoughts or feelings towards this incident I would love to hear them.