Week 5 Ruminations

[Ktmguy2018]

The obvious lead is the win by OBD over UCLA, holding the Bruins without an offensive touchdown.  I hope someone out there can tell me when that last happened outside of a cupcake matchup at the beginning of the season.  Things always to clean up, DL said they are heading to "the doctor" immediately to try to fix some of the issues.  Short week for OBD before they face Michigan State at Autzen.  Hoping T-Ferg injury is NOT serious.

 

The following is my opinion, feel free to disagree:  Mark Helfrich is NOT a good commentator.  His voice has such a flat affect that it's hard to listen to.  I switched off the volume and listened to Jerry and Jorgy.

 

Bama was a juggernaut, until they weren't and they almost gave the game away to Georgia.  Texas struggled for most of the game with Mississippi State before breaking it open.  Georgia has two identities and not sure what one will show up.  I predict that Georgia will NOT make the playoff this year.  I think Tennessee and Texas beat Georgia, and I also think Ol' Miss has a chance as well.  

 

My conspiracy radar says that the review booth received a call from the ACC commissioner on the VT/Miami game that went something like this:  "Y'all know what you need to do.  The ACC NEEDS to be relevant.  If we give this game to VT, our highest ranked team is Clemson at #17 and we could miss the playoffs."   

 

UW lost to Rutgers.  It was a beautiful thing!  The UW Forums are ready to run Jedd out of town already.  They were also complaining so much that they had to travel to Rutgers and that OBD only had to go LA.  It was quite humorous to read!  Wazzu has a better record than UW.

 

Boise State needs to keep winning!  Ashton Jeanty should be the Heisman front-runner.  

 

Finally, I don't see a team that is head and shoulders above another team this year.  Ohio State and/or Texas maybe are the cream of the crop at week 5 but things can change very quickly.

 

 

[DrJacksPlaidPants]

I’ll add one. Rutgers’ entrance is top 3 in college football. They’re right up there with the Gamecocks and Noles. 
 

 

 

[30Duck]

On 9/29/2024 at 1:56 PM, Ktmguy2018 said:

UW lost to Rutgers.  It was a beautiful thing!  The UW Forums are ready to run Jedd out of town already.  They were also complaining so much that they had to travel to Rutgers and that OBD only had to go LA.  It was quite humorous to read!  Wazzu has a better record than UW.

A great paragraph. I heard a whining noise last night; it was obviously coming from Seattle.

 

 IGeorgia, escapes Kentucky,(who would beat Miami) gets a bye, then acts like it's still on the bye for the first half against Alabama, then almost wins? I think the thought that Beck will be the first QB picked is probably gone now. 

[noDucknewby]

The biggest surprise for me was how badly Georgia's defense was shredded.  They don't look like championship material at this point in the season.  BTW DeBoer can coach.  So sad the fuskies couldn't hang on to him.

 

Texas to me still looks like the best team in the country.  As good as Alabama was on Saturday, they gave up a massive lead and barely came away with the win.

 

Boise State is probably better than I gave them credit for, but I still don't see them as a playoff team except for the fact that the G-5 is weak and one of them has to go.

 

As for OBD, we aren't there yet.  We need to put together four quarters of good football on both sides of the ball.  Sure UCLA was 21-point win on the road, but they're just not very good and we should have easily covered on that one.  Come on only 6 points in the second half? 
 

Playing down to the level of the competition IMHO just like we did in the Idaho and BSU games.  It's too hard to turn it back on against someone good after letting our foot off the gas.  There aren't too many gimmes left for us.  We have to play more consistently if we expect to be a playoff team.