From Prayer to Chaos: Week 8 Reactions

Let the Chaos Ensue

Before going into this week, I was pretty confident that 6 teams would finish the season undefeated (Winner of LSU/Bama, Winner of OKState/OU, Wisconsin, Boise St, Stanford, Houston) and BCS outrage would ensue.  I was not confident that Clemson could keep winning and thought Wisconsin and OU were better than they were.  Yet, for some reason, college football seems to somehow always amaze us.  It amazes us with the chaos that it always creates.  This week showed us that even the teams that we thought were unbeatable are beatable (even when they are 4TD favorites at home).  For the good of us all, lets hope that this week is just the start of the chaos that makes College Football so great!

2 BCS schools from the ACC?

In the 12 years that BCS has been in existence the ACC has never had 2 teams in the BCS.  Could this be the year? Well, there is really only one serious scenario for this to happen.  Clemson and VT would both have to win out.  At that point Clemson would be a guaranteed to be a top 3 team in the BCS (LSU or Bama have to lose).  VT would be a top 10 team.  VT would need to beat Clemson in that game and Clemson would then need to get the at large bid.  This is also contingent upon Stanford beating Oregon.  In this scenario LSU, Alabama, OKState, OU, Wisconsin (who beats MSU in the BIG10 championship rematch), Stanford, Big East Winner (who really cares about this), Boise State (who will finish the season in the top 4 and be guaranteed a BCS bowl), VT and Clemson would be in BCS games

Clemson looks good while GT struggles

Georgia Tech is falling hard after their lost last week to UVA.  They looked terrible against Miami this week and have Clemson and VT as their next two matchups.  I could see GT losing both of those games and crashing from their #12 ranking just 2 weeks ago.  On the other hand, Clemson looked like they might be able to handle the pressure of being a top 5 team.  Tajh Boyd is good and if Clemson keeps winning he may make a case for the Heisman trophy. 

So what that MSU won…

Let’s all remember that the game was tied! This was not a Hail Mary, not a case of win/loss, and not a “Flutie-like” pass.   Yes, it was a great play and incredible play but I’m not ready to place it up there with the all time great last minute plays.  This ranks for me up there with the Crabtree TD over Texas a few years back.  If anyone remembers, Tech was trailing by 1 pt at the time of the play and would have had a chip shot field goal to win the game.   Yes, it was a great play, but not life or death!  Everyone praised Crabtree for his TD, but the game was already won he just got the glory for it.