College Football -- Week 3 Update

THUD!
In case you are wondering, that was the sound of a mass exodus from the Georgia Tech bandwagon. That’s what you get from Chan Gailey: you might win a game or two you aren’t supposed to, but you are also going to lose a game of two that you should have won. That’s the way it is… Be prepared for it.

USC has reasserted themselves as the best team in the nation until future reference. I hope that four major-conference teams go undefeated so that the BCS will be exposed as the fraud that it is. I think that the USC/Cal winner, the Oklahoma/Texas winner, Florida or LSU, and West Virginia all have a great chance of running the table. I hope it works out so that all the BCS supporters will go back into the hole from which they came.

FLORIDA! My God! What a statement. I’m not talking about the way they thumped a once equal rival, but how Urban Crier showed his total lack of class by running up the score at home like he did. Maybe it isn’t the individual; maybe it is the institution.

As for Tennessee… Ouch! I don’t think that Tennessee has a bad team, but I do think they are securely in the second tier of teams. They haven proven such by getting shalacked by top ten teams Cal and FU. I read on a UT message board this morning that Fat Phil needs to win 8 of his last nine games to save his job. I do not think that Fat Phil is a great coach or the right fit for UT, but I do know that if you fire a national champion with a solid record that you will have trouble finding any suitable replacement that actually wants to come to Knoxville. UT fans claim to want to find the Bruce Pearl of football. Good luck!

HOT SEAT UPDATE… WEEK 3
--Rich Brooks… just saved his job by beating archrival and perennially over-rated Louisville.
--Lloyd Carr… must win the Big 10/11 and beat Ohio State to save his job.
--Sylvester Croom… took a big step towards securing himself a new contract. Now needs to pick up one more win in the SEC. I smell an Egg Bowl upset!
--Phil Fulmer… needs to beat rivals Georgia, Alabama, and Kentucky to ensure he gets another season in KnoxVegas. Things are so bleak in Piss Orange country that the message boards are actually calling for a push to bring Steve Spurrier to Neyland. I think with South Carolina pushing towards the top of the SEC East, it is UT, not UGA, who should worry about dropping to the lower half.
--Chan Gailey… needs to win all games against ACC cellar dwellers and beat Clemson or Virginia Tech at home –OR– just beat Georgia.
--Al Groh… should go ahead and put his Charlottesville home on the market. He makes $1.8 million annually and has only gone 44-34 in his seven seasons at UVA
--Mike Gundy… the promised son in cowboy country needs to win a big game or two this season.
--Houston Nutt… needs to win close games like the one he just lost on Saturday.
--Ed Orgeron… must win a big game this year to show the Rebel faithful that the program is headed in the right direction.
--Greg Robinson… might as well just go ahead and send out his résumé. He is 5-21 in three seasons at a once proud football school.
--Tommy Tuberville… needs to win some SEC games… and quickly. The shadow of Saban is looming large in the redneck state.
--Charlie Weis… is pretty secure because it would cost Notre Dame too much to fire him. How do you sign a man with no head coaching experience to a ten-year contract? Reminds me of the UGA/Ray Goff (Goof?) fiasco.

Needless to say, I don't think the SEC will go a third season without any coaching changes.


As for my alma mater…
They did exactly what they needed to do against a lesser opponent like Western Carolina. We played a lot of guys and got some much-needed reps against live ammunition. Nobody got injured. The offense seemed to work out some of the kinks. All in all, it was a good day betwixt the hedges. Our team is still very young and doesn’t have much of an identity. They will get a chance to develop that identity (or roll over and croak) in front of a raucous crowd in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night. Because of the 7:45 kick time, the whole nation will be watching and the presence of College GameDay will only add to the carnival atmosphere. I hope our young linemen take their ‘roids this week.