Week 4 Stuff

The Boise Thing
Yep, Boise State got by their last "true test" this weekend by hanging an extra 13 on Oregon State. Soooo...the Beavers nor the Hokies could help a whole lotta brothers out and end the controversy by simply proving the Broncos don't belong. Maybe they do...but herein lies the problem: the Bronco's marquee wins are over a 1-2 team that so happened to be ranked 24th yesterday and a 2-2 team that so happened to be ranked 10th a few weeks back, right before laying the biggest egg of the year against a dead President school. Now, onto the REAL crux of the problem. Let's look at Boise and say...Alabama. Both faced stern tests this past weekend - Boise with the Beavers and Bama with #10 Arkansas. So, breather next week? Well, for one guy...while Boise feasts on New Mexico State, the Tide face top ten Florida. How about the next week...Boise goes with Toledo, Bama goes to South Carolina. If we play this out we will see an entire assortment of patsies on the Boise State side while Bama still goes to Baton Rouge and hosts Auburn along the way. (Oh yeah, Bama threw in Penn State in its non-conference slate just for kicks.) There simply is no comparison. Boise St. tried its darndest to go legit with VT and Oregon State and maybe the fact that neither one lived up to their own hype isn't the Bronco's fault but still...the Broncos should not be in the running simply because they started high and get to coast the rest of the way.

Just for the Record
Delaware beat South Dakota State worse than Nebraska did.

Man Crush Update
RichRod saved himself the displeasure of receiving a harshly worded letter from me when he pulled Denard in the 1st after he tweaked his knee in a giveaway game against Bowling Green. Coach, if Denard isn't 100% for the Buckeyes so help me I will go James Madison on you!

Just for the Record
Oklahoma beat Utah State by 7, Air Force by 3, Cincinnati by 2, and Florida State by...let's see seven...carry the one...THIRTY POINTS.

Hey Boise St.
Did you notice how Texas lost at home to a high profile non-con this weekend? In case you were wondering, they now get Oklahoma and Nebraska in back-to-back games.

Interpool Drama
The Hokies defense came alive, sort of, as they blanked the Boston College Eagles. Last time the Eagles got blanked? By the Hokies in 1998, whence yours truly and another of your compatriots, Eagles, sat to watch the game in my cramped apartment in Lafayette, IN. As for the game itself, happy for the win but recognize that it IS problematic when your kicker is getting all the scoring action.

Other Pool Drama
Our own Cockadoodledoo was in attendance as his beloved Gamecocks went to the wire with Auburn on the Plains. He, according to his Facebook post, really REALLY hates Auburn.

"Mallet"able
Yes, I hope the Jags take Mallet, despite his tendencies to throw late picks. An arm like that HAS to be coachable.

Oh Broncos
Remember how Texas lost this weekend. They lost to UCLA. UCLA opened the season with Kansas State (now a 4-0 team), then it was onto 4-0 Stanford, then ranked Houston, then ranked Texas and now they are onto the rest of their Pac-10 slate that includes, at last week's poll, three more ranked teams. Just sayin'.

Just for the Record
Georgia is 1-3. Seriously?

Big Ten/MAC Challenge
Anyone notice how many Big Ten teams played MAC teams this weekend? There were eight contests between the two leagues. As you would expect, the Big Ten trounced the little guys in all of the ga...Ladies and Gentlemen, I've just been handed a bulletin...according to field reports, Purdue and Minnesota suck.

Just for the Record
It isn't even October and the ACC only has one undefeated team (NC State). The Big East has NO undefeated teams. These are BCS conference people (at least on paper).