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September 01, 2008

College Football's First Weekend

Posted by Gordon Smith

I am not sure how much you can tell from the first weekend of college football, other than the fact that Clemson and Pitt are overrated again. The Mountain West Conference has two, maybe three, teams that could be better than any teams in the ACC. The Big Ten? Hmm ... Big One plus a few respectable teams, but mostly a conference of mediocre programs. Is the Pac 10 better than the SEC? No, but USC may be the best in the land. Too bad UCLA couldn't pull out a win against Tennessee tonight ...

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Steve Bainbridge ... that's CNN, if you were wondering.

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Comments (8)

1. Posted by Steve Bradford on September 2, 2008 @ 14:39 | Permalink

Gordon,

For obvious reasons, it's always best not to misspell "mediocre." :)

2. Posted by Gordon Smith on September 2, 2008 @ 14:55 | Permalink

Thanks, Steve. Typo fixed.

3. Posted by Steve Bainbridge on September 2, 2008 @ 18:18 | Permalink

Very nice. Except for the minor fact that UCLA beat Tennessee in overtime. But I guess you clean living types don't stay up late enough to watch the end of the game, eh?

Of course, those of us who get our news from Fox instead of the Clinton News Network, got the facts right:

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Sep02/0,4670,FBCTennesseeUCLA,00.html

4. Posted by Gordon Smith on September 2, 2008 @ 23:18 | Permalink

Steve,

Apparently, I needed to include a winking smiley face in my post. I was trying to tweak CNN ... which is never the source of my sports news.

5. Posted by Gordon Smith on September 2, 2008 @ 23:46 | Permalink

P.S. Great win by UCLA. That was one of those character-building wins that can pay great dividends throughout the season. I just hope the dividends don't come too soon, as UCLA comes to Provo in two weeks.

6. Posted by Career Networking on October 11, 2008 @ 11:11 | Permalink

I congratulate Tennesse to have won a historic match over UCLA

7. Posted by Cliff on October 12, 2008 @ 0:46 | Permalink

"The Big Ten? Hmm ... Big One plus a few respectable teams, but mostly a conference of mediocre programs."

In retrospect, I think I'd revise that statement...

8. Posted by Gordon Smith on October 12, 2008 @ 10:26 | Permalink

I think the statement has held up pretty well, substituting Penn State for Ohio State as the Big One.