Banner Logo
Home
The Real Kato
About Me
Twitter
Facebook
Frozen Lunches
Links
Kottke
Daring Fireball
Amalah
Secret Agent Josephine
Dooce
Contact



Archives
Most Recent

2024 March
2016 September
2016 August
2016 January
2015 October
2015 September
2015 August
2015 January
2014 November
2014 September
2014 August
2014 May
2014 January


Categories
All Categories 

bloggers 
books 
commentary 
dating 
food 
funnyhaha 
interesting 
life 
movies 
music 
politics 
reviews 
science 
site-business 
sports 
style 
techwatch 
television 
theater 
travel 


Recent Comments
On College Football 2022: Week 6 Recap and Week 7 Pre...
Ken said:
Yeah, we've both had our share of hope and disappointment in this game. Let's just hope for a good b...
On College Football 2022: Week 6 Recap and Week 7 Pre...
Dan* said:
I'm not sure how I feel about this game. On one hand, I feel pretty optimistic that we have the tale...
On College Football 2022: Week 1 Preview
Dan* said:
Glad to see you'll be back writing football again, Ken! Congrats on the easy win today. You didn't ...
On College Football 2021: Week 10 Recap and Week 11 P...
Ken said:
Yeah, sorry one of our teams had to lose. I've come to appreciate Penn State as a classy and sympath...
On College Football 2021: Week 10 Recap and Week 11 P...
Dan* said:
Hey Ken, congratulations on the win yesterday! Some really odd choices by our coaching staff in that...


<< Previous: College Football 201... | Next: College Football 201... >>

College Football 2016: Week 3 Recap
Saturday, 2016 September 24 - 11:55 am
Sorry I've fallen behind a bit here, but I expect I'm the only one reading my own posts anyway. This blog has really just become an exercise in note-taking for me. Anyway: Michigan and NCSU both won last week.

Michigan 45, Colorado 28
Colorado jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead and things looked bad in the first half. Colorado took advantage of some poor play in the secondary to rip some big plays, while Michigan's offense went three-and-out on the first possession, and fumbled on a sack on the second.

But Michigan hung in there. Jake Butt had a big day, the running game finally got going, and Jabril Peppers made big plays on both defense and special teams. Peppers eventually returned a punt for a touchdown to seal the game. It certainly helped that Colorado's star quarterback Sefo Liufau was knocked out of the game. I think Michigan was on the way to winning anyway, but it might have been a lot closer if Liufau had gone the distance.

Are there concerns? Sure. The defensive secondary busts are worrying, but it's part of what we expect with DC Don Brown's hyper-aggressive defense. Plus, the busts should diminish with the return of Jourdan Lewis this week; and, we should note that Colorado's offense racked up 100 points in their first two games.

The offensive line didn't play well, but Colorado's defense has a legitimate NFL prospect at nose tackle. I think you'll see Colorado have a pretty good season as long as Liufau is healthy, and this game will certainly figure to be Michigan's best non-conference win.

Heroes: Jabrill Peppers, Jake Butt.
Goats: Safeties, Offensive line.

NCSU 49, Old Dominion 22
I have to say, I didn't pay any attention to this game, because... ODU. NCSU won this game comfortably, and a lot of ODU's scoring came after the outcome was essentially decided. But it's good to see that NCSU wins the games it's expected to. Ryan Finley continues to impress with good decision-making; he was 24 of 28 for 281 yards and three touchdowns.

Notable Games
#6 Houston whacked Cincinnati 40-16. Houston is weirdly the team to beat in Texas.
#1 Alabama survived a comeback from #19 Ole Miss and won 48-43.
#2 Florida State got demolished by #10 Louisville, 63-10. Louisville is scary good.
#3 Ohio State crushed #14 Oklahoma 45-24. Oklahoma isn't as good as everyone thought, but geez, Ohio State is significantly better than we feared.
#7 Stanford beat USC 27-10. USC is on the road to a losing season this year.
#9 Wisconsin somehow only beat Georgia State by 6, winning 23-17. Wisconsin is an enigma.
#11 Texas lost to Cal, 50-43.
#12 Michigan State beat #18 Notre Dame 36-28. Remember that Texas was hyped after beating Notre Dame, but by the transitive property of football, the Texas-Cal and ND-MSU outcomes this week tell me that none of these teams are really all that good.
#13 Iowa lost to FCS champion North Dakota State, which really isn't as much of an upset as it seems. But Iowa was certainly overrated and this loss really tarnishes their record.
#15 Tennessee struggled again against inferior competition, beating the Ohio Bobcats by just 28-19. Tennessee: also overrated.
#16 Georgia beat Missouri 28-27 with a late touchdown. Missouri isn't very good, so the closeness of this game should be concerning to Georgia. Or to put in another way, Georgia: overrated.
#17 Texas A&M beat a pretty good Auburn team, 29-16.
#20 LSU beat Mississippi State 23-20. Hard to figure out either of these teams; they both have the talent to win a lot of games, but seem to find ways to lose.
#22 Oregon lost to Nebraska 35-32. It's a good win for Nebraska, but Oregon certainly isn't the powerhouse it was in past years.
Penn State struggled to a 34-27 win against Temple, but hey, it's better than losing like last year, I guess.
Western Michigan beat Illinois 34-10, and it really wasn't an upset. Maybe WMU should join the Big Ten.
Northwestern managed to beat Duke 24-13, and that must mean Duke really sucks.
Permalink   Bookmark and Share
Posted by Ken in: sports

Comments

There are no comments on this article.

Comments are closed for this post.
Login


Search This Site
Powered by FreeFind