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.