Reviewing The Week

The #1 ranked Florida Gators played it close to the vest and did what that they had to do in picking up a big road win at Death Valley against #4 LSU. Florida coach Urban Meyer used Tim Tebow sparingly, and the LSU Tigers are now quite familiar with the Gators dive play. The Gator O-line controlled the game and Meyer did not have to deviate from his game plan. The Tigers proved as they have all season that their offense is very suspect. Nonetheless, it was a big win for the Gators and for Tebow health wise. The Gators will get no style points for the win but that was never really the goal. The goal was to get into Baton Rouge, control the ball, keep Tebow safe and win the game. Mission accomplished.




#2 Texas survived an early scare from Colorado, then took control and cruised to a 38-14 victory. Next up for Texas is the Red River Rivalry showdown with Oklahoma, who now have Sam Bradford back in the line-up. Heisman candidate Colt McCoy had a solid but not spectacular performance going 32 for 39 for 265 with one td pass and one pick.



#9 Ohio State took care of business by handling Big 10 foe, and unbeaten, Wisconsin 31-13. It will be a tough loss for the Badgers to swallow as they only gave up 184 yards of offense to the Buckeyes but had two interceptions returned for touchdowns and gave up a 96 yard kick off return for a touchdown.


South Carolina improved to 5-1 and 2-1 in the SEC by getting by Kentucky 28-26. The win for the Gamecocks was their first win in their last five attempts as a ranked team. Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier improves to 17-0 over the Wildcats.

#3 Alabama may not be the flashiest in college football but they just keep winning, dispatching #20 Ole Miss by the score of 22-3. Ole Miss QB Jevan Snead pitched 4 interceptions. The Crimson Tide held the Rebels to just 212 yards total offense and allowed just 72 yards on the ground. The old saying is defense wins championships and the Tide are putting a stout defensive unit out on the field.

Lane Kiffin and Tennessee finally have an SEC win after downing Georgia this week 45-19. Georgia still stinging from a loss to LSU last week must now have to handle two conference losses in a row. This is the first time Georgia has lost consecutive SEC since 2006 when they did it twice. The schedule doesn't get any easier for the Dawgs as they still have Florida, Auburn and Georgia Tech on the schedule. Hey, Mark Richt, might be a job opening at FSU.

#22 Georgia Tech came from behind to hand Florida State it's third straight loss in a row with a final score of 49-44, and start the Noles 0-3 in ACC play. The game was an offensive showdown most of the night as the two schools traded touchdowns early and often. Both schools managed over 500 yards of offense. The night started with the Seminole football team and coaching staff walking out of the tunnel with locked arms showing unity and support for head coach Bobby Bowden who has come under heavy fire in the last week for the Noles on field performance. Tech meanwhile improves to 5-1 on the season and is heading for a huge ACC showdown with Virginia Tech next Saturday.

Gene Chizik and the #17 Auburn Tigers came back to earth today as Arkansas stopped the Tigers high powered offense 44-23. Costly to Auburn were three fumbles lost. Arkansas now improves to 3-2.