Gators Need a Good Scrimmage. Any Volunteers?

Those of you who know me know that I am a Gator fan. If you didn't know that, well, you do now. This is a big week for Gators around the globe. It's the week of the first conference game. It's the week that Florida travels to Knoxville. With that in mind, this seems like the perfect time to share with you the best sentiment I have ever seen expressed on ESPN's College Gameday.



The Other Trojans

This week, the former Sweatervest Juggernaut has to play the Trojans again. Fortunately for the Buckeyes, it's the Trojans from the University of Troy and not the Trojans who made Ohio State look like a Pop Warner team last Saturday.

Apparently, I wasn't the only one who noticed that Ohio State seemed to move the ball more effectively with Terrelle Pryor as the quarterback. An article on CBS Sportsline notes: "Against USC, he (Pryor) was at quarterback for 25 plays, Boeckman for 39. The Buckeyes averaged 5.1 yards on Pryor's plays, 2.8 on Boeckman's." The question is, why didn't Jim Tressel notice? I mean, isn't that what a coach is supposed to do?

Jahvid Best, Meet Kevin Barnes

There was a bunch of good college football on TV this past Saturday. A whole bunch. If you started at 10:00 AM (EST) with Gameday, and went until the end of the Fresno State-Wisconsin game, like I did, you enjoyed almost 16 hours of college football! If you were trying to pace yourself, and didn't tune in to the early games, you missed a classic slobberknocker.



Early Pick! Kansas State @ Louisville

If this is part of a movement to schedule college football games on almost every day of the week except Sunday, I second the motion. Tonight, we get a rare and interesting Wednesday night college football game with Kansas State visiting Louisville. In the name of full disclosure, I have to admit I have no idea which team to pick. I have yet to see Kansas State play. Statistically speaking, they are superior to the Cardinals in every category. But, their first two games were against North Texas and Montana State, games in which they outscored their opponents 114-16. I did watch Kentucky beat Louisville in the season opener, and the Cardinal defense was not good. Two years ago, Lousiville was 12-1 and playing in the Orange Bowl. Then Bobby Petrino jumped ship - a move in which he apparently set a personal trend - and Steve Kragthorpe was hired to stop the bleeding in a 6-6 season last year. Kansas State, meanwhile, finished 5-7 last year, and signed a platoon of JUCO transfers hoping for an immediate fix. I think both teams are mediocre, but the Wildcats are just good enough to win this one.