Week Two Poll
Two weeks of football and we don't know much more than we did before. Four teams, according to Terry Bowden look real good. They are LSU, Oklahoma, Florida and USC. Of those four schools, well, no one has played on the road. USC gets the first road test this week at Nebraska. Cal, Louisville, Wisconsin, and Nebraska struggled to get a win. Only Louisville's win was at home. LSU does look really good, however, with a big win over Virginia Tech. I am waiting to see, however, how these teams respond to a road game. Road game troubles seems to be the theme so far.
You'll see in my poll that LSU, Oklahoma and Florida all moved up significantly. There is no sense leaving them at the bottom of the poll if they are that good. The teams that dropped struggled to win. But let's not be harsh, they did play on the road. And, as we have seen, focus does tend to fade sometimes when college students are playing. There are a few "trap" games this week. They are West Virginia at Maryland, Texas at UCF, Louisville at Kentucky, and Ohio State at Washington.
Bounce Back
A couple of teams bounced back in week two in a big way. After taking a big wallop against Oklahoma, North Texas traded touchdowns with SMU in Dallas before falling 45-31. North Texas QB Daniel Meager passed for an astounding 601 yards. Meager had never passed for 200 yards in a game at North Texas.
After struggling against Arkansas State in its first game, Texas found its mark against TCU in the second half. The defense played well and Colt McCoy got untracked as the Horns beat the Frogs 34-13. The Frogs had the Horns down 10-0 at halftime on two McCoy interceptions. But, McCoy found his receivers and his legs to rally Texas past TCU who may be Texas' second best college football team.
Predictions
I'm glad I don't make money predicting these games. I had Michigan number two in my preseason poll. Well, they made me look dumb. The Wolverines should beat Notre Dame because they have a better defense (I think) and more offensive weapons (Hart and Manningham). However, Jimmy Claussen has had a start under his belt, and I doubt the Irish will try to run over Michigan. Maybe Coach Weis will run a spread attack to torch the Michigan defense. We know how that worked out for Appalachian State and Oregon.
You'll see in my poll that LSU, Oklahoma and Florida all moved up significantly. There is no sense leaving them at the bottom of the poll if they are that good. The teams that dropped struggled to win. But let's not be harsh, they did play on the road. And, as we have seen, focus does tend to fade sometimes when college students are playing. There are a few "trap" games this week. They are West Virginia at Maryland, Texas at UCF, Louisville at Kentucky, and Ohio State at Washington.
Bounce Back
A couple of teams bounced back in week two in a big way. After taking a big wallop against Oklahoma, North Texas traded touchdowns with SMU in Dallas before falling 45-31. North Texas QB Daniel Meager passed for an astounding 601 yards. Meager had never passed for 200 yards in a game at North Texas.
After struggling against Arkansas State in its first game, Texas found its mark against TCU in the second half. The defense played well and Colt McCoy got untracked as the Horns beat the Frogs 34-13. The Frogs had the Horns down 10-0 at halftime on two McCoy interceptions. But, McCoy found his receivers and his legs to rally Texas past TCU who may be Texas' second best college football team.
Predictions
I'm glad I don't make money predicting these games. I had Michigan number two in my preseason poll. Well, they made me look dumb. The Wolverines should beat Notre Dame because they have a better defense (I think) and more offensive weapons (Hart and Manningham). However, Jimmy Claussen has had a start under his belt, and I doubt the Irish will try to run over Michigan. Maybe Coach Weis will run a spread attack to torch the Michigan defense. We know how that worked out for Appalachian State and Oregon.
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