Around the Country

Around the rest of the country:

(tbone will be in italics)

Auburn is bad.  I know they won, but they are going to lose a lot of games.  They'll be lucky to make a bowl game.
(auburn did not look good.  but if they were in the big east they might go undefeated.)


Minnesota put up a valiant effort against USC.  Would have been a huge win for Jerry Kill.  I'm now a bit curious if this says more about Minny's improvement or USC's lack thereof.   If USC has less than 8 wins this season is Kiffin on the hot seat?
(it looks like minnesota wont be a doormat team this year, they had few mis cues and shoulda beat USC at USC. How awesome would that have been?  Even their back up QB looked good.  I dont know if USC is that bad, we will see how the pac12 plays out, but man id be happy if my UCLA Bruins beat them)

LSU's defense is really fast, like usual.  Oregon still moved the ball but mistakes cost them.
(and this is why you want 4 stars and up in your recruiting class, try telling that to the folk over at theonlycolors.com  LSU looked like the team to beat in the SEC.  maybe Oregon was overrated?)


Boise is poised to make a run at the title game.  Keep an eye on where they are ranked when the initial BCS rankings come out.  This could be the year.  Defeated an SEC team in a hostile environment will get Boise credit with the voters.  (Agree 100% here, also its good MSU gets them next year without Kellen Moore.  And MSU should be nervous.  last year they beat VTech in Washington DC i think?  THis year they beat Georgie at Georgia.  Obviously they're not intimidated. 

Looks like Indiana is the worst team in the Big Ten. (yup.)

Kudos to Northwestern, the biggest win for the Big Ten on opening weekend.  Boston College is a solid team and that win I think will look better and better as the season moves on.  I'm not sure how good BC's offense is, but Northwestern virtually shut them down.  That bodes extremely well for the Wildcats this season.  If they can stop people, they are going to make some noise in the Legends division.

(agree 100%)

And finally, Notre Dame.  A week before they take on the Wolverines, the Irish gift wrap a game to Skip Holts with 5 turnovers, 3 in the red zone.  If they don't turn it over I think they win that game easily.  It's going to be interesting to see how Brian Kelly's squad plays the next two weeks.  All the preseason optimism would be long gone if the Irish were to actually start 0-3, now an actual possibility. 

(be a very interesting game to watch next week...how does ND respond?  Can UM stop NDs defense?  Those short passes are killer....  But all in all, nothing brings me more joy than a ND loss. )