Sunday, September 23, 2018

2018-19 NCAA Football (Week 4)

Games I watched (some of):
(23) Texas A&M 23-41 (1) Alabama
Over the years A&M has given Nick Saban problems so I thought this might be a test for the Tide. Well, it kinda was: Alabama played well, controlled the game, but you still get the feeling they could/should be a lot better than they are. A&M made some plays, hung well enough while never having much of a shot at winning. Bama is either going to get a lot better as the season goes on or this could be one of those years when they stumble, not sure yet.

(18) Wisconsin 28-17 Iowa
A lot closer than the score indicates. This was a fun game, back-and-forth kinda game, thought they were fairly even but Wisconsin made the plays down the stretch. Good W for the Badgers, tough L for the Hawkeyes.


Top 25
Handled their business
(1) Alabama, (2) Georgia, (3) Clemson, (4) Ohio State, (6) LSU, (7) Stanford, (8) Notre Dame, (9) Auburn, (10) Penn State, (10) Washington, (12) West Virginia, (16) Central Florida, (18) Wisconsin, (19) Michigan, (21) Miami, (24) Michigan State, (25) BYU


Got it done but did not impress
(5) Oklahoma (OT to Army at home?  Hmmm, I figured making those Army boys look forward to Afghanistan was more likely but the Cadets gave them a legit scare)


Bad beat
(20) Oregon (feels like one that got away but realistically that score was just about right)
(22) Texas A&M (hey, man, Alabama is good, A&M did well to sorta stay in this one)
(23) Boston College (wasn't sure they were worthy of ranking, not sure Purdue is bad, this result doesn't look that strange to me)


Not good
(13) Virginia Tech (getting rolled over by an 0-3 Old Dominion?  That's...that's not good)
(14) Mississippi State (well, well, well, are you ready for Kentucky?)
(15) Oklahoma State (yipes! They got destroyed at home by Texas Tech!)
(17) TCU (never got going against Texas, the Big 12 got shook this weekend)

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