Upset Saturday in College Football

 Freshman kicker Wes Byrum made a 43 yard field goal as time expired to give Auburn a win over No. 4 Florida.

My Top Eight Observations From Upset Saturday in College Football:

1.  Tim Tebow isn't all that.  Yet.  Tebow came in last year for the Gators, ran for a few first downs, pumped up the crowd and....Chris Leak won Florida the National Title.  This year Tebow has to do everything including be the running game.  He is special and will be great, but Saturday Auburn's defense showed Tebow isn't ready to lift the Gators to back-to-back National Title's. 

2.  So Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford isn't ready for the big time yet.  But up 24-7 at the half, the Sooners still should have beaten a sad Colorado team.  Where is the best defense in the country?  Where is the amazing wide receivers?  Where is the All-American running backs?  Somebody else has to step up. 

3.  South Florida has talent galore and beating West Virginia on Friday was not an upset.  USF beat the Mountaineers last year and went up and down the field vs a poor WVU defense this year.  Yes, West Virginia has injuries but who doesnt?  You need to beat teams you are better than to play for the National Title.  South Florida is a better team than West Virginia.  Bar none.

4.  Kansas State put a whipping on Colt McCoy and the Texas Longhorns.  The sophomore quarterback had four interceptions and was knocked out of the game in the fourth quarter with a 'mild concussion.'  Most people who know me know that I have never liked Texas.  I am an Oklahoma fan yes, but I don't think UT coach Mack Brown gets the most out of his players.  This year won't be any different.  Especially with that scrawny quarterback of his getting knocked around like he did on Saturday. 

5.  For the second year in a row, Rutgers reached the top 10.  For the second year in a row, the Scarlet Knights promptly lost the first week after being ranked in the top 10.  Hey, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano is great and is working wonders.  Don't expect conference championships and BCS games just yet.

6.  Georgia Tech upended a Clemson team that ran all over them last year.  Clemson running backs James Davis and C.J. Spiller ran for 332 yards vs Georgia Tech last year.  This year?  62.  Big difference and a win for the Rambling Wreck. 

7.  Cal beating Oregon in Eugene isn't an upset but it was a fantastic game.  In the games final moments, Oregon wide receiver Cameron Colvin stretched for the goal line and fumbled the ball into the endzone.  The Bears took over and ran the clock out.  A great game and two teams who will give USC all they can handle this year.  Desean Jackson caught 11 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns.  I love Arkansas' Darren McFadden but in my mind Jackson is the most exciting player in the country. 

8.  Illinois beat Penn State for the first time in my life.  Actually, I'm not sure when the Fighting Illini last beat the Nittany Lions, but it has to have been a long time.  PSU QB Anthony Morelli had three interceptions and Illinois freshman wide receiver, Arrelious Benn, is living up to his hype returning a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and caught 6 passes for 84 yards and another touchdown.  Ron Zook will always be able to recruit and if the recruits play to their ability, the Big 10 will have a new contender. 

** Looking towards next weekend:  Next Thursday the college football weekend starts off with a bang.  No. 8 Kentucky and their Heisman trophey candidate, Andre Woodson, travel to South Carolina to take on the Old Ball Coach, Steve Spurrier.  Early on Saturday, the fifth-ranked and undefeated Wisconsin Badgers travel to Champaign to face Juice Williams, Arrelious Benn and upstart Illinois.  The Red River Shootout lost a little bit of it's luster this weekend with both Oklahoma and Texas losing but I guarantee this game in Dallas will be a war.  Both teams still have the Big 12 title on their minds and a BCS bowl game. 

No. 12 Georgia and quarterback Matthew Stafford travel to Knoxville to face Tennessee.  No. 15 Virginia Tech travels to Clemson to play the 22nd ranked Tigers.  Undefeated Cincinnati travels to Rutgers riding quaterback Ben Mauk.  Mauk helped the Bearcat offense score on six of it's first seven possessions.  Mauk also threw for four second quarter touchdowns to lead the No. 20 Bearcats to a 52-21 win over San Diego State.  Ohio State and the No. 4 ranked Buckeyes take on undefeated and No. 23 ranked Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Illinois.  Purdue QB Curtis Painter could do no wrong vs Notre Dame throwing for 252 yards and two touchdowns. 

The weekends best game starts at 7pm central time on CBS with Florida, stewing over their loss to Auburn, traveling to Baton Rouge to take on the new No. 1 in the country, LSU.  All-American defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey and the best D line in the country will be swarming all over Tim Tebow and the Gators. 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmanidiot is Clueless!

 'I am clueless!!!'

“In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don’t know who’s told you that we have this.”

- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking at Columbia University in NYC on Monday

** Wait, wait, wait.  Iran doesn't have them or this guy doesn't know it's 2007?  Right you are.

Manchester United Thrashes Chelsea!

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On Sunday, Manchester United added to Chelsea's misery with a 2-0 win at Old Trafford.  Without their beloved manager, Jose Mourinho, and Chelsea down to ten men, Man United's summer signee Carlos Tevez scored a fantastic header in what would turn out to be the game winner in the 45th minute.  Mikel Jon Obiwas sent off for the Blues in the 30th minute for a studs up tackle on Patrice Evra.  Louis Saha finished the scoring in second half injury time with a penalty after being taken down by Chelsea defender Ben Haim. 

 Giggs' wonderful cross was headed in by Tevez in the 45th minute

Both managers left the game with a bitter taste in their mouth.  New Chelsea manager, Avram Grant, was upset about Obi Jon being sent off and also about the penalty handed to Saha.  Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, was furious at the Blues Joe Cole for a tackle he thought should have sent him off.  Cole slid at Cristiano Ronaldo in the second half and took his legs out from under him while making no effort for the ball. 

 Chelsea fans will miss Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho Leaves Chelsea!

 Mourinho never looked happy in charge at Stamford Bridge.

After Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Rosenborg in the Champion's League, Jose Mourinho has informed his player's he was leaving through mutual consent with Russian oil tycoon and Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich.  Mourinho, who has had numerous run-in's with the owner, leaves Chelsea just four days before his team faces Manchester United in a big clash at Old Trafford on Sunday.

 Abramovich has spent a lot of money and wants to win...now.

Mourinho hinted he was ready to leave the Blues this past summer saying he was 'a bit fed up' with things at the club.  Some of what Mourinho is talking about is not getting the money he'd like to buy players and having Abramovich hovering over his every move didn't help.  Also, Chelsea have spent approximately $800 million over the past four years on players who have not lived up to their billing.  Andriy Shevchenko, from AC Milan, and Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich) are just two big names who have not made an impact at Chelsea. 

 GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED!!!  :)

I'm O.J. Simpson's Defense Attorney

 Yeah, would never hurt a soul....

Dear O.J.,

As your legal council, I have to tell you that you're an idiot.  First of all, you killed Ron Goldman and Nicole.  That's obvious.  Second, this 'alleged armed robbery' thing in Vegas.  What were you thinking exactly?  Before being arrested on Sunday, you gave interviews saying the stuff was yours.  Please explain to me why, if you thought this memorabilia was yours, that you had to crash through this door, guns raised, scream at people to get up against the walls and take off with this stuff. 

I am lost in the confusion that is O.J. Simpson.  I understand you probably don't have much money.  Everything you earn goes to the Goldman family and your kids....of which, you probably spend yourself.  This book you wrote 'If I Did It' describes you how you killed...I mean, would have killed Ron and Nicole if you had the chance.  What is wrong with you?  Why can't you just sit in your big mansion in Florida (which can not be taken away by the Goldman family) and die off quietly? 

Last, but not least, I quit.  You are not bright and you need to be put in jail for the rest of your life.  Best of luck with your latest legal woes.

Sincerely,

Ryan A. Wilmot

P.S. You owe me $7,453,692.  I will expect that check in the mail in the next week.  Thanks

HEY EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOIN' STREAKING!!!

 Don't worry guys, you don't see anything. 

Haha.  This is hysterical.  We've seen streakers in sports before, but this one is different.  Not one, not two, but three streakers on the same field.  Absolutely fantastic.  You know when the next streaker is on the field, because the girl doing the taping starts screaming at the top of her lungs.  Wild, wild stuff.

Oklahoma Reloads

 Mr Sam Bradford will lead the Sooners to another Big 12 title.

You'd think with the best running back in college football, Adrian Peterson, leaving for the NFL, Oklahoma would have problems running the football.  Not quite.  You'd think with starting quarterback, Paul Thompsen, graduated, Bob Stoops and his Sooners would have trouble finding a successor.  Well, think again college football fans. 

Just one game into the 2007 season and these two questions have already been answered.  Granted, Oklahoma did just beat North Texas on Saturday 79-10, but redshirt freshman QB Sam Bradford went 21 of 23 for 363 yards and three touchdowns.  With a fantastic defense behind him, Bradford showed what is needed for the Sooners to win this fall; short, crisp passes, keeping the mistakes to a minimum and hand the ball to another top running back

 The next Heisman Trophy winner for the Sooners is DeMarco Murray.

Speaking of the running game, the top running back in high school football in 2005 watched last year and waited patiently for his shot.  DeMarco Murray, a Parade first-team All-America and ESPN's No. 1 running back, showed Saturday why he is so hyped.  Rushing only 17 times for 87 yards (5.2 per carry), Murray was patient when needed and showed the burst in the open field (4.43 in the 40 yard dash) that will come in handy this Saturday vs Miami (Fla.) and new, defensive-minded coach Randy Shannon.  (The Sooners also still have Senior Allen Patrick who stepped in extraordinarily well when Peterson went down with his broken collarbone last fall.)

With the pressure in Norman always at fever pitch for a Big 12 and National Title, Stoops has his work cut out for him, but with Murray and Bradford stepping in and stepping up early, this takes the pressure off.  Well, just a little bit.

** Also on Saturday, Notre Dame freshman quarterback Jimmy Clausen starts for the Irish as they travel to Happy Valley to take on Penn State.  Clausen, as coach Weis has said, gives the Irish the best chance of winning, but don't expect much of that this year.  With a young offensive line and a weak running game, Clausen will take his lumps.  Next fall, however, Clausen will show why he was the best quarterback in the country last year.  With a rifle for an arm and mobility to run away from defenses, Clausen will lead Notre Dame back into the top 10.  But like I said...not until next year.