Clemson was unable to keep the pedal pressed down on the Noles and once again had its defense exposed as Florida State scored 35 points in the second half as they defeated Dabo Swinney's squad 49-37. The game started off pretty exciting with both teams scoring on their first drive. It looked like we were in for a shootout, but the Clemson offense struggled in the second half and defense seemed to run out of steam down the stretch. Its a tough loss for the Tigers as they now need help from two other teams to beat FSU if they want to return to the ACC Championship this year. With a trip to Boston College up this week, a game Clemson SHOULD win, they have to put this one in the rear view mirror. Don't let FSU beat you twice and ultimately..."pull a Clemson".
Conner Shaw looked to be pretty healthy Saturday going 20/21 for 249 yards and 2 TD's. He is also my first weekly National Player of The Week. Stellar performance as he only missed his first pass and went on to rattle of the next 20 in a row nearly breaking the NCAA record. The Gamecocks had Williams Brice rocking and gave a rude welcoming to their visiting SEC foe, Missouri, giving them a 31-10 loss and improving to 4-0 and #6 in the nation with a road trip to Kentucky looming on the schedule next. Marcus Lattimore didn't have a huge day on the ground but finished off the dirty work and had two short yardage TD runs. Seems like the ole ball coach is still not quite ready to turn Marcus loose completely with 30+ carries per game. And heck, if Shaw/Thompson keep playing like this, South Carolina might not even need that much production from Lattimore, anyway. We shall see. UGA comes to town next weekend in a game that will have SEC and BCS implications. You talk about huge football games....wow. That is gonna be a good one. 
For the first time this season I came true on my designated "upset pick" of the week. Rugters went on the road into Arkansas and beat the Razorbacks 35-26 and improved to 4-0 on the season. For you Clemson fans out there, you may remember a guy by the name of Rob Spence. The former Clemson Offensive Coordinator is the QB coach there now. His main man, Gary Nova, through for 397 yards and 5 TD's in the win. Congrats to Coach Spence and the entire Rugters program for a big victory and hot start to the season. Oklahoma was also bitten by the upset bug this weekend falling to #15 Kansas St 24-19. RB John Hubert played a big role in the win rushing for 130 yards on 23 carries for 1 TD in the win. Auburn put up quite the fight against LSU but could not finish the job and fell 12-10 to the #2 team in the nation. UGA had no problems with Vanderbilt beating the Commodores 48-3 in Athens. Oregon blanked Arizona 49-0 and continues to look impressive. Alabama continues to flex its muscle, this week it was at the expense of FAU as they rolled to a 40-7 victory. 
Maryland put up a fight but could not get it done and lost a close one to WVU 31-21. Notre Dame knocked off Michigan 13-6. Florida shutout Kentucky 38-0, the Gators are now 4-0. Watch out for them! Nebraska had its way with Idaho St 73-7. Miami rallied and knocked off GT on the road,42-36 in OT. Baylor held off La-Monroe 47-42 and finally, my Blue Hose late rally wasn't enough and Furman got the win in this rivalry game, 31-21.
As far as predictions go I didn't do too hot this week going 8-5 thus making my overall record for the season now 31-14. Going to need a strong performance this weekend as I try to recover from a rough week 4. Be on the look out Thursday as I tackle Week 5 and what it has to offer college football fans. Until then, feel free to follow me on twitter at @CHallSportsBlog and also take a listen to the guys at @SportsWeekLive, I joined Scott and Mike Sunday evening and talked about Clemson-FSU, Notre Dame to the ACC, and a few other things in my first real radio appearance. Enjoyed it and look forward to talking sports again with them soon.
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