The Ole College Try

This is your weekly wrap-up of the college football season, told from a couple of days distance simply to let some of the stories simmer a bit and to gain a bit of perspective. Although you may have a different take on the past weekend, I can only truly comment on games that I have seen, and I didn't see as many as I would have liked.

Heisman Watch

(Still) Favorite - Chase Daniel QB Missouri - 36-43 for 439 and 2 TD's. He keeps rolling. If he keeps this up in conference play, hand him the trophy.

Sleeper - Glen Coffee RB Alabama - 10 carries 162 yards and 2 TDs against Arkansas this week. He has well over a 8 yards per carry average this season (404 yards on 47 carries).

Rising - Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia - 149 yards on 23 carries after traveling across the country to play at Arizona State. But, more importantly, 9 TDs on the year. As we saw with Tim Tebow last year, that is how you gain votes.

Falling - Patrick Pinckney QB East Carolina - Not bad stats against North Carolina State, but for East Carolina to win any major awards or crash the BCS bowl games they needed to go undefeated, and that opportunity is now lost.

Statistical Favorite - Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech - 322 yards and 4 TDs against UMass, but more importantly 9 TDs in the last two games. It looks like his numbers are getting ready to take off, and having the best receiver in college doesn't hurt either.

Defensive Leader - Brandon Spikes LB Florida - He has had at least 10 tackles in every single game this year, including 10 against Tennessee. Trust me, this isn't a token mention just to appease those of you that think I hate Florida. Spikes is for real. He better be, I gave an Ole Miss alum 16 1/2 points for next week's game. Ruth's Chris - hear I come.

Player to Watch

Charles Scott. Jr. RB, LSU - He is averaging 9 yards a carry and has gained over 100 yards in each of his first 3 games this year, including 132 against a stout Auburn defense.

My New Favorite Player

Still "Boo" Jackson - QB Ohio University, until someone knocks the crap out of Tebow.

Predicted BCS Championship Game Matchup

Still USC v. Oklahoma. No reason to change this now.

Rant(s) of the Week

1. Nothing really to rant about this week involving the games, so let's just say if you are going to be a fan cheering for a team, please at least know what in the hell you are talking about.

Congratulations of the Week

To Wake Forest - for beating Florida State for the 3rd time in a row, including last week in Tallahassee.

And more importantly - to SYRACUSE for actually winning, even if it was 30-21 over Northwestern

Underperformance of the Week

Northwestern - see above.

Trivia Question of the Week

John Parker Wilson of Alabama recently set school records for both TDs and total offense. Which former Tide player(s)' records did he break for each category. Answers next week.

Last Weeks Answer

Troy Edwards, Louisiana Tech has the most TD receptions in Division I history with 50

Matchup(s) to Watch

1. Alabama v. Georgia - Back to back huge conference games for Georgia, plus it is the only battle of the weekend pitting two top 10 teams against each other. This should be a great one.

2. Illinois v. Penn State - Can one or both of these teams capitalize on the suckiness that is Ohio State and the rest of the Big 10, and if so, which one? Let the Juice loose and see if the Nittany Lions can contain him.

3. Syracuse v. Pittsburgh - Can Syracuse make it two in a row? Can Dave Wannstadt learn to coach? The answers to all these, and more coming this week.