This past Saturday saw the number one team in the nation go down on the road again. The WAC visited the SEC in Auburn this past weekend. How Boise now has no chance of getting to the National Championship game. The SEC East is everyones to win/lose however you want to look at it.
But first lets start with the Jaguars of South Alabama. South Alabama took theirs talents outside the state of Alabama for the first time this past Saturday and showed everyone they can play where ever. South Alabama took on Lamar in Texas and shut-out Lamar 26-0. The games keep getting bigger and further away from the state of Alabama as they head to California and take on a very good UC Davis team.
The upset bug was flying around Camp Randall on Saturday night when Ohio State fell to Wisconsin. Ohio State played a lot like Alabama did last week. They just went into the game and just viewed it as another game while Wisconsin made it their biggest game of the year. Wisconsin jumped out to a 21-3 lead at the Half. Ohio State would cut it to 21-18 but that is as close as they would have gotten as the badgers won 31-18. Ohio States defense just got plowed over by Wisconsin's running attack of Clay and White. Of course we usually see this year in and year out in college football that the number one team or top five teams lose their games in October, but it is always a surprise who they end up losing to. I for one love it when their is a lot of chaos in college football and the BCS starts getting more confused on what it will do in the standings. Especially this year when you have TCU and Boise State who will not lose a game this year.
Speaking of Boise State, they do not play any more top 25 teams this year since Nevada lost to Hawaii last night. Now Boise State really does not have a shot in getting to the national championship game since they only played two top 25 teams all year and one being Oregon State who lost to Washington last night so that bumped Oregon State out of the top 25. It just does not look good for the Broncos nation. So they might as well just get their plane tickets ready for Tempe again and face the Horn Frogs.
Did eveyone see Auburn and Arkansas get their WAC on this past Saturday. They accumulated for the highest scoring regulation SEC game in the conference's history. Ryan Mallet was knocked out with a concussion in the 2nd qtr but that did not stop Arkansas from scoring 43 points on the day, which would usually be enough to win on most days but Auburn amassed 65 points. Each week Auburn is quietly just moving up the polls and winning games while all the focus is still on Alabama. Auburn's secondary is still atrocious and will still cost them a victory this year. But if your Chizik you just thankful for another win and hopefully set up a winner take all Iron Bowl this November.
So the SEC East just keeps getting more and more bunch up as yesterday South Carolina had a chance to separate themselves from the rest of the pack but instead they go into Kentucky and lose to the Wildcats, who are not a bad football team, but should not beat a top ten opponent. What does Florida do with the gift Kentucky gave them? Lose to Mississippi State. A team that is on the rise but they are still not there at being a top tier team yet. With that lost Florida lost three straight games for the first time since 1988...yes pre-Spurrier. If your Urban Meyer you have got to be kicking yourself for letting go Cameron Newton and looking at what might have been if he was a gator. It looks like the east will come down to the South Carolina and Florida match-up, with the winner going to Atlanta and possibly with a .500 record in the SEC.
Some games of interest next week: LSU vs Auburn, South Alabama vs UC Davis, Florida vs Georgia, Alabama vs Tennessee, Miami vs North Carolina, Wisconsin vs Iowa
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