AUWins Ausome College Football Blog Week 4

AUWins College Football Blog Week 4

Tonight's Exciting Episode: The Calm Before The Storm!

Welcome once again all of my brethren and sisters of the church of the Fall Saturday! I trust that in the first 3 weeks you have been blessed with as much fun and excitement as I, you're loyal and faithful blogger. So much has already happened to scramble the hunt for the national champion this year. And if you think that all the big upsets and all the huge surprises are over...BWAAAAAAAAA HAA HAAA HAAAAA!!!

Week 4 has several good/interesting contests...but it's the week of the season where a lot of teams are playing one of their last patsies before conference play begins in earnest next week for everyone. It's the calm before the storm (hence the title of this week's blog...well you get it)

Some initial thoughts of retrospection on Week 3...

USC and UW

There are a lot of "sayings" in college football. Some hold true while other sayings tend to be proven wrong over time. There is, however, one saying that has stood the test of time. It goes something like, "If you have two quarterbacks, then really don't have ANY quarterbacks." Every year we see teams try to juggle the 2 QB system. Every head coach thinks HIS TEAM will be the exception. Sorry Pete...even your mighty Trojan horse got brought down (yet again I might add) by another inferior Pac 10 school. This time your Achilles Heel was starting another QB in place of the young man who dazzled the nation against the U of Northern Rednecks the week before. Now, I know that Barkley was supposedly injured, but I gathered that you, Mr. Carroll, were playing a little fast and loose with the notion that one week you could play a true freshman on the road and win and then the very next week start another guy with limited experience on the road and come out victorious as well.

Sorry........

The Joseph Smith's vs The Semen Holes

Good God! I lost my arse on this pickem!! Jeeeeeeeeeeeez...Louise!! You GOTTA be joking!!

The U of The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat vs The Utes (Not Youths...Utes!)

Displaying their 45th uniform combo...the U of Oregon presented the nation with the ugliest thing ever seen with their grey pants and whatever the hell they were wearing up top. Utah never regained their composure after seeing Oregon come out onto the field for warmups and lost the game badly.

Okay, enough bitching about week 3. Let's look ahead to week 4 and get some gold nuggets of wisdom from yours truly.

Week 4 Key Matchups

Hokies vs Miami

If you're not impressed with Miami so far, then you just have thing against Miami! Jacory Harris looks totally unflappable and has command over his passing game. The running game is also coming around as opponents begin to respect the passing attack for Miami. The team's overall speed looks like Miami of old. Matching Harris and Taylor is no contest. Miami will go to Blacksburg and win convincingly up there.

Cal vs The Quacking Quacks

For all that transpired on week 1 against Boise...I am starting to believe that Oregon might just jump up and be a decent team and a contender in the PAC 10 after all this season. What they did to Utah last week has me (and many other fans too) scratching their head. The game is AT Oregon, one of the loudest stadiums in the country. I think this is a tossup game coming down to the team with the ball last either winning it or losing it on the final drive. I'll take Cal...but I ain't puttin' no money on it!

The Filthy Farm Animals vs The Cirmsen Tahd (phonetically spelled for bammers)

You may think that just because this Mallett kid threw the ball all over a horrific excuse for a defense last week that bammer might be in trouble. Forget it. Bama has had two off weeks to fine tune the engine and that engine is getting ready to run over Bobby Boy in Tusks Are Loosers this Saturday (sorry Gary!) Yeah, Arky might score a couple of first half touchdowns as the bama D settles in...but it will most likely get ugly enough for Petrino to be on his cell by fourth quarter asking his agent to begin the job search again.

Okie State vs Grambling State

Chaaaa!! Right!!

The Oldest Human on Earth vs Iowa

Sorry, I know I already used "Oldest Human on Earth" in an earlier blog for Joe, but I like it. It's pretty damn funny.

I think that Iowa is way too inconsistent to go into Gleeful Dip In the Land and win. I don't think Penn St. is really all that great from what little I've seen, but they don't look bad either. Joe gets another W to stay well ahead of St. Bowden now that the NCAA has finally decided to sanction the MF for all the years of cheating down there in Tallahassee!!

Games To Keep An Eye On

Not a ton this week. Remember the name of this week's blog. Calm before the storm. But....

Stanford vs UW

The Huskies are on the road against Jim Harbaugh and a not-so-friggin-bad team in Stanford. After the program defining upset last Saturday, we all know how hard it will be for Washington to come back down to earth...especially on the road. I believe the Cardinal takes it and the guy in the tree costume gets peed on by the Washington mascot in the 3rd quarter.

The Herschel Walkers vs That Guy Who Used To Coach Miami

No reason THUGA shouldn't win this one. I'm certainly not going to predict the upset. But the puppies have been living dangerously all season (losing one already) and I don't think too many leghumper fans are going to just assume a V here. Georgia wins at home but the D will most likely continue to struggle and give up points. Willie Martinez has to change his phone number after this Saturday so Mark Richt will quit calling him and threatening his family.

Houston vs The Pirates of the Caribbean (Aarrrrrgh!!)

Frankly I have ZERO clue as to how this game will go. Yeah, UH beat the dogshite out of an overhyped, overanked Okie State team. But Mike "I'm a Pirate" Leach is just too good (and too WEIRD) to lose a game like this. Unless Tech is just way overmanned here, I see the red raiders taking this one in a wild shootout....or swordfight...or whatever pirates do in battle.

So that's it! Please tell your fellow college fans to come on board and read. Feel free to leave a comment or your own take on some of these matchups! Until next week when we REALLY get going...enjoy, be safe, and drink heavily!!