College Football Review Week 5

Game of the Week: LSU @ Georgia

            An action-packed seesaw battle with two great college quarterbacks on display, both improving their resumes for next April, took place in Athens, Georgia last night. While Bridgewater, Mariota, Boyd and Hundley impress more in the eye test, both Zach Mettenberger and Aaron Murray proved they can carry their offenses and in the most critical of times as both led their teams to late 4^th quarter touchdown drives on Saturday.  Both qbs threw above 58% and averaged more than eight yards an attempt, throwing seven combined touchdowns and only 1 interception.  This game will go a long way in determining the representatives of both the SEC East and West, but with this win, Georgia’s national championship dreams are still very much alive.

Player of the Week: Bishop Sankey, RB, Washington  (40 carries, 161 yards, 1 TD)

            While the debate of whether or not teams in football today need a true running back, ensues, enter Bishop Sankey stage right. This west coast sensation has quietly been putting together one of the finest college campaigns this seasons and is an emerging Heisman contender. Through his first four games, Sankey is averaging 152 yards on the ground and 5.83 yards a carry and he has been doing so through a tough out of conference schedule (Boise State, @Illinois, Idaho State, and Arizona). Sankey, a junior, and the 4-0 Huskies could be serious contenders in the PAC 12.

Disappointment of the Week: Ole Miss

            Oklahoma State could have also gotten the nod this week, but I really expected a lot more out of Ole Miss and especially the offense.  It was only a matter of time that Saben was going to correct the problems on defense, but Ole Miss, who averaged 38 points a game going into Tuscaloosa, could only muster 205 yards of total offense. While nobody truly believed Ole Miss could go into Alabama and pull off and upset, Ole Miss should have been able to create some sort of noise against the Tide. 

Game to Watch: No. 4 Ohio State @ No. 16 Northwestern

            This was one of my “Game of the Year” picks, and the must see game of October as Ohio State travels to Northwestern. Both have had to deal with serious injuries to important members of each respective squad. Northwestern however, had the luxury of resting up, as they had their “bye” this week and prepare for Ohio State. But Ohio State got Braxton Miller back who put the critics to sleep last night with his 270 total yards and 4 TDs to lead the Buckeyes over the Badgers last night. Both teams are hitting their stride and they will collide this Saturday.

2014 Mock Draft

Pick	Team	Player	College	Position
1	Jacksonville	Teddy Bridgewater	Louisville	QB
2	Cleveland	Marcus Mariota	Oregon	QB
3	Oakland	Taylor Lewan	Michigan	OT
4	Pittsburgh	Jake Mathews	Texas A&M	OT
5	Tampa Bay	Brett Hundley	UCLA	QB
6	Minnesota	Tajh Boyd	Clemson	QB
7	NY Jets	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	Washington	TE
8	San Diego	Marqise Lee	USC	WR
9	Tennessee	Marcus Robinson	Florida	CB
10	NY Giants	Jadevown Clowney	South Carolina	DE
11	Buffalo	Cyrus Kouandijo	Alabama	OT
12	St. Louis	Bradley Roby	Ohio State	CB
13	Washington	Louis Nix III	Notre Dame	DT
14	Carolina	Sammy Watkins	Clemson	WR
15	Philadelphia	Anthony Barr	UCLA	DE/LB
16	Miami	Mike Evans	Texas A&M	WR
17	Arizona	Khalil Mack	Buffalo	DE/LB
18	Kansas City	Jordan Mathews	Vanderbilt	WR
19	Green Bay	Antonio Richardson	Tennessee	OT
20	Detroit	Aaron Colvin	Oklahoma	CB
21	Dallas	James Hurst	North Carolina	OT
22	Chicago	Johnny Manziel	Texas A&M	QB
23	Cleveland (from Indianapolis)	CJ Mosley	Alabama	LB
24	New England	Ifo Ekpre-Olomu	Oregon	CB
25	Baltimore	Jason Verrett	TCU	CB