MORE THAN A GAME

This weeks Louisville v. West Va. game is pretty important. Not just for the BCS standing or the validity of the Big East, but it’s important because the Big East was pillaged and left for dead a few years ago. The money sluts of the ACC lured away the Big East’s financial strongholds (Miami, Boston College, and Va. Tech) to the snobbery of the ACC in hopes of securing some of that BCS money. Florida State has been on an obvious decline and with a playoff in game in place the ACC could rival itself like another one team conference, the Big 12. But something happened on the way to the bank…Va. Tech and ‘em forgot their dominance and the Big East via strong grass roots recruiting, superior coaching (cause the players in the ACC are superior right), and most importantly, not panicking, is one game away from legitimacy. I say this to say that the ACC is not that great. Though they sent a bunch of players to the draft last year, those players (mostly defensive) aren’t the issue. Half-Ass-U (FSU) went to the Orange Bowl last year with four losses. Now that’s a shame. Plus at least the Big East showed up to play against the SEC and put it to ‘em. Now team for team, can the Big East hang with the ACC? HELL YEAH! I’d take West Va. Over Va. Tech (they won last year)…and I’d take Louisville over Miami or FSU. I’d take Rutgers over UNC (my bad…it already happened). So the ACC got a few programs on the decline to help their football revenue…and if the Ga. Tech Yellow Jackets or BC Eagles play in the BCS v. USC, Michigan, Florida, Auburn, West Va., or Louisville, then I’ll give the ACC’s best 10 points going away.

One more thing...The Ohio State has a chance of beating the number 2 ranked team in the country three times in one season. That's some real king of the mountain shit! Embattled Florida QB Chris Leak admitted that he might of had a concussion during the game agains UGA. Tim Tebow is on his ass...Charlie Weis was pretty good on 60 Minutes, but I still hate them...well I'm a Catholic, but I still hate the way they did Tyrone. What about Colt McCoy? He's a player huh? I guess that Snead kid is looking to a Pac-10 school in need of a pretty good QB.

Heisman Prediction 10/30/06
Winner- Troy Smith QB, The Ohio State
Invitees- Calvin Johnson WR, Ga. Tech
Brady Quinn QB, Notre Dame
Garrett Wolfe RB, Northern Illinois

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Conference Players of the Week:
Big East- Ray Rice RB, Rutgers
ACC- Brenden Ore RB, Va. Tech
SEC- Erick Ainge QB, Tennessee
Pac 10- Oregon State Univeristy
Big 12- Colt McCoy QB, Texas
Big 10- Troy Smith QB, The Ohio State