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College Football
So I watch quite a bit of college football. In fact, thanks to the DVR (and frequent rebroadcasts on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN U, Fox Sports Pacific/Atlantic/North/Southwest, Mountain West Sports and Versus) and ESPN.com I average 10 games a week. For some reason however, I have only been able to catch two Wisconsin games despite watching nearly every Air Force and Miami game.
A few of my thoughts on this season:
-The instant replay situation is out of control. It is employed entirely too frequently and rarely results in a reversal of the on the field call. Games are lasting too long, and the flow is disrupted way too much. Last week in the Notre Dame/Pitt game, I counted 7 reviews even though I was watching a rebroadcast that skipped through much of the third quarter and large portions of the first. The only call that was reversed was an initially incomplete pass that was scooped off the ground by a Pitt defender, but whistled dead immediately. "On review" it was ruled a fumble, but the defender could have easily scored a TD if it wouldn't have been blown dead. It was also one of the most questionable reviews I have seen yet this season.
-The number of dropped passes this year is the most I have seen. In the Wisconsin/Purdue game, Purdue QB Joey Elliot went 5 for 23, partially due to nine dropped passes. In the Florida/SC State game starting Florida WR Riley Copper dropped (two passes, in the end zone alone. These are just a few examples, but it is pretty bad this year.
-The "East Coast bias" Pac-10 coaches and fans like to whine about so much seems to be just the opposite. USC was overrated all season, and despite being BLOWN OUT by Oregon and Stanford, remains in the top 20 in all polls and even in the BSC rankings that coach Carroll is forever haranguing. Stanford's win over USC vaulted them to 14 in the AP poll and 17 in the USA Today poll, despite losses to unranked Arizona (6-3)and unranked Wake Forest who is 4-7! They also lost to Oregon State (who took USC to the wire losing 42-36), yet are ranked higher in all the polls. The Pac-10 seems to be riding the wave of emotion sports writers seem to still maintain for USC.
-Still don't understand the hype over Miami QB Jacory Harris. He makes terrible decisions in important situations (19 TD's 16 INT's) His stats are buoyed by the huge game he had against Georgia Tech, but they seem shockingly good when you watch him play.
-Don't even get me started on the Heisman "favorites" this year...
A few of my thoughts on this season:
-The instant replay situation is out of control. It is employed entirely too frequently and rarely results in a reversal of the on the field call. Games are lasting too long, and the flow is disrupted way too much. Last week in the Notre Dame/Pitt game, I counted 7 reviews even though I was watching a rebroadcast that skipped through much of the third quarter and large portions of the first. The only call that was reversed was an initially incomplete pass that was scooped off the ground by a Pitt defender, but whistled dead immediately. "On review" it was ruled a fumble, but the defender could have easily scored a TD if it wouldn't have been blown dead. It was also one of the most questionable reviews I have seen yet this season.
-The number of dropped passes this year is the most I have seen. In the Wisconsin/Purdue game, Purdue QB Joey Elliot went 5 for 23, partially due to nine dropped passes. In the Florida/SC State game starting Florida WR Riley Copper dropped (two passes, in the end zone alone. These are just a few examples, but it is pretty bad this year.
-The "East Coast bias" Pac-10 coaches and fans like to whine about so much seems to be just the opposite. USC was overrated all season, and despite being BLOWN OUT by Oregon and Stanford, remains in the top 20 in all polls and even in the BSC rankings that coach Carroll is forever haranguing. Stanford's win over USC vaulted them to 14 in the AP poll and 17 in the USA Today poll, despite losses to unranked Arizona (6-3)and unranked Wake Forest who is 4-7! They also lost to Oregon State (who took USC to the wire losing 42-36), yet are ranked higher in all the polls. The Pac-10 seems to be riding the wave of emotion sports writers seem to still maintain for USC.
-Still don't understand the hype over Miami QB Jacory Harris. He makes terrible decisions in important situations (19 TD's 16 INT's) His stats are buoyed by the huge game he had against Georgia Tech, but they seem shockingly good when you watch him play.
-Don't even get me started on the Heisman "favorites" this year...
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