2022-23 NCAA Football (Week 8)

Games I saw (some of):

(14) Syracuse 21-27 (5) Clemson

Meh.  I'm supposed to be impressed that Clemson finally beat a ranked team, but I kinda thought Syracuse blew that more than Clemson winning. Syracuse pretty well dominated the first three quarters, then made a series of dumb penalties that gave Clemson a chance to get back in the game. From there one big play was all it took for Clemson to snatch the game away. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it: Clemson dominated the recruiting every year which obviously means they're better than everyone else. But, why don't they just kick the shit out of everybody on the field the way a real team does? *crickets* Yeah, all right. Clemson will probably be there at the end because, well, Syracuse is the toughest game they're gonna have all season. They did finally swap out the QB and that may bring them up in the world, we'll see.

(20) Texas 34-41 (11) Oklahoma State

Fun game, close game, gotta be honest: it was tied when I left, so I'm not sure what happened. Texas's running game is legit and their D is pretty good, too, but otherwise they're a mildly top 20-ish team, whereas Oklahoma State is for real this year and bested the Longhorns.

Top 25

Handled their business

(2) Ohio State, (3) Tennessee, (6) Alabama, (8) Texas Christian, (10) Oregon, (11) Oklahoma State, (13) Wake Forest, (16) Penn State, (25) Tulane

Won but did not impress

(5) Clemson. Meh, needing some luck to come back on Syracuse not blowing me away. 

(21) Cincinnati. Road conference game, perhaps I'm being harsh but this team was in the final four last year, if they belong in the top 20, then go win at SMU, that's all I'm asking. 

Bad beat

(14) Syracuse. Outplayed Clemson, but didn't get the points. 

(17) Kansas State. TCU be rolling right now. 

(20) Texas. The Cowboys are better than the Longhorns. 

(24) Mississippi State. Yeah, Alabama is better. 

Not so good

(7) Mississippi. Top 10, huh? Yeah, not if you can't win at LSU.

(9) UCLA. Wow, they got stomped by Oregon. 

Next week's intriguing matches:

(2) Ohio State @ (13) Penn State (I like the Buckeyes but Penn State needs it bad)

Florida @ (1) Georgia (don't be shocked...yeah, FLA's QB is a schizo but he might be the perfect weapon against this D, we'll see)

(9) Oklahoma State @ (22) Kansas State (Cowboys should win but this has trap game potential)

(19) Kentucky @ (3) Tennessee (UT is rolling right now, really looking good, they've beaten Kentucky like 55 out of the last 56 games or something like that, feels like this one is in the bag, right?  ....Right? I'm not telling ya UK is winning in Knoxville this weekend, but the Vols can be forgiven for coming in overconfident)