It was a hot and cold week for the Dirty Dozen with upsets galore. Top-ranked USC went cold at Oregon State, continuing its trend of losing at least one game a season when it’s heavily favored. Georgia went cold at home, then turned hot against Alabama in the second half, only to fall in the [...]
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Dirty Dozen: Three new teams move in
It was another of those “college football four nights in a row” type of weekends, with games Wednesday through Saturday. Things got off to a rousing start Thursday night as unbeaten Colorado shocked West Virginia, 17-14, thanks to a 25-yard field goal from Aric Goodman (pictured at right) in overtime. Things got even better for Goodman after [...]
Dirty Dozen: Sooners on top
In mostly lopsided set of victories for the top teams in the land, a couple notable teams managed only a scoreboard three-spot: Auburn, Ohio State. In a game I didn’t watch, but wish I had, Auburn squeaked out a one point victory over Mississippi State. In a game I did watch, but wish I hadn’t, [...]
Dirty Dozen: Badgers on the move
It’s time for another weekly edition of college football’s Dirty Dozen ranking the Top 12 teams in the country. This week, I was able to watch one of the nation’s best teams in person, as I went to the Wisconsin-Fresno State game. After managing to catch some highlights of the Ohio State-USC blowout on TiVo, [...]
From Charleston to Wheeling, W. Va’s reeling
Dirty Dozen, my Top 12 teams in college football after two weeks: 1. Oklahoma (2-0) — The Sooners doubled-up the Bearcats on their way to an easy victory in Norman. This was a good victory but fans are right to be concerned about the 365 all-purpose yards given up to one player (WR Marshwan Gilyard). [...]
Dirty Dozen: ECU rises, Ohio State falls
Here we go with my first edition of college football’s Dirty Dozen, a weekly ranking of the nation’s Top 12 teams. This past weekend, the number of surprises were few, but one non-BCS team landed the biggest punch of all. The pride of Conference USA, East Carolina, stunned West Virginia, knocking WVU completely from my preseason [...]