College football week one

While no Heisman trophies or BCS bowl bids were won on the first couple of days of the college football season a few bits of information can be gleamed from the first few games that have been played. Here are some quick observations from week 1 (so far):



1) Georgia has a long way to go without Matt Stafford. Oklahoma State got punched in the mouth a few times and jumped right back up and left the Dawgs wagging their tongues when it was all said and done.



2) Everyone (at least mainstream media) will be jumping on the Notre Dame bandwagon now because they shut out that national powerhouse Nevada. A bigger test will be next Saturday against Michigan.



3) If Ohio State expects to beat USC they better bring more to the table than they did against Navy. USC is going to throw a few more weapons at them than the Naval Academy.



4) Florida,Texas, USC, Nebraska, Cal, Penn State, Kansas, North Carolina, Georgia Tech all did what they were supposed to do. Look decent and beat up on a cup cake.



5) Alabama is tough. They have a defense that looked great against VA. Tech, to go along with a running game and a quarterback who quietly put up some good, not great numbers, against what was supposed to be a very good Bud Foster defense. Va. Tech has a way to go this season.



6) With out Sam Bradford, Oklahoma does not stand a chance. And the young offensive line better mature quickly to give Bradford some protection once he comes back from the sprained AC joint. Thankfully for Sooner fans the schedule will favor Oklahoma until Bradford's return.

BYU may be better than the #20 ranking.



7) Either LSU's defense is not that good or Washington is going to make a little, I said a little, noise in the Pac-10. Husky QB Locker had a good game and new head coach Sarkasian seems to have lit a fire under the Huskies. On the LSU side they need some defensive help to compete in the SEC. Tebow and the Gator nation will chew them up if improvements aren't made when they come to town.