Ah yes, fresh out of hibernation, it's your favorite bearded sport's blogger. I decided after the world cup to take the summer off from blogging. Was it lazy? A little, but hey, I need time off too, right? Well anyways, this list pretty much sums up everything I would have blogged about: Viva Espania, Tigers in it! Boesch all-star snub, Modano comes home, Tigers need to make a move, Tigers don't bother making a move, TIgers make a bad move, Tigers suck, Tigers really suck, Keep Michigan Ohio State in same division... I think that's about it. There wasn't much going on but baseball, and I can't blog about Los Tigres everyday, too depressing. But now I'm back, and so is the greatest thing ever invented... college football.
And what a week of football it was, totally worth the wait and lived up to the hype. Dramatic finishes left and right, it was a football fan's dream. But where to begin??? That's the only question...
Well first off, time to address the local crowds. MSU dominated Western and Denard looked was absurd. State dominated Western, like they should have and the ground game was really impressive. Baker and Bell looked spectacular running the ball while Caper was out nursing an injured hand. But how much can we take away from a game against Western? At least they didn't look sloppy...
Michigan dominated in a game that was supposed to be tough. Hell many of those ESPN folks had Michigan losing. One of the early Big East favorites, who averaged 30 points a game, with a solid QB and a good ground game, UCONN was supposed to come in here and score all over Michigan's poor defense, and be able to force turnovers with their good D. Well... they didn't. Michigan moved the ball fluently and efficiently. Michigan fans should be excited about the way things looked. And all the doubters... hush, the offense is right on track and will put up massive points.
But there's more going in football than just MSU and Michigan, all 120 teams played somebody, but what games got my attention?
How about Jacksonville State? Did you guys see taht finish? That was one hell of a football game. 4th and 15 in overtime and he throws on the run to the back of the endzone, and then the guy gets his foot down in bounds. VEry impressive. Then on top of that, they get the two point conversion. What a finish, what a game by the 1aa or FCS whatever it is squad.
UNC and LSU was a terrible football game for the first half. It was 30-10, LSU had all the momentum. But ladies and gentlemen let me remind you football is played in two halves. 4 quarters. IT wall started when UNC scored on a 97 yard touchdown pass, impressive yes. 30-17. Then they get a score with 2 minutes and some change. 30-24. Onisde kick time... they recover. BUT they fumble... they only have two timeouts so LSU can run the clock with a first down, or most of the game with a 3 and out punt... but on the third down run they fumble. You can't script this people. They get down to the 6 but can't score, the last play coulda been flagged, but I'm oaky with the no call. ANother great game, and oh yeah, UNC had 13 starters out.
There are so many other games I could mention, the drama with Navy Maryland, the TCU Oregon State game, but the last game i wanna touch on was the game of the week. Boise State vs Virginia Tech, and boy did it live up to the hype. Boise dominates the first quatrer leads 17-0. Va Tech looks out matched. Then they take control of the rest of the game... get the 30-26 lead... then Kellen Moore gets his hands on the ball with 2 minutes with and no timeouts... A minute later he finds Petis in the endzone for the 33-30 lead, and win. Great game, and Boise has pretty much locked their spot in Glendale.
The greatest time of the year is back, and so is your bearded blogger, both are welcome returns. Let the good times roll!
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