The Five And Five: Les Miles, Wisco and Dayne Crist among names ripe for bar discussion
This jam is called "The Five and Five." That's not a cool name, nor does it really mean anything 'cept what it is: five observations looking back, and five looking forward. The hope is to write this Sunday morning each week -- the reality may be closer to Monday morning, however. The essential point: there are a million places to recap a week in college football, but only one place (right the expletive here) to recap quickly and then gloriously turn the page. Let's dance.
POINTS TO REMEMBER FROM WEEK 1 FOR FUTURE BAR CONVERSATIONS
1. Les Miles is good: People like to knock The Hat a lil' bit, because he's goofy, he can't seem to manage a clock, and he eats grass and whatnot. He is an absolute baller in big games. You know the last time LSU lost a non-conference game? 2002. A ton of people thought Oregon would run them off the field. Naw. They hung 40 on Oregon with a backup QB. Circle Alabama on Nov. 5th. Gonna be a HOOT-NANNY!
2. Dayne Crist -- full of sound and fury, signifying nothing: In the all-important "high school recruiting rankings" a few years ago, Crist was over 25 spots higher than Andrew Luck. Yea. So about judging men at age 18... realize this, ladies.
3. WISCONSIN IS THE BEST TEAM IN ALL THE WORLD: There are two reasons people will love to talk Wisco for the next week or so -- they played in the first nationally-televised game of the year (Thursday night), and Russell Wilson looked damn good. Um, it was UNLV. They'll finish 2-10. Let's wait a second -- or, at the very least, let's wait till Sept. 29th and Wisconsin-Nebraska. Epic battle of offense and defense there, no?
4. Lightning: Isn't football an all-weather sport?
5. B.J. Daniels: No knock on E.J. Manuel, but if B.J. Daniels went to FSU (he's from outside of Tallahassee), would FSU be preseason No. 2 or No. 3 right now?
POINTS TO TAKE WITH YOU TOWARDS WEEK 2!
1. Ann Arbor is beautiful at night: First night kickoff in Big House history. Gameday. A bunch of really drunk kids (9am - 7pm CST drinking? Yea.). Denard running around like whoa (502 yards last year in this game). And if Michigan wins, go ahead and Google "Urban Meyer" on Sunday morning. Someone will be linking him to the ND job.
2. Mark Richt: If he starts 0-2, despite a manageable schedule the rest of the way, he might be cooked. Meanwhile, if Spurrier starts 2-0, considering the SEC East is still a bit of a mess (at least compared to the SEC West), he might be headed towards the Georgia Dome at the beginning of December. (Don't sleep on Vols, Gators though.)
3. The young QB on the road theory: Alabama has to go into western PA and face PSU -- not a night game, but a prime 3:30 slot -- on the road with a QB (whoever it is) whose only signifcant experience is against Kent State. If PSU starts hot... could we have a nice Week 2 upset?
4. Dan Mullen and the Bulldogs: They go to Auburn -- who could have been the prime Week 1 upset, if not for a nice onside kick -- with Chris Reif and Vick Ballard looking like the best QB-RB duo in America in terms of speed. If they win there (they should, but it's a road game), they have LSU next. If Mullen wants to legitimately get the next big job that opens, which he theoretically does, going 2-0 in these next two would be huge.
5. Case Keenum: You wanna see some fireworks? Houston plays North Texas Saturday night. North Texas LOST by 25 points to FIU -- FIU! -- in Week 1. They gave up 41 points. Keenum should have an absolute pinball-score field day here. He needs about 700 or so yards to set some NCAA records. Can he do it in one night? A man can dream.
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