Here we are: College Football is pretty much done. Now I know we have the national championship game left but I really don't care about LSU or the Tide. I don't think the Tide deserves to be in the National Championship game but that is just me. I want to write about this year in my eyes and what I thought was the highs and lows of this year.
Best Game I watched on TV this year.
This is pretty tough choice for me, but I would have to say the Notre Dame vs Michigan game. This game was so intense my supper was getting cold in front of me as I was hypnotized by what was going on in that game. The last two minutes was the craziest thing I have ever seen. What was it, 21 points in 90 seconds? You can't beat that. The thing about that game was Denard Robinson was practically throwing Hail Mary's every down and the Michigan WR's were catching them every time! You also can't beat the fact that it was the FIRST night game in Ann Arbor. Can you imagine being in the BIG HOUSE on that night? Over 100,000 people going crazy under the lights. I also enjoy watching Minnesota Native Michael Floyd of Notre Dame, that guy is a beast and don't be surprised to see him go in the first round of the NFL Draft. This game was everything it was hyped up to be.
Runner Up : Wisconsin @ Michigan State.
Three things off my Bucket List.
As you know, I live in California and one of the things on my bucket list is too visit every College Stadium in California. This year I got visit two stadiums I've never been too,USC and Fresno State. I was really impressed with the atmosphere USC had overall on game day. I wasn't surprised because I had very high expectations that day. Tail gating on campus is something that every college should do. It was so cool to walk around the campus of USC and see all the crazy tailgating. I say Madison beats out USC by an inch when it comes to tailgating. The Colliiesm is a nice stadium overall, very cool to be in a place that hosted the olympics. The Trojan student section was pretty good also. I was very dissappointed by Fresno State, only because I went to the game when they were playing the #5 ranked team at that time in Boise State. The game was on a Friday Night and there were more empty seats than bodies. How do you not fill a small stadium when one of your rivals come into town? Espicially when they are ranked in the top 5!? Anywho, I got see Kellen Moore and Boise State play, which was also on my bucket list. Very cool to see one of the best college QB's to play that game.
Shock of the year.
I could say a lot of things about Minnesota but I really thought the season went the way I thought it would. Let's be honest, Minnesota does not have depth to compete in the BIG TEN. They have SOME division 1 talent, but not enough to make any noise. Although I will say Minnesota beating Iowa and Illinois was a shock to me. How does Illinois get beat that bad by the Gophers? Crazy. The team got better as the season goes which was the main goal I thought under rookie coach Jerry Kill. I can also talk a lot about how Wisconsin lost there 2 regular season games. I will go ahead and say that the Michigan State Hail Mary had some luck to it, but the Ohio State game was blown coverage all the way. Crazy to think that Wisconsin could easily be playing for the National Championship this year if it wasn't on those two plays.
But clearly the shock of the year goes to Penn State. I really don't know what to say about it really. So sad about everything that went down there. I will say that I approve the firing of Joe P. He had to go and it really made me mad to see the students riot over it. Grow up.
Snake of the year goes too...
This goes to Urban Meyer...HANDS DOWN. I instantly became a Michigan fan for a day when I heard Urban Meyer was hired as the new O$U coach. How do you fire a coach for bre
aking rules and then a hire another coach who also has broke rules? Urban Meyer is currently proving my point as we speak as he is calling and visiting recruits that already has committed to other schools! As he is doing this, Ohio State gets away with the
fact that they have 2 head coaches. One coach is preparing the team for a Bowl game while Urban Meyer is free to do whatever. Say what you want, b
ut I truly don't see Urban Meyer being the head coach there too long. The only reason why he left Florida was because the program was in a rebuilding phase talent wise and the NCAA was also cracking down on him there. He said he left for his f
amily but then he instantly took a job with ESPN that made him travel all around the country. What a joke. My favorite team is now whoever is playing O$U.
OTHER NOTES.....
Rose Bowl was a great game but what a crappy way to end an awesome game. I hate to say it but the refs got it right, the clock was zero when the ball was spiked. You could argue that the refs were out of position and what not, but the real anger has to go to the Wisconsin Coach for wasting a timeout in my opinion to start the 2nd half. They also should have had a play already called to play instead of spiking. Why take that risk? I don't know if you blame Russell Wilson there but again, crappy way to end the game. I am interested to see how good Wisconsin is next year without there OC Paul Chryst who is always taking away Wisconsin's GREAT offensive line coach. I think Chryst is an offensive guru and I give him more credit than Bret Bielema. So next year should be interesting with no Wilson and possibly no Montee Ball.
But let's face it, Wisconsin still has the talent and beef to make some noise next year.
Sugar Bowl was a joke. The BIG 12 refs were clearly looking at something else during the game. Was Erin Andrews on the sideline? Here is my opinion...That catch by VT was a catch. The kicker of Michigan is guilty of a false start. You can't miss calls like that in such big games. Too bad for VT but a great bowl win for Michigan.
VERY BOLD OPINION SECTION
Matt Barkley is a better QB then Andrew luck.
Glad Montee Ball was a finalist for the Heisman.
Fresno State firing Pat Hill was 3 years too late.
Alabama is going to beat LSU.
Jerry Kill is the right man for the job in Minnesota.
Let me know what you agree with or disagree with.
Thanks for reading!