College Football Week 8 Wrap-Up

Well, I'll say that going into week eight I thought we had a few good games that you couldn't miss if you considered yourself a college football fan, and then there were some that I thought were finished before they even started. I was wrong on most of these predictions, starting with Florida and South Carolina. I've been raving on South Carolina all year, they do have one of the best defensive lines in the country with Jadeveon Clowney, and Devin Taylor. I thought Lattimore would have a great game also, that just wasn't the case. South Carolina literally went out there and handed Florida a win. It's widely known USC (The real one) that if you want to win a football game, you cannot turn it over. If any team turns the ball over four times like USC did then I am always going to say that team should lose. Driskell played well even though he didn't have to do much. 11-16 for 93 yards and a career high four touchdowns. I'm going to say the Florida team as a whole was my MVP for the weekend.

Then we have one that I thought was going to be a total massacre that ended up still kind of being a reality check for Texas A&M and Johnny Manziel. Also, I refuse to call him Johnny Football. You don't give players nicknames who still have not done anything. He's beaten Ole Miss, La Tech, SMU, South Carolina State, and Arkansas. Not that impressive, I'd say Mettenberger who might be the worst quarterback in the nation could do that on the same A&M team. But, after the first drive I thought LSU was in deep trouble, however that reminded me that they are a top five defense and that defense always prevails. Manziel played terrible throwing the ball, less than 300 yards, and three interceptions, almost less than 50% completion percentage as well. Tharold Simon made a great interception at the end of this game to seal the victory, and Jeremy Hill might be emerging as the next great running back in the SEC. LSU has a bye week this week and then host Alabama, I can honestly say that I think LSU has a shot in this game. Mettenberger finally made a big throw this past week and maybe thats what he needs to build some confidence against Alabama, however I wouldn't bet against them. They are overall the better team, but weirder things have happened in Death Valley on a saturday night so don't sleep on LSU.

Then Kansas State probably blew everyones mind taking West Virginia down big time. I didn't see it coming, the whole holding WVU to fourteen points that is. I expected this game to be high scoring, but I see Kansas State has a legit defense now. That or Geno Smith is Mettenberger 2.0 these past two weeks. Kansas State is now a legit contender for the National Championship, I think they could easily run the table and have the best chance to do so. Collin Klein might be a boring pick, but he might be the front-runner for the Heisman now as well, but don't sleep on Barkley after the six touchdown performance this last week, if he beats Oregon it might be his to lose.


Games to Watch: Week 9

Alabama vs. Mississippi State
Florida at Georgia
Texas Tech at Kansas State
Notre Dame at Oklahoma (Please take ND down OU, this will be the only time I ever cheer for you but the existence college football depends on you this week)

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