College Football Review Week 9

Game of the Week: No. 10 Texas Tech 30, No. 14 Oklahoma 38

            This was a quintessential college football game. A chill, overcast day, two top 15 programs, who are also rivals, going at it, in a see-saw battle to the end. Typically this is the game Oklahoma has lost over the past fourteen seasons, but in the bright lights, Oklahoma shined in a statement win in the Big 12.

            But this game truly had everything. There was talk about benching Blake Bell in the first half, because of his pathetic throwing numbers throughout the season and through the first half of the game. But then out of no where, Blake Bell did his best Warren Moon impression as he let the pigskin fly all over the field ending his day going 14-22 for 249 yards and 2 TDs.

            Texas Tech has been this year’s ‘sexy team’ and that is not just because coach Kliff Kingsbury is College Football’s version of Ryan Gosling, but because this offense scores points at will in fast fashion. But Davis Webb’s 385 yards, and Jace Amaro’s 119 catching was not enough to win this big road game. It’s a log jam in the Big 12 standings as only Baylor and Texas remain unbeaten in conference and Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State all have one loss. Stay tuned this looks like it will be the most compelling race in all college football.

Player of the Week: Bryce Petty, QB, Baylor (20-32, 430 yards, 3 TDs)

            They cannot be stopped. Another game, and another 59 points for the Baylor Bears who keep putting up numbers at alarming rates. Nobody has been putting up better numbers than quarterback Bryce Petty. Now granted, it was against Kansas, who continues to be a doormat in the Big 12, and Charlie Weis who continues to struggle to get through doorways, Baylor is 7-0 and no opponent they have faced has been able to muster any amount of success against this offense. Baylor has to be a nightmare to prepare for because of this, and when the better schools in the Big 12 come calling, they will have a tall order against the Bears and Petty.

Disappointment of the Week: Missouri

            Up 14-0, at home, as the number 5 team in the country, and you can’t close the deal? Missouri’s fairy tail ride looks like it has come to a crashing end. Most people would agree Missouri was playing over their heads, but this was not the way the Tigers wanted it to end.

Game to Watch: No. 7 Miami @ No. 2 Florida State (8pm, ABC)

            This ACC matchup has huge implications for the National Championship race, when the Hurricanes play the Noles. Whereas everyone expects Florida State to win, and “Famous Jameis” to continue to ascend up the rankings, this should be Florida State’s last big test, and a win here might begin to allow the voters to pencil in Florida State in the national championship. But what if Miami is able to pull off the upset? Could we be witnessing the revival of the Hurricanes?

NFL BCS Standings

1) Seattle

2) Denver

3) Kansas City

4) Indianapolis

5) New Orleans

5) San Francisco

6) Cincinnati

7) Green Bay

8) New England

9) Dallas

10) Detroit

11) NY Jets

12) Carolina

13) Chicago

14) San Diego

15) Buffalo (SAY WHAT!) Look closely at the Bills schedule, look at who they have beaten, and look who remains. The next two weeks are tough, home against New Orleans and Kansas City, but if Buffalo is able to win just one of them, they will be able to have a realistic shot at winning a wild card spot.

College Football Potential Playoff Format (NFL Model)

Wild Card	Divisional	Conference	Super National Championship Bowl	Winner
8) Clemson	8) Clemson
9) Oklahoma	1) Alabama	1) Alabama
		5) Stanford
5) Stanford	5) Stanford
12) Oklahoma St.	4) Ohio State		1) Alabama
			2) Florida State	FLORIDA STATE
7) Baylor	7) Baylor
10) Auburn	2) Florida State	2) Florida State
		3) Oregon
6) Miami	11) LSU
11) LSU	3) Oregon

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/DE	UCLA
8	Pittsburgh	Louis Nix III	DT	Notre Dame
9	Cleveland	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
10	St. Louis (Washington)	Brett Hundley	QB	UCLA
11	Atlanta	Cyrus Kounadijo	OT	Alabama
12	San Diego	Bradley Roby	CB	Ohio State
13	Oakland	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech
14	New York J	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson
15	Buffalo	James Hurst	OT	North Carolina
16	Chicago	CJ Mosley	LB	Alabama
17	Miami	Ifo Ekrpe-Olomu	CB	Oregon
18	Baltimore	Jason Verrett	CB	TCU
19	Tennessee	Jordan Mathews	WR	Vanderbilt
20	Philadelphia	Antonio Richardson	OT	Tennessee
21	Carolina	Marquise Lee	WR	USC
22	Detroit	Cyril Richardson	G	Baylor
23	Dallas	Bishop Sankey	RB	Washington
24	Green Bay	Aaron Colvin	CB	Oklahoma
25	Cincinnati	Khalil Mack	LB/DE	Buffalo
26	New England	Eric Ebron	TE	North Carolina
27	Cleveland (Indianapolis)	Lache Seastrunk	RB	Baylor
28	San Francisco	Jeremy Gallon	WR	Michigan
29	New Orleans	Trent Murphy	LB	Stanford
30	Kansas City	AJ McCaron	QB	Alabama
31	Seattle	Donte Moncrief	WR	Ole Miss
32	Denver	Anthony Johnson	DT	LSU