Susan Miller Degnan of the Miami Herald writes how Lou Holtz is a believer in The U... "Holtz, an ESPN commentator, was a guest of sports-radio talk show 790 The Ticket on Tuesday and told co-host Krystal Fernandez that Jacory Harris ``would be on one of my five top Heisman candidates right now." ...
Mark Viera of the Washington Post writes about the Hokies lack of offense... "The biggest area of concern remains an offense that has stagnated in the Hokies' two games against ranked opponents. The Hokies' 88-yard scoring drive with 1 minute 44 seconds remaining Saturday only temporarily washed away the images of Virginia Tech's offense idling for much of the afternoon." ...
Iowa @ Penn State Saturday, September 26, 2009 State College, PA - Beaver Stadium Penn State -10.5
The name Daniel Murray will burn in the hearts of Penn State fans forever...Penn State came into last year's game 9-0 and just got done beating Ohio State 13-6 in their previous game...the Nittany Lions were 7.5 point favorites and had numerous chances to put the game out of reach...they led 23-14 at the start of the 4th quarter...but they left the door open for Daniel Murray...
If not for Murray's field goal, Penn State more than likely would have played Florida or Oklahoma in the BCS Championship Game...
When looking back, Penn State QB Daryll Clark had an awful game last season when he completed only nine passes on 23 attempts for 86 yards and an interception...Evan Royster rushed for 90 yards...
The stats indicated that Penn State is 1-6 against Iowa since 2000...the dog, which Iowa is this year, is 8-2 against the spread with five upsets...Iowa is 4-1 against the spread at Beaver Stadium...
Power Sweep - Penn State 24-10 Pointwise - Penn State 31-13
Pat Harty of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes how the Hawkeyes are expecting a hostile crowd at Happy Valley... "It'll be a chance for the Penn State players to avenge what occurred last November when Daniel Murray ended their hopes for a national title and an undefeated season by making arguably the most important field goal for Iowa since Rob Houghtlin split the goal posts against Michigan 23 years earlier"" ...
Harty writes how Kirk Ferentz may have JoePa's number... "Paterno might be a living legend, but when facing Ferentz, Paterno usually has to live through yet another loss. Of all of Ferentz's achievements as the Iowa coach, his 6-2 record against Paterno has to rank near the top." ...
Ron Musselman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes how the Nittany Lions are hurting at linebacker... "Outside linebacker Navorro Bowman has resumed practicing after missing the past two games with a sore groin, but Sean Lee, his counterpart on the other side, is out with a sprained left knee." ...
This past Sunday, ESPN's "Outside the Lines" did a feature on former Colorado football player Sal Aunese who died of cancer in 1989...before his death, Aunese was involved with Colorado head coach Bill McCartney's daughter, whom was pregnant with Aunese's child...Aunese's son, T.C. McCartney is now a back-up quarterback at LSU under Les Miles, the same coach who recruited Aunese...
Happy belated birthday to one of the hottest over 40 women out there - Audrey Faith Perry (aka Faith Hill)...she turned 42-years-old on Monday...she makes all us 40 year olds proud...
I just can't understand it...Pete Carroll is the best big game college football coach in the country...but every year he allows his far superior Trojans to play down to an inferior opponent...once again, USC will not be playing for the national title even though, come January, they may be the best team in the nation...the loss to Washington ranks right next to the debacle USC had two years ago to Stanford...
Every great coach usually has a stunning defeat or two during the course of their career...but this is an annual rite for Carroll...it just makes you scratch your head and wondering why this happens... Los Angeles Times
The prime game this week is when The U heads into Virginia Tech...a win this week will catapult The U right into the national title scenario...this would set up a huge match-up the next week when one-loss Oklahoma plays at Miami...even though Oklahoma lost in week 1, the Sooners are still in the hunt for the title if they run the table...the loss of Sam Bradford in that game accounts for something...has
There has been some poor officiating this season...for instance, in the Notre Dame-Michigan State game, on the play in which Irish receiver Michael Floyd broke his collarbone, the replay official ruled that Floyd did not have control of the ball after scoring an apparent touchdown...the replays that I watched clearly showed that Floyd had control...this is just one instance of many that left me wondering what the officials were watching...
Don't underestimate Auburn...I watched the last part of the Tigers 41-30 win over West Virginia...Gene Chizik has Auburn playing inspired ball...
Remember the name Ryan Mallett from Arkansas for the Heisman in 2010...this kid has a Dan Marino-like rifle and is very accurate...
If any team can claim a moral victory it would be the Tennessee Volunteers...a 30 point dog at The Swamp, the Volunteers lost by only 10 points to a great Florida team...it helps when the great Monte Kiffin is running your defense...
Finally, I just got done watching a stupid movie on SyFy called "Monster Man"...however, the chick on there was hot - Aimee Brooks (below)...
Miami (Fla.) @ Virginia Tech
