1. USC is really,
really good. This might be the best team in the Pete Carroll era in Los Angeles. Mark it down. They're deep. They're fast. They're athletic. They're smart. I'm not saying the Trojans are a lock for the National Championship, but I am saying they are a lock to be there barring a rash of injuries.
2. Ohio State will lose two, maybe even three, more games. You can mark that down. They have been exposed, yet again. Only (thankfully) this time it came before the Big Game.
3. The Sweater (Jim Tressel) has to be kicking himself for letting Beanie Wells get hurt. But he shouldn't kick himself too much. Even with Wells, OSU would've only scored one more touchdown.
4. There is now a Quarterback controversy in Columbus.
5. Georgia Tech is better than I thought they'd be. They could've beaten Va Tech, and they still have a chance to be in the mix for the ACC title.
6. Why can't Georgia ever whip the Gamecocks? Without some timely Defense, Georgia would be on the outside looking in at their National Title hopes, and it's only week three. Steve Spurrier must have some spies in Athens. That's the only way I can figure that he always has our number. UGA AD Damon Evans needs to start playing Joseph McCarthy and start a "Committee on Un-UGA Activities" in Athens.
7. Expect a beat down next week in Tempe. After slipping twice now in the polls despite having a 3-0 record, Georgia's got a chip on their shoulder that might be that extra push to get them to the next level.
8. Don't expect the Sun Devils tuck tail and run though. This will be the second-straight week that the Bulldogs are facing an opponent a week after they were upset: South Carolina was upset by Vandy in week 2 and A.State by UNLV this week. What does this mean? Georgia's opponents are coming in with something to prove. What else does it mean? Simply this: Bad Timing for Georgia. With both South Carolina and Arizona State we've got the same scenario: Win, and you get nothing because you were supposed to win - everyone looks at the previous week and sees the glaring loss (to Vandy or UNLV, respectively) and thinks the Dogs' opponents are weaker than they are in reality. Lose, and well, your season's over. It's really a no win. So Arizona State's gonna put up a good fight. But watch out for a beat down. It could get ugly.
9. The commentators at the end of the UGA-USC game were exactly right: this is the kind of victories a team's got to have to be a championship team. If you can win on your worst day, you've got a quality team.
10. ESPN has annointed USC, Oklahoma and Missouri as the "Big Three" in college football for this season. Not one SEC team in their short list. I find it interesting that the best conference in the land doesn't get a nod for having a top team. Thus, the curse of the SEC. The best teams in the country play in the same conference and beat up (literally) on each other, week in and week out. So good that they play themselves out of the top-teir talk. Fortunately though, that's all it is: talk. At the end of the day, the last man standing in this league legitimately has claim to at least a spot in the National Title game. Everybody knows it. So let the talking heads talk. Let them anoint their Big Three. Heck, watch them even try to toss Ohio State back in the mix in November. That's what the boys do in Bristol. But run USC, Oklahoma, Mizzou, Ohio State, Texas, whoever, run 'em through the SEC schedule and see how many come out unscathed. In a bet we'll never get to test, I've got good money that says only one of those would. And that's the team I listed at the top of this post.
