College Football Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous college football thoughts and observations.

Louisville losing to Syracuse 38-35 felt a lot like the Cincinnati Bengals losing to the Cleveland Browns. The Cardinals have a great offense built around a franchise QB but no defense at all. Just like the Bengals... Alabama may have lost the game against Georgia last night but is there any question that the Tide is back as an elite program? Nick Saban is not just a great recruiter - he's obviously a great motivator too. No way Alabama makes this game close last year. Oh and speaking of Georgia - Knowshon Moreno looks like he'd make a great pro running back. I found myself wishing that the Patriots end up drafting him while watching the game (hey it worked when I watched Maroney play at Minnesota)... #10 Penn State lost, #12 South Carolina lost, and coming up #13 Oregon has to play #6 Cal (not to mention #4 Oklahoma playing #7 Texas). The countdown to Boston College cracking the top 10 is on baby!... I think you HAVE to add Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph to the Walter Payton Award watch list (the award given to the top 1-AA player) . Yesterday Randolph led Holy Cross to a 55-0 win over Georgetown throwing for 302 yards on 22-33 passing with 2 TD's. Randolph is only a junior and I'm telling you that this is a kid who has the skills to play at the next level. I predicted that Ryan Fitzpatrick would make it as an NFL QB back when Fitzpatrick was at Harvard and I'm telling you that Randolph is as good or better than Fitzpatrick... Maybe the biggest upset of the day was #24 Wofford beating #1 Appalachian State 42-31... Harvard has lights! Harvard Stadium is 104-years old but last night it good a new look - lights! Oh and Harvard beat Brown 24-17...