Spoof on what Weiss said after the Michigan St. game. It got worse for MSU.

Week 5

For the first time in the 2006 football season I was not tailgating at a big game or in front of my TV for 10 solid hours flipping between 15 different games. That being said I did find a way to watch bits and pieces of several games.

What I saw:


GOOD: Ohio State went into Iowa and put a beating on the Hawkeyes. At the start of the season I thought the Buckeyes would have a tough time making through trips to Texas and Iowa in September, now I would be shocked if they don’t go into the Michigan unbeaten and #1.

BAD: Miami’s 14-13 win over Houston. Kirk Herbstreit picked Miami vs. Notre Dame in the BCS title game…oops. The game was played in Miami in front of a half empty stadium and featured plane flybys with signs asking for Coker’s removal.

UGLY: This is simple…..Michigan State. One week after collapsing against Notre Dame in the 4th the 26 point favorites did the unthinkable, they lost at home to Ron Zook and Illinois. It was Illinois first Big Ten win since 2004. With 15 minutes to play a week ago MSU fans thought their team would be 5-0 for their October 7th game with rival Michigan. In reality they are 3-2 and 16.5 underdogs in a game that no one in the world thinks they have a chance. That includes Michigan State itself. I have attached a clip from a Michigan State fan that is a classic. This guy is so distraught after the ND loss he goes on and on about the how they choked away the game. He has completely lost his voice and is a nut. It is at least 20 minutes long, thanks to Whitey on this one.

http://www.hipcast.com/export/P210e2df3bfc42b1d4f91438000c2ac92YlpxRlREYmJ1.mp3


GOOD: Georgia Tech went to Blacksburg and put up the most points by a visitor since 1994. The question now is can Tech build on this win and have a 9 or 10 win season? GA Tech has made a living of pulling off upsets under Chan Gailey (Auburn twice, Miami, Clemson) They also have a history of finding a way to lose to the UNC’s and Maryland’s of the world even when they have more talent. Left on the schedule…Maryland, Clemson, Miami, UNC, NC State, Duke and Georgia. As for Virginia Tech…..they had this coming. If you saw any of their first 4 games it was clear this is not the same offensive team we have seen from the Hokies over the last 8-10 years. Their non-conference schedule is a joke (Northeastern, Cincinnati, Kent State and Southern Miss) and they still may lose 3-4 games starting with Thursday October 12th in Boston.

BAD: Stay on the subject of bad schedules…..Clemson’s non-conference schedule is pathetic. I mean play somebody….seriously Clemson fans this is a joke. Is it really fun to go to Death Valley every week to see your Tigers play the equivalent of a high school team? First there was Florida Atlantic, last week Louisana Tech and up next……the powerhouse that is TEMPLE. Yes, I know you play South Carolina every year but come on you don’t play in the SEC you play in the ACC step it up.

Just out of curiosity I looked for future Clemson schedules: Take a look….TEMPLE will be back in 07. Bulldog fans you only have to wait 6 more years before another game against your neighbor.

CLEMSON FUTURE SCHEDULES

2007 Louisiana-Monroe, Temple, @ South Carolina
2008 Furman, UCF, @ Louisiana Tech, South Carolina
2009 Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, @ South Carolina
2010 @ Pittsburgh, North Texas, South Carolina, Ball State
2011 Pittsburgh, Troy @ South Carolina
2012 @ Vanderbilt, South Carolina
2013 Vanderbilt, Georgia @ South Carolina
2014 @ Georgia, South Carolina
2015 Mississippi
2016 @ Mississippi


Just to be fair here is what I found on Va Tech. They actually play some cool games…..LSU, Nebraska and Ohio State. This is all I would ask as a fan mix in some unique games against quality out of conference opponents. Do you think VA Tech fans will get more excited about games against App. St. and Western Michigan or games against Nebraska, LSU and OSU????? You don’t have to play them all in one season just play them.

Future Virginia Tech Football Schedules


2007 Ohio, ECU, LSU, William & Mary
2008 Bowling Green, Furman, Nebraska, ECU
2009 Marshall, Nebraska, ECU, Cincinnati
2010 C. Michigan, W. Michigan, ECU, Syracuse
2011 App. St., ECU, Marshall, Syracuse
2012 ECU. Pitt
2013 ECU, Pitt, Marshall
2014 ECU, Ohio St.
2015 ECU, Ohio St.

THE UGLY: Arizona St, Oregon St and Stanford. I am going to stick mainly on ASU who only 2 weeks ago was ranked and looked like a threat in the Pac Ten. Since then they have been destroyed by Cal and Oregon, with the later being at home. Maybe they shouldn’t have run Sam Keller off to Nebraska. Oregon St. was clobbered at home by Cal, who looks nothing like the team that came to Knoxville on Labor Day weekend. Cal and Oregon play this week in Berkeley in what should be a fantastic game that no one on the East Coast will see. Stanford lost 31-0 to UCLA and is 0-5 with 17 returning starters. They are 32 point underdogs in South Bend this week. (Everyone in the Pac Ten plays each other so they may still win a game)

THE GOOD: Two teams are trying to come back from the dead. Washington won again this time over Arizona and is 4-1. Syracuse is 3-2 and more importantly has covered in all 5 weeks. Washington gets USC this week but has at least 3-4 winnable games on their schedule and should be headed back to a bowl game in TY year 2. Syracuse faces Pittsburgh (getting 6.5) before playing West Virginia and Louisville in back to back weeks.

THE BAD: Georgia’s offense. South Carolina was a rival, Colorado was an anomaly…..well what about Mississippi? They are bad. In the previous 4 games they had given up 25, 34, 31 and 27 points going 1-3 in that stretch. Certainly this would be the week Georgia would wake up and start moving the ball like everyone believes they are capable of. Well they finished with just enough points to win the game and left everyone wondering what has happened to the 2nd coming of John Elway. Now comes Tennessee week. We all know you can throw out the records when these 2 teams play because anything is possible. Two years ago in Athens Tennessee was coming off a bad 34-10 loss to Auburn and Georgia was a week removed from pasting defending SEC and National Champ LSU. The spread was in double digits and even the most diehard Tennessee fans weren’t sure they could play with Georgia. Tennessee had 2 freshman QB’s and Georgia had the experienced David Greene. Of course we all know Tennessee jumped ahead 10-0 and survived a late UGA rally to hang on 19-14 sending Whitey into a delirious celebration that ended with his shirt off as he hugged everyone that was in reach. (I once had this on video) My point is don’t be surprised if Georgia wakes up and wins this game …. If they do the question is who will the QB that comes through for Georgia. Rumor has it Joe T. may be healthy enough to start….I’m not sure if that is a good or bad thing.

UGLY: LYA 1 and Two Thursday night picks last week. Five people out of 15 took Auburn and 3 doubled it. One person took TCU and doubled it. That’s a record of 0-10 on Thursday night. Tough way to start the weekend for many. PS: How did Chuck Oliver do this week? I was 9-1.


Big games this coming week:

LSU at Florida
Tennessee at Georgia
Oregon at Cal
Texas at Oklahoma
Michigan St. at Michigan
Missouri at Texas Tech
Nevada at Hawaii

AND

Navy at Air Force – Flytrap will be in attendance and promises some pictures and first hand stories from the battle of the service academies.