Although I didn't get a chance to watch the team I choose to support, it was still a great Saturday of football. The conference championship games gave us a taste of everything. We got to see a lot of offense in the ACC final where Georgia Tech outlasted Clemson 39-34 in a game that featured almost 900 yards of total offense. Combine that with Cincinnati's 45-44 last second win over Pitt in what wasn't a championship game, (the Big East doesn't have one) but simply fortunate scheduling where the top 2 teams happened to meet at the proper time.
In what should have been the best game of the day, we watched 2 SEC heavyweights taking each other on in the Georgia Dome. What we witnessed instead was a complete dismantling of Tim Tebow and the Gators, 32-13. I think Tebow has been a credit to college athletics in general, but I admit I enjoyed watching him wipe tears away as the clock wound down. I've just seen the lovefest continue for the last 4 years and it's time to move on. Next year we'll watch Tim T. catching passes in the NFL while playing tight end for someone with his favorite Bible verse written into his eye black. I'm certainly not blaming the kid because he received a 4 year head job, but enough was enough. I think the kid will be fine. Roll Tide.
Of course, in my neck of the woods the main event was Nebraska and Texas in the Big XII title game held at the all new Jerry World in Dallas. The Longhorns opened as a 14 point favorite and I thought that while the spread didn't seem unrealistic, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this game was tight for at least the first 3 quarters. Instead, we were treated to either one of the best displays of defense or inept offenses since the teams wore leather helmets. Ndamukong Suh put on the most dominant performance I've ever seen from a defensive tackle as he controlled the line of scrimmage and was responsible for 4 1/2 sacks of Colt McCoy. Let me be the first to say that I'm glad he'll be getting paid to make plays for some team I don't give a shit about in the NFL next year.
For all the Husker defense did last night though, the offense was, well offensive as Nebraska churned out 106 yards of total offense, (39 through the air) in their "1.9 yards and a cloud of dust" formation. Despite the trip to the title game the internet is flush with rumors of corn offensive recruits preparing to jump ship for programs more familiar with the term "forward pass".
After the game, Husker coach Bo Pelini was his usual composed self as he screamed random obscenities to whoever would listen calling for the heads of any and all Big XII conference officials.
The Pelini Brothers go off! While I understand the passion, I confess that I'm looking forward to the day when this idiot implodes and wraps those hands around some referee's neck. You just know that it's going to happen. Bo just can't help himself. It would be like asking him to suddenly quit being ugly.
I only picked 4 games this week and pretty much kept with my normal statistics as I went 3-1 outright, (missing only the SEC winner) and 2-2 vs the spread. For the year I'm sitting at 88-30 straight up but only 57-57 against the point spread. The bowl game selections will come out this afternoon and I'll get an opportunity to bitch, whine and complain about where my Tigers are going. See you in a couple of days.
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