College Football 2007: Week 1
Some quick notes after a big weekend of College Football.
#1 USC looked strong but completely uninterested in their 38-10 win over Idaho. Funny how the Trojans two biggest question marks, WR and RB, were their strengths, with Davis Ausberry and Vidal Hazelton making some nice catches and Stafon Johnson, C.J. Gable, and Joe McKnight running pretty well. The defense looked very fast on the edges, but I have a feeling all that overpursuing will make it weak up the middle and vulnerable to misdirection plays. Saturday night also saw the return of the fullback, as Stanley Havili made the start at 2006's cursed (I think the Trojans lost four FBs to injury) position, and was promptly made a primary target by John David Booty. Anyone notice USC quietly added Reggie Bush's #5 jersey to their ring of Heisman-winners at the peristyle end of the Coliseum? Perhaps another sign that the NCAA's investigation of Bush is truly DOA.
The Bruins fared very well in their thrashing of a much-improved Stanford squad. Khalil Bell looked like a man among boys, bouncing off defenders left and right, plus it was nice to get Pornstache (Joe Cowan) back. Ben Olson looked strong, but he looked good in last year's opener, too (against Utah) before turning in a stinker of a performance against Rice, so I'm not quite on the Bruin 'offensive juggernaut' bandwagon just yet.
Washington broke in new redshirt frosh QB Jack Locker against Syracuse, and he looked pretty darn good running the spread offense. The Tim Tebow clone ran strong, threw well, and will be a unique force in the Pac-10 if he can stay healthy.
It's going to be a long season at Notre Dame and Florida St. ND looked downright awful (so awful their games against the service academies are far from sure things this year) against Georgia Tech, and Florida State looked unimpressive (hasn't QB Drew Weatherford been around too long to make bonehead mistakes?) losing to Clemson. Both teams have treacherous schedules that'll have them dwelling near or below .500.
Cal looked incredibly fast against Tennessee, but their defense is still undersized. The USC-Cal matchup at Berkeley should be a trackmeet in November.
And Michigan...well, what can be said that hasn't been said. No D-1A top 25 team had ever lost to a D-1AA team. Not even a #25 ranked WAC team, not even on the road, not even at a neutral site, and especially not in one of the hardest places to win in all of college football. Three days later, and Applachian St.'s win is still unfathomable.
#1 USC looked strong but completely uninterested in their 38-10 win over Idaho. Funny how the Trojans two biggest question marks, WR and RB, were their strengths, with Davis Ausberry and Vidal Hazelton making some nice catches and Stafon Johnson, C.J. Gable, and Joe McKnight running pretty well. The defense looked very fast on the edges, but I have a feeling all that overpursuing will make it weak up the middle and vulnerable to misdirection plays. Saturday night also saw the return of the fullback, as Stanley Havili made the start at 2006's cursed (I think the Trojans lost four FBs to injury) position, and was promptly made a primary target by John David Booty. Anyone notice USC quietly added Reggie Bush's #5 jersey to their ring of Heisman-winners at the peristyle end of the Coliseum? Perhaps another sign that the NCAA's investigation of Bush is truly DOA.
The Bruins fared very well in their thrashing of a much-improved Stanford squad. Khalil Bell looked like a man among boys, bouncing off defenders left and right, plus it was nice to get Pornstache (Joe Cowan) back. Ben Olson looked strong, but he looked good in last year's opener, too (against Utah) before turning in a stinker of a performance against Rice, so I'm not quite on the Bruin 'offensive juggernaut' bandwagon just yet.Washington broke in new redshirt frosh QB Jack Locker against Syracuse, and he looked pretty darn good running the spread offense. The Tim Tebow clone ran strong, threw well, and will be a unique force in the Pac-10 if he can stay healthy.
It's going to be a long season at Notre Dame and Florida St. ND looked downright awful (so awful their games against the service academies are far from sure things this year) against Georgia Tech, and Florida State looked unimpressive (hasn't QB Drew Weatherford been around too long to make bonehead mistakes?) losing to Clemson. Both teams have treacherous schedules that'll have them dwelling near or below .500.Cal looked incredibly fast against Tennessee, but their defense is still undersized. The USC-Cal matchup at Berkeley should be a trackmeet in November.
And Michigan...well, what can be said that hasn't been said. No D-1A top 25 team had ever lost to a D-1AA team. Not even a #25 ranked WAC team, not even on the road, not even at a neutral site, and especially not in one of the hardest places to win in all of college football. Three days later, and Applachian St.'s win is still unfathomable.
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