We're nearly half-way through the college football season, and the real BCS contenders are emerging, while other pretenders are beginning to take a back seat. Here is a rundown of college footballs top teams and how they did over the weekend.
Oh Pete Carroll. One week your team is being upset by Washington, who is coached by your former offensive coordinator Steve Sarkasian, and did I mention Washington went 0-12 in 2008? Yikes. And although USC couldn't handle Washington, they dominated #24 ranked Cal over the weekend by a score of 30-3. USC had their annual conference game letdown to Washington, now they will probably run the table from here on out, earn a Rose Bowl bid, and prove to be too fast and too atheltic for some Big Ten team. Typical.
Alabama continued to prove they aren't a team to be taken lightly. Nick Saban has this team rolling on all cylinders right now. Mark Ingram is a bruising tailback who is a big reason that Alabamas ground game is so effective. Alabama has rushed for over 1100 yards throughout five games. Thats a big help to first year starter Greg McElroy, who has played nearly error free throwing 9 TD's as to 1 INT. Alabama has a rough SEC schedule that they have yet to play, but the onyl real threat I see in the future is LSU. They do have to play Mississippi, South Carolina, and Auburn, but those are all games that Alabama should be able to win convincingly. My money would be on the Crimson Tide to run the table and put up a strong argument for a BCS national championship bid.
Ohio State continued their Big Ten dominance by beating lowly Indiana by 19 points. Terrelle Pryor is a hell of an athlete. However, with Michigan football playing the way they are (despite the loss in OT to rival Michigan State), I'm excited to see this matchup this year. Tate Forcier has been playing great for the Wolverines, but Ohio State has had Michigans number in recent memory. Last years game was a blowout from the start, but this year should be something special. It won't be like the #1 vs #2 matchup in 2007, but this should be a much better game than last years.
Quick note:
My National championship pick right now= #1 Florida vs #2 Alabama.
Tim Tebow is a college football god and is way too determined to let this team slip his senior year. Florida returned a ton of starters from last years national championship team, and if the way the way they have played so far is any indication of how they wil finish, they are a safe bet to make it back to the title game.
Alabama will get brownie points if they run the table against their SEC schedule. They still have to play some tough conference games, but even if they let one slip, they still can be in the argument for national championship contenders.
I'm out for now, time to watch some Monday Night Football tonight!
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