College football, Nov. 18 weekend, non-OSU/Mich division

A little dramatic about Wake, aren't we?

They're still having an outstanding year, and Virginia Tech wasn't exactly a speed bump. This proves the Deacons are human, but "hysteria" is a bit much.

 

I'm a Pac-10 guy, but as much as people revel in their downfalls this season, an ACC with subpar Miami and Florida State teams isn't all that exciting. Even Va. Tech is sort of just blah.

 

Will any paper - mainly the tabloids - have the guts to use the headline:
Rutgers plays like KRP in Cincinnati


A tamer headline - that would pass the censors - that I could see a paper using would be:
Trapped
Rutgers suffers letdown vs. Cincy

 

Thanks for playing Tony Soprano.

 

Can anyone remember seeing a worse quarterback than Mike Teel? I think he set the tone for this entire debacle. I just saw the Bearcats push the score to 26-3, and the Scarlet Knights probably make that tackle any other night. Anyway, Teel is just awful. Cincy could bring 10 in the box and still be able to pick him off. This is f*cking ridiculous, and I didn't even go to Rutgers! Isn't there anyone else that Schiano can bring in to at least make this respectable?

 

The problem is because all the so-called fans and supporters of college football are banking on the Florida schools being the catalysts, it's thought that the ACC is down because Miami and Florida State are mediocre. If they were good, then I suspect many of the same critics would call the league boring and predictable, not to mention theories abound that the ringers are ruling the roost.

What a crock. Seeing Maryland, Boston College and Wake Forest (!) battle this sucker out has brought the fun into the equation. Additionally, it sends the message to commish John Swofford that he didn't need to bring ringers to the dance. Yes, Florida State's inclusion in the early '90s put the other programs on notice, but Swofford didn't bring in Virginia Tech, Miami and Boston College because of their prowess in men's basketball (though BC usually is pretty good in the sport, the loss this week to Vermont notwithstanding).

I couldn't be happier that ACC football doesn't begin and end with the Florida schools. Rant over.

 

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Hospitals throughout the state of New Jersey reported an exceptionally high volume of emergency room visits on Saturday night.
According to the chief of emergency services at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center a few miles from the main campus of Rutgers University, an inordinate number of cases involved severe ankle and lower leg injuries, believed to be sustained by front-running Scarlet Knights fans jumping off the bandwagon.

 

Say good night, Knights.

 

But for fans of college football, like me, watching Wake, Maryland and BC battling for the title doesn't get me all giddied up. I'd rather see the best one of those 3 teams have to beat Miami or Florida State. I've always liked the Davey v. Goliath thing. It's like MLB: more fun to see someone knock off the Yankees.

 

And in the 1980s trivia game, with a 34-24 win over Tulsa today, SMU is bowl eligible. They haven't been to a bowl game since 1984 in the glory days of the Pony Express, right before the bottom fell out.

They're 6-5 with one game left at 6-5 Rice. Scored 27 unanswered, second-half points for the win.

 

Remember when Houston beat SMU 95-21 a few years ago? Good for SMU, home of my favorite all-time running back, Eric Dickerson ... well, before he bolted L.A.

 

Hear that, whitlock? Tulsa lost. So don't go putting them in your top 25. Make them share No. 26 with Miami.