Afterbirth (Week 10)

You know... the stuff that just kind of falls out when the party's over.

Big 12 Defenses Downright Offensive (Part 3)

You and me and 9 guys from the nearest pub could score a touchdown on the Nebraska defense. (90 points scored in that game, an Oklahoma victory)

You and me and 9 guys from the nearest pub could score a touchdown on the Kansas State defense. (73 points scored in that game, a Kansas victory)

You and me and 9 guys from the nearest pub could score a touchdown on the Texas defense. (72 points scored in that game, a Texas Tech victory)

Is anybody listening? If we can expand on the subject, let’s just agree right now that there is not a single team in the Big 12 playing championship caliber defense. Not one. In addition to the examples above, Missouri gave up 438 yards of total offense to Baylor, a team that ranked 54th in total offense coming into the game. Sure, the Tigers won, but what could a team with a real offense and a real defense do to them?

Huge

But, speaking of the Big 12, what would you have said if, back in the last week of August, somebody had told you that one of the biggest games of the year would be … Oklahoma State at Texas Tech? It’s okay to admit that you would have chuckled and declared that person to be severely delusional. I might have done the same thing. In my mind, though, this game is only big because it will determine which of the top Big 12 teams will be next to fall out of contention for the BCS championship. I’m going to repeat it until one of us (you or me) pukes; the offensive numbers being posted by teams in the Big 12 probably have at least something to do with the fact that the defenses stink.

The Top 10 Club

Statistics can be misleading, but it is interesting to note that there are currently three teams in the nation ranked in the top 10 in both scoring offense and scoring defense; Southern California, Florida and Penn State.

Every Dawg Has Its Day

Unfortunately for Georgia, it wasn't Saturday. Below is a short highlight video of the Gator stomping of the Georgia Bulldogs. Even if you had never heard of the game, and didn't know the outcome, I don't think you have to go far into the video before you get an idea what happened. All you need to see is Brandon Spikes' vicious tackle of Knowshon Moreno on the second play from scrimmage (about 20 seconds into the video), and I think you could guess who won. It's hard to watch it without smiling...



You know it's bad when it becomes the subject of the Sunday sermon at UGA...