Week 5 Review

Where's The Defense? 

If you're a fan of high scoring games and teams lighting up the scoreboard, then Saturday was probably a good day of football for you. It seemed to be offensive Saturday and everybody was trying to get in on the point party. I didn't get to watch as much football as I would have liked this weekend, but from what I saw it looked like week 5 was another good one. 

Its not how you start, but how you finish!

Clemson and South Carolina both struggled early to start their games this weekend but both were able to right the ship in the second half and pick up not only a big road win but a conference victory as well. The Tigers proved yet again that they can play well without Sammy Watkins (who missed the trip to BC due to an abdominal virus) as they knocked off a scrappy BC team 45-31. Boyd had a solid performance throwing for 367 yards, 3 TD's and 1 INT. Ellington did his part rushing for 132 yards and 1 TD from a few yards out where he went airborne and fell into the end zone. Hopkins continued to impress with 197 yards and 1 TD as well. The Tigers return home next week as they host cross-division foe, Georgia Tech at 3:30pm on ESPN. The Gamecocks trailed Kentucky 17-7 at half but overcame the road crowd and adversity to get the 38-17 victory. Lattimore rushed for 120 yards and 2 TDs on 23 carries. Shaw through for 148 yards and 2 TDs. The Gamecocks improved to 5-0 on the year and prepare for a HUGE showdown with UGA in Columbia next weekend. ESPN's College Game Day will be in town and it should be a great match up that will, like Clemson-FSU was, carry both BCS and conference title game implications. 

Is Football in the state of Florida finally back?  

For the last few years, Miami, FSU and Florida have had down years and have found themselves outside of not only the top ten, but the top 25 at times as well. It appears those days are gone as FSU is 5-0, Florida is 4-0 and Miami is 4-1 and undefeated in ACC play.. It will be interesting to see where the teams end up down the stretch because right now they are looking impressive. I'm willing to bet all three are in the top 25 in the final AP poll.

Final Thoughts 

Alabama was voted unanimously #1 in the new AP poll released Sunday afternoon following its 33-14 victory over Ole Miss. Oregon lit up the scoreboard again beating Washington State 51-26. LSU struggled with Towson but got the job done 38-22. Florida State pulled away from USF in the 2nd half and defeated the Bulls 30-17. UGA took care of Tennessee in a shootout 51-44. Baylor and WVU put up basketball numbers as the Geno Smith (656 yards, 8 TDs) led his guys to a 70-63 win. Those are video game numbers...that is just absurd. WHERE'S THE DEFENSE?!?! Texas outlasted Okie St 41-36. Ohio St sneaked pass Michigan St, 17-16. Middle Tennessee State stunned Georgia Tech 49-28....that is not a typo either, folks. Still haven't figured out what happened in Atlanta yesterday. And last but not least, Washington pulled the upset over Stanford 17-13 Thursday night.  Following a poor 8-5 record last week I cleared the board this weekend and went 10-0. That puts me at 41-14 for the year. Now thats what I'm talking about!