2019-20 NCAA Football (Week 5)

Games I watched some of:
(1) Clemson 21-20 North Carolina
Kudos to the Tar Heels (*wooch* I don't say that very often!) for going for 2 at the end--totally loved that move. What's the point of going to overtime? That totally plays into Clemson's hands, best thing is to go for 2, get the W or go home. As for Clemson, man, they really looked like shit, they never got going on either side of the ball, played tight down the stretch and were lucky to escape with a W. Clemson has so much talent and such a nondescript schedule that they can get away with mailing it in, but that's how you give away games and they were lucky to win here. Ideally this is the wakeup call they needed...or now they think they're invincible and they can keep doing this and eventually get stung. We'll see. UNC put forth a great effort and almost pulled it off. Oh well, maybe next time.

(5) Ohio State 48-7 Nebraska
I didn't watch much of this because there wasn't much to see. Nebraska couldn't move the ball at all and they couldn't stop the Buckeyes, so I tuned out by halftime. Doesn't seem like I missed much. I kinda thought Nebraska was in line for a good season and now that they've passed this kidney stone, maybe they can get in a groove, it's still possible for them to have an impact (Wisconsin and Iowa still on the schedule). For the Buckeyes, they look better than they did last year at this time (and Michigan most certainly does not), so the Playoff is definitely in their grasp (all about Wisconsin).

(18) Virginia 20-35 (10) Notre Dame
UVA had bad turnovers in the 2nd half that doomed them but until then this was a pretty even contest, I even thought they were similar teams; they don't have Clemson on their schedule so they should probably win most of their remaining games. But the Irish defense was better and prevailed in the long run, good W for Notre Dame.


Top 25
Handled their business
(2) Alabama, (5) Ohio State, (6) Oklahoma, (7) Auburn, (9) Florida, (12) Penn State, (14) Iowa, (17) Washington, (19) Utah, (20) Michigan, (22) Central Florida, (23) Texas A&M, (25) Michigan State


Won but didn't impress
(1) Clemson. Getting lucky on a final play to win it all is not a good look for a #1 team.
(8) Wisconsin. Perhaps I'm being harsh, Northwestern is a competent squad, but Wisconsin really should've had this game in hand a lot sooner.


Bad beat
(18) Virginia. Valiant effort but Notre Dame is a better squad.
(21) Southern Cal. They didn't get blown out by Washington but they were never gonna win that game either. I think UW was better, so I can't diss USC too bad, but they had a chance to get a good W and they didn't.
(24) Kansas State. Ehhh, they shouldn't have been ranked this high going into a road game at OSU.


Not so good
(15) Cal. Hmmm, lost a conference game at home? Kinda unforgivable for a top 20 squad.


Next week's interesting matchups
(14) Michigan @ (19) Iowa (tough match for Michigan: if they win, no one cares; if they lose, their season is over; big opportunity for Iowa here)
(7) Auburn @ (10) Florida (I think Auburn is better and will get the W on the road)
(11) Texas @ West Virginia (tough match for UT, good chance for them to get a good W on the road)
(25) Michigan State @ (4) Ohio State (sometimes this is a tricky match for Ohio State but this year I got a feeling Buckeyes are gonna rail Sparty)