What did we learn opening weekend?

[MartinBlank]

The ACC had a rough day. Duke and Virginia both lost to FBS schools---Richmond and William and Mary. Bama beat VT, SC beat NC State, Baylor beat Wake. Not good.

The Big 10 wasn't much better. Ohio State struggled to beat Navy, Iowa needed 2 blocked FG's to beat Northern Iowa. And those two teams were considered to be among the Big 10's strongest. Oh yeah, Ron Zook is still Ron Zook.

Oklahoma without Sam Bradford makes them very ordinary. Missouri looked good for having to replace their entire offense. And how about some love for Okie State? Yeah yeah...they have Robinson and Bryant--but they matched Georgia punch for punch--and dominated Georgia after the first quarter. This is the comparison game the Big 12 needed.

The SEC has the best athletes. They just fly around---from Ingram and Jones at Alabama to Tebow and his crew in Florida. They have speed and right now no other conference comes close.

Don't throw dirt on USC just yet. Their freshman QB can play some. And they will beat Ohio State.

I still haven't figured out how ND shut out Nevada. I expected them to win, I never expected them to pitch a shut out. I actually want to watch ND and Michigan this weekend.

[pdx107]

we figured out that Washington is far improved

[teaserpleaser]

That USC is still USC big,fast, and great depth... that oklahoma looked slow and without one player they can be beat... That chip kelly is not a #1 hes not Batman hes robin a great number 2 a really good offensive mind but not a #1. I also learned whatever chris perterson is doing with his1, 2 and 3 star recruits at Boise st. he needs to write a book,go back and look at the game tape they are just as fast if not faster,just as big, and play harder than the duck players. They must have one hell of a offseason weight/strength/speed program, oh and notre dame looked like the old notre dame when lou holtz was there that somoan kid #5 teo or something like that is a stud how in the hell did USC not end up with that guy?? they usually get guys like that, kids legit

[pokernut9999]

Oklahoma did not look that good before Bradford got hurt. Their only TD came after a muffed punt.

[bearmz]

Troy and BG cannot run.
Ball St is bad. Allowed 296 ryd and 216 pyd on top of NTx having 9 pens for-81 in L.
Temple allwd. 25-36-293 pyds to Vill. Had 5 TOs
NCSt had 133 tyds vs SCar: avg 1.9 rypa and 3 pypa.
IU only outgained EKy 399-378 and allwd 10.7 pypc.
Ore had 152 tyd and 1.9 rypa vs Boise
Tulsa allwd 325 yds to tulane but only 1.1 rypa
Ky had 488 tyds (245r, 243p) vs MiO
PU allwd 493 tyd(423pyd) to Tole. had 315 ryds.
Ohio St allwd 342 tyds(186r,156p) to Navy and was only 3-12 on 3rd downs.
WV allwd 299 tyds to Liberty
Ia was outgained by NIa 354-329
Wyo allwd 322 pyds to Weber
USC allwd 121 tyds, 1-16 3d dwns, 9 ryds on 31 att, and had 5 sax vs SJSt
Nev allwd 510 tyds and 16.6 pypa to ND
WF had 3 INTs and 1 fum. Only 4.6 pypa on 20 completions.
Geo had 257 tyds and had 3 TOs to 0
ILL allwd 325 pyds to a new Mizz Off
UAB otgnd Rice 516-391 with 13.8 ypp
WSt allwd 288 ryds with 6.9 rypa
Vir otgnd by W&M 309-268. Had 7 TOs
Clem 4-14 on 3rd d. MTnSt had 6 fum, 0 lost and threw 3 INTs
Aub 556 tyds vs LT
Conn 259 ryds @ 5.3 rpa vs Ohio. Also had 4 TOs to 2.
Army had 300 ryds and 8 pyds vs EM. Also had 11 pens?
Wisc otgnd UNI 433-274 while dominating 3 Qs. Held UNI to 3-12 3rd d.
TAM had 606 tyds vs NMx
BYU ogd Okl 357-265. Were 8-17 on 3rd d to OKL's 2-11
Duke lost to Richmond, but ogd them 369-282 with 0 combined TOs in g.
UCLA allwd 39 ryds on 2.2/a vs SDSt
UCF ogd by Samford 286-282 and allwd 29 and 76 yd PTDs.
SMU allwd 391 pyds to S.F. Austin on 52 att. SFA had 6 TOs in narrow loss.
Ala ogd VT 498-155. VT stunk with 2-12 3rd d, 9-20-91 pyds, and was sacked 5 times. Saban top HC no matter what they say about Urban.
UTEP won pens. battle vs Buff, 12-10. 0 combined TOs, with UTEP 372-309 tyds over Bf.
Cal had 542 tyds vs Md. with 298 pyds @ 11ypa. Couple that with arguably the best RB combo, watch out.
AZ ogd veteran off. CM 448-182. Allwd CM 2-12 3rd d and 108 pyds on 31 att.
Wash otgd LSU 478-321 with 321 pyds.

MAC defenses cannot stop the run

[bearmz]

Key Injuries:
Ala: RB Ingram ? vs. FlInt . Knee. Had 156 ryd vs. VT
Ore: RB Blount OUT for year. Suspended.
USF: RB Ford OUT till wk 3. Susp., WR Love ? Knee, WR Hester ? Ankle. Lead WR in ‘08.
Smiss: WR Brown ? Leg. Led USM with 1117 yds and 12 Tds in ‘08. Sat out 1st g
Syr: TE Provo ? Shoulder
TCU: SS Jones ? Hamstring. No backup.
Tlne: DL de Leone ? Hammy, DL Bryant ? Ankle, and DT Scott OUT susp till wk3.

There are other injuries but next week’s sked doesn’t prove significant/ lined for those, e.g. OKL vs. Idaho St.