2018-19 NCAA Football (Weeks 10 & 11)

Week 10 

Games I watched (some of):
(6) UGA 34-17 (9) UK
Yeah, that's about right (I predicted 31-13 before the game). You can break the game down to two plays: UGA's opening punt return and UGA 60-yard run up the middle for a TD in the 2nd half. UGA had two big plays, UK had none, rest of the game was roughly even. UK's defense is legit but UGA's O-line is just better, UGA's offense just so much more efficient, UGA winning by 2 TD's was predictable and obvious from UGA's first drive.

(13) West Virginia 42-41 (17) Texas
Great finish! Fun game! Back and forth all the way through, WVA goes for the 2-pointer at the buzzer, great stuff!

(1) Alabama 29-0 (3) LSU
Yeah, just kept waiting for LSU to do anything, something, nah, nothing. LSU's defense put up a game effort but the offense was dead on arrival. Tide uber alles.


Top 25
Handled their business
(1) Alabama, (2) Clemson, (4) Notre Dame, (5) Michigan, (6) Georgia, (7) Oklahoma, (8) Washington State, (10) Ohio State (sorta, Nebraska is not good), (12) Central Florida, (13) West Virginia, (18) Mississippi State, (19) Syracuse, (21) North Carolina State, (22) Boston College, (23) Fresno State, (24) Iowa State


Bad beat
(3) LSU (hey, man, Bama's good)
(9) Kentucky (man, they ain't as good as UGA, UK managed to filter up this high, they should still probably finish top 20)
(16) Texas (tough loss but WVA is good)


Not so good
(11) Florida (dang, they got rolled at home by Missou? Weird)
(14) Penn State (I can't help thinking Penn State has all they need to be better than they are, if they ever put it together, I think they can beat anyone, so to get straight pounded by Michigan is not a good look)
(15) Utah (lame loss on the road)
(16) Iowa (lame loss on the road (although Purdue does have a coupla crazy good W's this year))
(20) Texas A&M (to have a good season you gotta beat a weak Auburn team on the road)
(25) Virginia (sorry performance at home to Pitt)


Week 11

Games I watched (some of):

(11) Kentucky 7-24 Tennessee
(Well, on the radio) UT had big plays all through the 1st half, including a hail mary at the buzzer. These are exactly the kinds of plays that UK's defense staved off throughout the year, but the Vols rained on UK. UT piled on early in the 2nd half, then kinda cruised as UK's offense sputtered.

(Guess I mostly watched soccer and basketball this weekend)


Top 25
Handled their business
(1) Alabama, (2) Clemson, (3) Notre Dame, (4) Michigan, (5) Georgia, (6) Oklahoma, (7) LSU, (8) Washington State, (9) West Virginia, (12) Central Florida, (13) Syracuse, (15) Florida, (19) Texas, (20) Penn State, (22) Iowa State


Bad beat
(16) Mississippi State (hey, man, Bama's good)
(17) Boston College (Clemson is rounding into shape)
(24) Auburn (I thought Auburn might give them a bit of a game, but UGA handled them pretty easily)


Not so good
(11) Kentucky (if UK were as good as we thought, they would've handled a so-so UT squad, instead Vols gashed that defense, UK got exposed)
(14) North Carolina State (L at home to Wake Forest on prime time? Not good)
(21) Iowa (L at home to Northwestern? Kinda surprising)
(23) Fresno State (you gotta win conference games on the road to stay ranked)


Next week's matches:
Middle Tennessee State - (17) Kentucky (Wildcats can still have a great season if they finish strong, this game might bury them)
(12) Syracuse - (3) Notre Dame (doubt this will be much of a game, we'll see)
(24) Cincinnati - (11) Central Florida (UCF's toughest match of the year, I guess)
(16) Iowa State - (15) Texas (these two should be fun)