College Football Review Week 3

Game of the Week: Wisconsin vs. Arizona State

            This late night game had everything and then some. High scoring, big plays, big hits, and what really makes a great game is special teams chaos. We have all been there, your team fails on third down, you need to go to the bathroom, or maybe make a sandwich before the next teams takes possession, so you try to get a head start on the punt. 95% of the time your fine, the punt is kicked, fair catch, or the ball just rolls out of bounds or in the back of the end zone, and you strategically bought yourself a few precise seconds to relieve or refuel yourself. But in this game you could not do it. A botched punt and a fake punt made it impossible to turn your head away from this game. To end it all with a little controversy, stupidity and confusion solidified it as the Game of the Week. But if you were like 99.5% of the East Coast and you were fast asleep when it ended, go back and watch the last two plays of this game and it will leave you speechless.

Player of the Week: Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M (7 catches, 249 yards, 1 TD)

            While the highlight was once again focused on Johnny Manziel who had close to 600 yards of total offense, Mike Evans was the true star of the game. Mike Evans had 7 catches for 279 yards. 279 yards! Evans made the Alabama secondary look foolish time and time again and he was not only Johnny Football’s safety valve but playmaker. This was something that Texas A&M did not have a season ago, and while the Aggies lost a tough one at home, this may not be the end of their season. If Texas A&M can beat LSU later on in October, the SEC West will once again be an intriguing race.

Disappointment of the Week: Texas

            Ole Miss scored 27 unanswered points in the second half yesterday and after the embarrassing loss in Provo, last week, against BYU, its time for some changes in Texas. Since their last National Title appearance in 2010, the program has regressed in every aspect of the game. Much like USC, they lack any kind of true identity, and their herald recruits they claim they get every year either are busts, or the program cannot develop them. Either way, Texas needs to move on from Mack Brown and start a new in 2014.

Game to Watch in Week 4: Michigan State vs. Notre Dame, 3:30, NBC

            It is a weak slate of games for College Football in Week 4, and if Notre Dame and Purdue was declared the game of the week by ABC this week, we might as well say Notre Dame is the focus again this week. This is a intriguing matchup because of the recent history both teams have had. Fake punts, epic comebacks, OT thrillers, and with neither team this year looking fairly impressive this could be another battle to the end. Michigan State can’t score, and Notre Dame is having a hard time stopping anyone. It’s the “resistible force meets the movable object” game.

NFL MOCK DRAFT

Pick	Team	Player	Position	College
1	Jacksonville	Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville
2	Oakland	Marqise Lee	WR	USC
3	Cleveland	Tajh Boyd	QB	Clemson
4	Tampa Bay	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon
5	NY Jets	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson
6	Pittsburgh	Tyler Lewan	OT	Michigan
7	Tennessee	Cyrus Kouandijo	OT	Alabama
8	Carolina	Jadevon Clowney	DE	South Carolina
9	Buffalo	Khalil Mack	DE/OLB	Buffalo
10	Miami	Anthony Barr	DE/OLB	UCLA
11	San Diego	Jake Mathews	OT	Texas A&M
12	Minnesota	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	TE	Washington
13	St. Louis	Antonio Richardson	OT	Tennessee
14	Arizona	Bradley Roby	CB	Ohio State
15	Chicago	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M