College Football

On friday night, Alabama and Auburn played for the Iron bowl, one of the most historic rivalries in the nation. Many people expected Alabama to dominate but the Crimson Tide didn't seal the win until Greg Mcelroy passed a 4 yard TD to Roy Upchurch to take the lead 26-21 with 1:24 left in the game. Auburn is a good team and was not respected and that opened the door for a upset. Both teams played a great game and deserve a pat on the back. Both have bright futures. Alabama should end up in the Sugar Bowl and Auburn shuold go to the Capital One Bowl. Nice game to both teams.

After beating Tulane on Saturday, UCF fans had alot of hope in their team. Despite probably losing the C-USA east to East Carolina or Southern Miss, UCF thinks they're better than any team in the C-USA. "After beating Houston, our guys have been playing like champs", said UCF head coach George O' Leary. "They feel great". UCF is going to make a bowl game, no doubt and next year could possibly be the out of conference team to go to a BCS bowl game. The future looks bright for UCF and even though they face a tough UAB team this week, they should win. GO KNIGHTS!

After injuring his shoulder trying to make a tackle vs Clemson, Christian Ponder announced that he would have season ending surgery. Well that meant that redshirt freshman EJ Manuel would have to fill in for the injured Ponder. Manuel, who was the second most recruited QB in 2007 (Terrelle Pryor was number one) committed to Florida State in 2008. FSU offensive coordinator and coach in waiting Jimbo Fisher had said "He is one of the most talented freshman I have ever seen". Still Fisher and FSU fans expect more of Manuel. Although he had a very impressive start vs ACC rival Wake Forest passing for a TD and rushing for a TD, he and Fisher expect more of him."I still expect expect more" said Manuel" I want to be good at what I do". Manuel will have alot of pressure on him when they face Maryland, because if they win, they've pretty much guaranteed a bowl game but if they lose, they have to beat the gators to go to a bowl. They should win at seniors day in Tallahassee and Manuel should have a heck of a game.

After killing USC last week, many people thought that Oregon would roll all over Stanford. But we were wrong. Even though Oregon was down by 10 after the first quarter, many people still thought Oregon would come back and win but when Stanford pulled ahead 28-42 at the end of the third it looked like the game was over. But after Oregon scored two TD's and made the game 48-42 Stanford sealed the victory when Nate Whitaker kicked a 48 yard field goal to win the game. Oregon may have lost but their still a good team. Jeremiah Masoli threw for three TD's and LaMichael James ran for a sixty yard TD Oregon is still better than alot of the top 25 teams and they lost to a good team. This was a clash of the PAC-10's most talented teams. Stanford gained alot of respect from other teams and should be proud that they beat Oregon.

Last Saturday night when Texas killed Oklahoma  State, I thought that Texas would jump over Alabama in the BCS rankings. Well, I was right. After looking the paper this morning, I was so excited to see Texas in the number two spot in the BCS. Texas is my favorite team (besides Florida State and Auburn), but sense I picked them to win the National Championship, I'm cheering for them even more. But what about the Crimson Tide? They are the best team in the SEC but even though they have a great RB in Mark Ingram, we won't know if they deserve to be ranked this high until after they play LSU and Auburn. Those two games will define this team. Before their game against Tennessee a couple weeks ago, I thought they would snap LSU and Auburn in half. But after having to block two field goals to beat Tennessee, forget that. But don't get me wrong, Alabama is good but not Texas or Oregon are good Texas jumping Alabama in the BCS was expected but these two teams have lots of talent so don't be surprised if they both end up in a BCS bowl game.