College Football Review Week 8

Game of the Week: Auburn-45, Texas A&M- 41

            It was only a matter of a time that Texas A&M’s defense, or lack thereof, caught up with them in the SEC. Of course it did not help that Johnny Manziel left the game with a shoulder injury, but no matter if your QB is “Johnny Football” or Johnny Unitas is quarterback if a defense gives up 379 on the ground…you are going to lose. What helps the Aggies is that LSU lost, but since Alabama took care of business, it is going to take a lot for the Aggies to win a chance to go to Atlanta to win the SEC. With all of the talk of Sumlin being a heavy candidate to go to USC, look for Johnny to exit early to the NFL. His gritty/gutsy performance should only enhance his stock.

Player of the Week: Jeremy Gallon (14 catches, 369 yards, 2 TDs)

            Ridiculous at any level, for a receiver to have over 300 yards receiving it just unheard of, no matter if it is at 1-A, 1-AA or high school for that matter. Considering the fact, that Randy Moss, who played in the MAC at Marshall never replicated these stats, for a receiver of Gallon’s stature (5’8’’, 187 lbs) is even more impressive just in stature. The Michigan offense has been inconsistent at best, but Gallon’s contribution has been the one bright spot throughout the season. But for him to have a game like this, is nothing more than a breakout, and NFL scouts should take notice.

Disappointment of the week: SEC Pretenders

            Texas A&M, LSU, Georgia, Florida were all serious contenders going into this season for the SEC title.  But all loss, either at home or on the road, to less than stellar opponents, in pretty pathetic fashion. Georgia has been unable to respond after the hard fought win against LSU, LSU has been able to recover from the loss, Florida has zero offensive production, and A&M can’t defend a single team below the Mason Dixon line, and I am including all high school teams. I believe this weekend has symbolized that the SEC, in terms of a conference, has come back to the rest of the pack. While they are still the best conference, all of the above teams are pretenders at best.

Game to Watch: #21 South Carolina @ #5 Missouri

            Who would have thought that the SEC East title would have been decided by this matchup? Missouri just keep destroying every SEC East contender in its path (both Florida and Georgia in back to back weeks) and if they can do it one more time they will have all but locked up the title with a home win against the Gamecocks. Expect and underrated home environment in Mizzou to propel the Tigers into an opportunity that no one wold have guessed.

2014 NFL Mock Draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	College
1	Jacksonville	Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville
2	Tampa Bay	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon
3	Minnesota	Jake Mathews	OT	Texas A&M
4	New York G	Taylor Lewtan	OT	Michigan
5	St. Louis	Mike Evans	WR	Texas A&M
6	Houston	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	TE	Washington
7	Arizona	Anthony Barr	LB/OT	UCLA
8	Pittsburgh	Louis Nix III	DT	Notre Dame
9	Cleveland	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
10	St. Louis (Washington)	Bradley Roby	CB	Ohio State
11	Atlanta	Cyrus Kounadijo	OT	Alabama
12	San Diego	Marquise Lee	WR	USC
13	Buffalo	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson
14	New York J	CJ Mosley	LB	Alabama
15	Chicago	James Hurst	OT	North Carolina
16	Oakland	Eric Ebron	TE	North Carolina
17	Miami	Ifo Ekrpe-Olomu	CB	Oregon
18	Baltimore	Jake Mathews	WR	Vanderbilt
19	Carolina	Cyril Richardson	G/T	Baylor
20	Tennessee	Jason Verrett	CB	TCU
21	Philadelphia	Brett Hundley	QB	UCLA
22	Detroit	Antonio Richardson	OT	Tennessee
23	Dallas	Khalil Mack	LB/DE	Buffalo
24	Cleveland (from Indianapolis)	Bishop Sankey	RB	Washington
25	Cincinnati	Aaron Colvin	CB	Oklahoma
26	New England	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech
27	Green Bay	Scott Crichton	LB/DE	Oregon State
28	San Francisco	Lache Seastrunk	RB	Baylor
29	New Orleans	Anthony Johnson	DT	LSU
30	Kansas City	AJ McCarron	QB	Alabama
31	Seattle	Jeremy Gallon	WR	Michigan
32	Denver	Trenty Murphy	OLB/DE	Stanford