Right, so, a few notes from yesterday:
I really, really thought the Longhorns would give Oklahoma more of a run for their money than this. Good Christ, what a whoopin’.
Welcome to the SEC, bitches. Mizzou drops to 3-4, and remains winless in SEC play. Miss the Big 12 yet, boys?
Also winless in conference? Auburn, who dropped to Ole Miss. The Rebels’ last SEC victory was in 2010. This was a game where I really kinda wanted both to lose — Rebel losses make all the right people sad in my home state, though with a little collateral damage — but I’m more than happy with this outcome. The AU boosters treated a perfectly good coach poorly, and while Chiz did get them a crystal football, it’s coming with a mighty big hangover. And that hangover is only gonna get bigger, because Chiz negotiated one hell of a buyout clause so they can’t afford to fire him yet.
Speaking of that perfectly good coach, it turns out West Virginia is exactly who we thought they were when they needed 70 points to outrun powerhouse BAYLOR a week or two ago. Tuberville’s Texas Tech smacked ’em good (49 to 14, in public and in front of their mamas), and now we all know how tough the Big 12 isn’t.
C’mon, Steve, can’t you do one thing right here? Now the sports press is all about how LSU is “back,” but brother, that didn’t look like “back” to me. Miles continues to win ugly, and it seems to me that Saban is likely to come to Death Valley loaded for bear.
Oh, A&M, you really did try to lose this one, didn’t you? 59 to 57 is an embarrassing win when you’re playing out of conference, Aggs.
Stat of the day: Big-time games saw not one but TWO defensive two point conversions. First Texas blocked a PAT attempt by Oklahoma and ran it back for two, and then the Aggies did the same thing vs. Louisiana Tech. This will be a trivia answer someday.
Finally, fuck you, Irish.
At the end of the day, here’s the new top ten:
- Alabama (unanimous)
- Oregon
- Florida (now sitting pretty as the only undefeated team in the SEC east)
- K State
- Irish
- LSU (highest 1-loss team)
- Ohio State (irrelevant due to sanctions)
- Oregon State
- South Carolina
- Oklahoma
Florida and South Carolina play next week. Oklahoma plays the Irish in two weeks, but has already lost to K State. Oregon and Oregon State will obviously play in the Civil War game (11/24).
And Alabama? We play LSU on November 3.
Nice #2 above, which begins with exactly the same words I said last night. (Except I spelled it “bitchez.”) After last weekend wherein every single team I was rooting for in every sport lost (Bama didn’t play, of course), this was a much better one. Florida and South Carolina next week is one of those games where I’ll root for the Goodyear blimp to crash on the field and kill everyone in the stadium. Because, unfortunately, they can’t both lose. When Bama meets LSU, the Tigers will fold faster than Superman on laundry day. Roll Tide!