Bulls Stomp Heisman Hopefuls and Title Contender
Uncategorized September 29th. 2007, 9:42am
Why we love college football: jubilant atmosphere, thrilling game, upsets are fun. Why college football sucks: you lose your quarterback for a half and turn the ball over six times and your season is complete before the calendar hits October. Yes, we know Florida lost early last year and rallied to win the National Championship, but that’s not going to happen to a team from the Big East. No. 18 South Florida 21, No. 5 West Virginia 13.
Feel free to eliminate WVU QB Pat White from Heisman contention. He took a helmet to the thigh late in the first half and didn’t return. His backup, Jarrett Brown, was a mixture of befuddling and awesome, and if he can get to some kind of Dan Marino passing camp this summer, he may have a future in the NFL (reminds us of McNair). You can also cross WVU RB Steve Slaton off your Heisman list. He had maybe three carries in the second half, and finished with 54 yards rushing. Extremely disappointing night for WVU fans everywhere; sofas in Morgantown are thrilled, though.
9 Responses to “Bulls Stomp Heisman Hopefuls and Title Contender”
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September 29th, 2007 at 10:30 am
USF is the real deal. What Jim Leavitt has done there is nothing short of remarkable, and it’s time that the rest of the country wakes up to what is going on in Tampa.
As for Pat White’s injury, he wasn’t exactly playing lights-out football before he got hurt. I do agree that it’s a shame that WVU no longer has a shot at the BCS Title (there is no real national title in I-A college football, in my opinion); until we get a 16 team playoff system, inequity will reign supreme.
September 29th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Totally right. USF is coming into our TOp 10 monday. Wins over an SEC team on the road and now the #5 team in the country? Impressive.
Really good defense. Offense got complacent in the second half, but still …
September 29th, 2007 at 11:38 am
16 team playoff? When’s the last time a team outside of the top five had a legitimate argument for the national title? If there is a 16 team playoff you will see the top teams making the easiest schedules ever just so they get in the playoff.
Get a four team playoff; only adds one more game and still makes the regular season mean something.
September 29th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Just one quick non-football question. Anyone ever look at a map of Florida? Why is “The University of SOUTH Florida” in Tampa?
September 29th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
USF = WVU’s new VT
September 29th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
16 team playoff would be effing ridiculous. The beauty of college football is that there are no off games- it is the last place where the regular season means something (excluding the NL this year, though that’s more of a race to see who can lose the least, not win it so to speak). You lose, you’re hoping and praying everyone else does, otherwise you’re SoL. I could see a 4 team playoff, but no more than 4…otherwise you could have a 2 or 3 loss team potentially winning a national championship. Plus I can already see it now…Notre Dame will have some hidden clause that makes it an automatic participant if it has 4 or fewer losses.
September 29th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
The regular season is the playoff. I wouldn’t mind a plus 1, but no 16 team playoff.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:31 am
The name University of Central Florida was already taken. Should we have been called the University of West Central Florida…..Go Bulls.
October 1st, 2007 at 8:30 am
Big loss for WVU, but they weren’t a national title contender to begin with. This will be proven when they lose again, which they will.