College Football Week Five Review

Well, there was lots of great football this weekend.  I traveled to Dallas with the family for OU-Texas festivities. Here were my picks for the games to watch last weekend and a slightly different look back at them.


the Meat Life Must Sees:


Oklahoma vs. Texas
Stanford at Oregon
Florida at Alabama
Washington at USC

The Red River Rivalry lived up to billing as usual, although it was almost not.  Oklahoma held a 28-10 lead at the beginning of the 4th quarter after a beautiful tiptoe run TD by DeMarco Murray, when a series of mental breakdowns both for the players and the coaches kept it dramatic.  That is until Texas muffed a punt and gave Oklahoma the ball back with a little more than a minute left. Game ended with OU victory 28-20.  Stanford-Oregon was probably the most entertaining first half of football all season.  High scoring and back and forth momentum, Stanford had a 31-24 lead at half.  Oregon shut them down the second half scoring 28 unanswered points with LaMichael James taking over the game.  Ducks prevail 52-31.  Florida was a letdown much the way Texas was last week against UCLA, offense atrocious against Bama.  Tide snooze to victory 31-6.  It seems Jake Locker redeemed himself after the horrible performance against Nebraska a couple weeks before.  In a game that was back and forth the entire time, Locker comes back from an earlier injury to lead his team down by 2 points down the field to set up a last second field goal as time expired to win the game 32-31 against USC.


the Meat Life If You Have The Time...:


Texas A&M at Oklahoma State
Miami (FL) at Clemson
Wisconsin at Michigan State
Penn State at Iowa


Texas A&M looked as if they would blow out OSU with a 21-7 lead at half...that is until the Cowboys woke up and scored 28 unanswered points to take a 35-21 lead in the fourth.  Then OSU squandered that lead and let the Aggies back in and tie it up with five minutes left and time left to score...if it weren't for Jerrod Johnson throwing picks.  The Cowboys get the last minute field goal to win 38-35.  Miami was up early and stayed that way, so this one was kind of a snoozer, Jacoby Harris well enough to win with 4 TD passes (but the 2 INTs still haunt you if you were a Hurricane fan).  Miami rolls on the Tigers 30-21.  Michigan State looked impressive again as their coach Mark Dantonio still recovering from both a mild heart attack as well as a blood clot.  Sparty holds Wisconsin down 34-24 as they stayed in control for most of the game.  And to round out my picks, Iowa dominates Penn State (the Nittany Lions are in rebuilding mode as we speak) in this snooze-fest 24-3.


Although there aren't really any other games I wish I had added, I will say that LSU-Tennessee ending is the most bizarre I have seen.  Les Miles...where are your coaching skills at man?  With 28 seconds left, you should already have a play ready for your QB to execute.  Miles lucked out though, as Vols coach Dooley had not eleven, not twelve...no...THIRTEEN players on the field when the Tigers center accidentally hiked the football before time expired.  LSU scores the winner after the penalty and WOW if Les Miles isn't the luckiest coach who just stumbles into victories, then I don't know who is.

Here's what to watch during the OU bye week:


Must Sees:


NEW ADDITION   Nebraska at Kansas State  Thursday 6:30 PM CDT
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame   Saturday 2:30 PM CDT
NEW ADDITION   Michigan State at Michigan   Saturday 2:30 PM CDT
Arkansas vs Texas A&M   Saturday 2:30 PM CDT
Florida State at Miami (FL)   Saturday 7:00 PM CDT

If You Have The Time...:


NEW ADDITION   Alabama at South Carolina   Saturday 2:30 PM CDT
LSU at Florida   Saturday 6:30 PM CDT
Oregon State at Arizona   Saturday 7:00 PM CDT




As always, enjoy the football!




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