College Football Review Week 10

Game of the Week: None

            In the three years I have done my college football blog, I have never been faced with this predicament. Usually my love for college football allows me to shift through the tough weeks to find a silver lining, one game worth highlighting. However, this week, I need to be honest with myself…there was not a single game that was worth watching. Florida State and Miami ended up being a blowout (bravo Vegas) and Michigan vs. Michigan State did not live up to the hype of a rivalry game, as the Spartans won in ugly Spartan fashion.

            This is was the first slate of November games, when rivals come together in big games to decide who is going to play in a “the” bowl game or “a” bowl game. So I was not going to just hand out the award this week because teams played in a close game. Its November! Games now are supposed to means something. So even though there were a couple of games that were close (Florida vs. Georgia, Notre Dame vs. Navy) those games featured teams who are out of the National Title picture, and the conference title picture.

            And yes, the end of the Nebraska/Northwestern game was thrilling, but considering Northwestern is winless in the Big 10, the fact that Nebraska needed a Hail Mary to win the game just goes to show how unwatchable the game was.

Player of the Week: Anthony LaCoste, RB, Air Force (23 carries, 263 yards, 3 TDs)

            So considering that this week’s games were boring to say the least, it would be a good idea to look outside the contenders to highlight a “Player of the Week”. Last year I had the opportunity to attend my first ever Army game at West Point, and it was one of the greatest sports experiences I have ever had. But what made it great was the fact that they played Air Force in part of the “Commander-In-Chief” trophy, and they were able to beat their rival. This year they didn’t do that, because of Anthony LaCoste.

            His numbers were incredible, and despite the fact that Air Force runs a triple-option offense, where they run the ball “all the time”, the ability to run for 263 yards a game on only 23 carries, when the defense knows you are running…that’s pretty incredible.

Disappointment of the Week: Michigan

            -46 yards rushing

            News to the Michigan Wolverines football program…your schedule only gets tougher.

Game of the Week: Thursday Night Football: Oregon @ Stanford, Oklahoma @ Baylor

            This could potentially be the biggest day in College Football the entire season, and how bizarre that is will take place on a Thursday night. The Oklahoma/Baylor game will serve to be a semi-final game for the Big 12, as the winner will still have to battle Texas or Oklahoma State for the conference trophy. Baylor’s explosive offense will be center-stage as this will be the first time they will be in front of a national audience.

            Oregon and Stanford has been one of the best rivalries the past couple seasons, as the Stanford Cardinals/Trees have seem to have found the recipe to slow down the Ducks offense and beat the ‘Neon Greeners’. If Oregon loses to Stanford, the power may officially shift over to Stanford for Pac-12 supremacy, but if Oregon is finally able to beat Stanford then you can count on the entire month of November to be about the three headed race of Oregon, Florida State, and Alabama (sorry Ohio State, that’s what happens when you realize you play in the Big 10 and still refuse to schedule anyone).

2014 NFL Mock Draft (2-rounds, with trades)

Pick	Team	Player	Position	College
1	Jacksonville	Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville
2	Philadelphia (trade w/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	Brett Hundley	QB	UCLA
7	Arizona	Anthony Barr	OLB/DE	UCLA
8	Pittsburgh	Jadevown Clowney	DE	South Carolina
9	Cleveland	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
10	St. Louis (Washington)	Cyrus Kounadijo	OT	Alabama
11	Atlanta	Louis Nix III	DT	Notre Dame
12	Buffalo	James Hurst	OT	North Carolina
13	Oakland	Bradley Roby	CB	Ohio State
14	Tampa Bay (trade w/Philadelphia)	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson
15	San Diego	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech
16	Miami	Ifo Ekpre-Olomu	CB	Oregon
17	Baltimore	Jason Verrett	CB	TCU
18	Tennessee	Jordan Mathews	WR	Vanderbilt
19	New York J	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	TE	Washington
20	Chicago	CJ Mosley	WR	Alabama
21	Dallas	Cyril Richardson	G	Alabama
22	Carolina	Khalil Mack	OLB/DE	Buffalo
23	Detroit	Aaron Colvin	CB	Oklahoma
24	Cincinnati	Trent Murphy	LB	Stanford
25	New England	Eric Ebron	TE	North Carolina
26	Cleveland (Indianapolis)	Donte Moncrief	WR	Ole Miss
27	Green Bay	Antonio Richardson	OT	Tennessee
28	New Orleans	Anthony Johnson	DT	LSU
29	San Francisco	Bishop Sankey	RB	Washington
30	Kansas City	Jeremy Gallon	WR	Michigan
31	Seattle	Brandon Coleman	WR	Rutgers
32	Denver	Timmy Jernigan	DT	Florida State

Round 2

Pick	Team	Player	Position	College
33	Jacksonville	De’Anthony Thomas	WR/RB	Oregon
34	Tampa Bay	Cameron Erving	OT	Florida State
35	Minnesota	Tajh Boyd	QB	Clemson
36	New York G	Kyle Van Noy	LB	BYU
37	St. Louis	Aaron Murray	QB	Georgia
38	Houston	Vic Beasley	DE/OLB	Clemson
39	Arizona	Marqise Lee	WR	USC
40	Pittsburgh	Ra’shede Hageman	DT	Minnesota
41	Cleveland	Lache Seastrunk	RB	Baylor
42	Washington	Loucheiz Purifoy	CB	Florida
43	Atlanta	Corey Robinson	OT	South Carolina
44	Buffalo	Zach Mettenberger	QB	LSU
45	Oakland	Stephen Morris	QB	Miami
46	Philadelphia	Darqueze Dennard	CB	Michigan State
47	San Diego	Ka’Deem Carey	RB	Arizona
48	Miami	Marcus Robinson	DE	Florida
49	Baltimore	Adrian Hubbard	DE/OLB	Alabama
50	Tennessee	Christian Jones	LB	Florida State
51	New York J	Craig Lotson	S	LSU
52	Chicago	AJ McCarron	QB	Alabama
53	Dallas	Bryan Stork	C	Florida State
54	Carolina	Michael Dyer	RB	Louisville
55	Detroit	Cameron Irving	OT	Florida State
56	Cincinnati	Ryan Shazier	LB	Ohio State
57	New England	Stephon Tuitt	DE/DT	Notre Dame
58	Indianapolis	Jackson Jeffcoat	DE	Texas
59	Green Bay	AJ Johnson	LB	Tennessee
60	New Orleans	Scott Crichton	LB	Oregon State
61	San Francisco	Kyle Fuller	CB	Virginia Tech
62	Kansas City	Derek Carr	QB	Fresno State
63	Seattle	Justin Gilbert	CB	Oklahoma State
64	Denver	Jeremiah Attaochu	DE/OLB	Georgia Tech