| USC goes to 3-0 with a 24-21 victory over Navy. Running Back Marcus Lattimore rushed for a career high 246 yards and three touchdowns. |
This past weekend in College Football definitely did not disappoint with a wide array of things happening on and off the field. Here are a few quick stories that caught my eye.
Calm Down Dabo Swinney
Okay, you did what no other team could do over the past 17 games and beat the defending National Champions. Congratulations. But it’ll happen at least three more times this year. This Auburn team is nowhere near the caliber of talent they were last year, so to act like you won the BCS National Championship after you defeat the number 21 team in the country at home….it’s a little childish. I think everyone who watched Swinney’s postgame interview and antics felt a little uncomfortable. Act like you’ve been there before, act like you expect to win. For anyone who missed it, here is a portion of Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney’s postgame reaction.
The Triple Option is Scary
As any fan of a team who has faced a triple option offense knows, it’s a chore to defend against. Originally an offense reserved for the Academies and non-BCS schools, the triple option is making its presence felt in the BCS. When Paul Johnson brought his offense with him to Georgia Tech three seasons ago, many felt it wouldn’t work. What did he do? Win an ACC championship in his second season in Atlanta. Once again he has the Yellow Jackets clicking on all cylinders.
Through three games (against sub-par football programs I will say), Tech is averaging an NCAA leading 427 rushing yards a game, as well as an NCAA leading 59 points a game. Three straight games Tech’s first snap from scrimmage has gone for six points. Through three games Johnson’s offense is averaging another NCAA best, 10.2 yards per play. That’s an average of a first down per play. Impressive, I don’t care who those numbers are against.
That also brings me to South Carolina’s game against Navy this past Saturday. If that didn’t scare Gamecock fans then I don’t know what will. The option offense just chews up the clock, making every offensive possession for the opposing team a must score. South Carolina’s own lethal rushing attack was the difference in this one. The good news for Carolina fans: you won’t have to see that offense for the rest of the season. Fans should be happy with the win, no matter how ugly it might have looked.
The ACC is Making Moves
With all this conference realignment talk it appeared that the ACC might be in jeopardy of being swept under the rug, that was until this weekend. The ACC has announced that it will add Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the conference, making the league 14 teams deep. As far as football goes, this is not a major increase in talent—but rather it is a proactive statement. This move tells the college football world that the ACC has no intentions of splitting up or becoming forgotten and irrelevant. With 14 teams, and talks of possibly going to 16, the ACC is poising itself to become one of the “Super Conferences” of the future. College Football as we know it is changing.
The way I see it, in five years the BCS will move from eleven conferences to four “Super Conferences.” Very shortly we will see schools hastily searching for a spot in the SEC, ACC, Pac 12, or Big 10. Everyone else will be left out to dry. Tradition in college football will be destroyed for the most part. The only possible good I see coming out of this is that it will kill the BCS. Bye bye BCS, hello playoff. The conference championship games will give the winning team a birth in a four team playoff for the National Title.
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