Sooner Section:
Well, well, well. Where do I even begin? Oklahoma Sooners wipe that stupid look off your face right this instant. You couldn’t have even waited until a bowl game was in the balance to break my heart? I watched Houston last year and yes I expected a tough ball game because they are a talented club but my goodness. The Sooner secondary looked atrociously pathetic. Greg Ward Jr. propelled himself further into the all to early Heisman talk at the expense of OU’s defensive backs. A 10-point loss to the Cougars out the gate just may be the slap in the face OU needed as a humbling reinforcement that a number three ranking belonged nowhere near their name, at least not yet. The amazing Baker Mayfield wasn’t enough the carry a lack luster running game that netted only 70 yards on 26 attempts. Houston head coach Tom Herman spoke with every bit of the bravado that I would’ve love to hear from Bob Stoops after the game as coach Herman more or less proclaimed that the Cougars are here and they mean business. OU might have been afforded a bit of a break though, with the defeat at the hands of a then 15th ranked Cougar team only dropping them to 14. Houston will enjoy the number 6 spot in the polls, a token to the amount of second half points they allowed Oklahoma. With unsure passion I say that OU will win this week against ULM but who knows. The Sooners better hope to be .500 when they face the Ohio Sate Buckeyes in Norman week 3. If not, hello December bowl and goodbye College Football Playoff. I’m Sooner born and I’m So… aw the heck with it, just beat Louisiana-Monroe.
The Rest of Ya:
Let’s see who belongs in the category I like to call, “Looking Shaky, Baby!” I can imagine the Angry Boosters phone calls and emails. Smug and discontent that their next visit to the Pine Crest Country Club won’t be accomapnied by the usual all too proud strut they normally grace the other patrons with. Ole Miss, LSU, Tennessee, UNC, Notre Dame, Clemson, UCLA, TCU, Georgia, USC, I am looking at you. This bunch contains wins that on paper should have been bigger, losses that shouldn’t have happened in the first place and one catastrophic woodshed beating. A few coaches had to make trips to the AD’s office I’m sure, a couple against their own preference as they loss to quality programs but teams who did not have number by their names as they did. LSU, UNC, UCLA do better. TCU, Georgia and Clemson, watch yourselves. USC, I thought you were back. No, Pete Carroll isn’t walking through that door anytime soon. Notre Dame … I laugh at your pain, even if was at the hands of that burnt orange team.
Top Dog Match of the Week:
Florida State Seminoles I did not forget about you. The Chad Kelly led Ole Miss Rebels seemed to have you dead in your tracks through the first two quarters and then went all Ole Miss all over themselves on national TV. The Notes stormed back in the second half and staked their claim as an early top five contender behind all-world Freshman QB Deondre Francois who looked spooked to start by showed his true form in winning time and a whole host of P.O.T’s by athletes all over the field. Heck of a comeback win FSU.
Bama:
Maybe USC deserved that beating but boy did it appear that the second string JV was playing the state champion varsity. Be afraid of the Crimson Tide folks. They are loaded, big, fast and look poised to claim another College Football Playoff title. Alabama left Houndstooth colored tracks all over the Trojans on their way to an emphatic 52-6 W. USC I don’t know if Alabama is the baby NFL team of the 2016-17 season or if you guys just or even both, but something needs fixing and soon.
Those are all my takes for this week, as chill as AC can be. You may or may not like what I had to say but it was two things, my opinion and the truth. ACisWrite.