Recap: Stepchild Saturday

There were some serious Mike Tyson-Michael Spinks level beatdowns dished out this weekend. Holy schnikees. Starting off the day was OU just dominating the Canes in Norman. For the first half it seemed like the Canes could make a game of it, even if they were just hanging on by a thread. But then reality set in and OU just put on a display as to why so many people are picking them to play for the national title. I loved the fake field goal call by Randy Shannon at the end of the first half, a touchdown was needed there. I didn't love the yo-yo act putting Kirby Freeman back in the game after Wright was clearly more capable in this game. Pick one guy and stick with him.

I left the couch for a little bit when that game got out of hand and by the time I got back Michigan was down 32-7 and Chad Henne had just gotten hurt. What the hell happened to these guys? Two weeks ago they were flapping their gums about winning a national title. The talent is clearly there but its not being used properly. I'm not big on firing a guy two games into a season but the team clearly is not responding to anything Lloyd Carr is doing, which is why they are playing in the scrub bowl next week against.......

.....Notre Dame. I haven't seen a more gutless game plan since Herm Edwards let the Colts beat the Chiefs in the playoffs last year. Okay that wasn't that long ago, but Weis said that Jimmy Clausen gives ND the best chance to win. That gameplan of not throwing a pass more than five yards over the line of scrimmage wouldn't have beaten a junior high team, nonetheless a jacked up Penn State team out for revenge. Clausen might turn out to be good down the line (even though his brothers both sucked balls) but nobody would have looked good with that offense. Why does Lardass have the offensive genius tag again? Because his team hasn't scored an offensive touchdown this year? p.s. Tyrone Willingham's team just broke the nation's longest winning streak. Oh and Lou Holtz, you decrepit old bastard, when listing Clausen's attributes don't mention his experience when he is a TRUE FRESHMAN IN HIS SECOND GAME. Someone cart this fossil to an old folks home asap so he won't eat up anymore time on Gameday. Please!!!

Which brings us to the final redheaded stepchild thrashing of the day. Halfway through the day I was saying OU was the best team I had seen so far. By the time I went to bed that spot was occupied by LSU. They would probably be the best team in the NFC too. Holy shit this team is stacked. Every aspect of this game was just dominated by LSU. Anything can happen in the SEC but it is going to take an incredible effort to beat a team with as much talent as LSU. I still haven't seen USC play this year but it wouldn's surpise most if they lost a Pac-10 game to the likes of Cal, UCLA, Oregon or Washington. The only SEC team I can see beating LSU is Florida. And even that might be a stretch.