What a day of college football. I am nearly speechless. Separation Saturday lived up to its billing and then some… and then some! There were upsets, unexpected blowouts, nailbiters and of course, another week that draws us closer to understanding who is the best team in the nation!
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Penn State Season Preview
Hands down, Penn State was the biggest surprise in college football last season. Outside of State College, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who thought that Penn State would be one of the top three teams in the country last season. This season Penn State, who lost a slew of starters from last season, will have to prove that last season was no fluke and their young stars can keep them at the top of the Big Ten and college football.
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College Football: Week One Remix
It began with a “did that really just happen” moment on August 31 and ended (mercifully) around the twilight hour on Labor Day.
Here’s what stood out from college football’s opening week:
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Hell Freezes Over
Look, I know this weekend’s “Game of the Week” is the Ohio State vs. Texas matchup, and for good reasons. But, obviously, there is a sleeper game in Week Two of the 2006-07 College Football season. The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame will host the Nittany Lions of Penn State, while at the same time marking the renewal of an ancient rivalry that is ready to kick off like a bat out of hell. It’s not so much of the game I’d like to inform you about in this column. Instead, I would like to pick my ways with the “experts” of America, mainly targeting the entire ESPN College Football GameDay crew, while also including Mark May (who now has his own segment on the Sunday SportsCenters, entitled “May Day”??). Please enjoy the following presentation and feel free to leave your own comments and rants for Week Two of The Great Notre Dame Football Show, I mean… excuse me, College Football.
No real intro, I just want to say that I am a Virginia Tech fan, so nobody jump on me for making a homer pick, because I picked a team to win the National Title that lots of columnists here are fans of.
PART I: OFFENSE
The Hokies haven’t had a dominating offense since the days of Michael Vick, but when you have the #1 defense statistically, that may not be entirely necessary for success. With the loss of Marcus Vick for problems off and on the field, two senior running backs and key starters on the offensive line, some might quickly write off Virginia Tech’s chances this year. Newsflash: this is not the case.
Let’s go over each position with some tender love and care and figure out where the Hokies really stand.
PART II: DEFENSE & SPECIAL TEAMS
What word encapsulates Virginia Tech’s defense? Brash? Hard-nosed? My choice would have to be lethal. The Hokies defense coached by defensive coordinator Bud Foster allowed only 168 points last season, a devastating 12.9 PA/G average.
Returning for the Hokies are the tandem LB’s Vince Hall and Xavier Adibi. Without question, these two guys lead one of the top 5 linebacking corps in the nation. In addition, 2007 NFL Draft prospect Rover/SS Aaron Rouse will be one of the keys to shoring up solid play for Tech’s secondary.
After the loss of Jimmy Williams, Daryl Tapp, James Anderson, Jonathon Lewis, Justin Hamilton to the NFL draft, the Hokies find themselves having to fill in holes left by key playmakers. Let’s take a look at each unit of the defense and analyze their strengths and weaknesses.
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Preseason Top 25
by Trevor Freeman
Drinking beer………tossing the football around………grilling up cheeseburgers….going to places named “The Big House” and “Death Valley”….. Can you smell it? College football season is about to kickoff. This year should provide the most wide open national title race in a long time as there is no one team that stands out as being dominant. Moreso than any other year, you have to evaluate each team’s schedule in making a futures bet…….I mean evaluating the national title contenders. After painstaking research by myself and my staff, we have dissected the teams and put together our preseason top 25 which is as follows:
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Discourse on (lack of) Reason
It seems like it was just a year ago that Myles Brand, the man who not even own organization can spell his first name (search “Miles Brand” site:ncaa.org and you’ll get a nice laugh when you find the press release announcing his hiring), foolishly decided that the “Seminole” nickname was “abusive & hostile” to a group of people who supported it 100%.
Oh wait, it was.
But some things never change. Now the man who should be selling swiss cheese to monkeys has decided that two green and yellow feathers symbolize hostility and abuse towards Native Americans. Am I missing something?
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A letter to Joe Pa
By Sean Quinn
Dear Coach Paterno,
I’m not very good at this letter writing stuff, but I felt one was necessary. I know you’re a busy guy with the season just a month away but I just had a quick question: would you be my grandpa?