Yes, I know we still have games to play on this Labor Day, but I don’t care about TCU & UNC (if something about the Tar Heels comes up, I’ll probably edit this post). Most games went true to form, but we still have plenty of #MeltdownAlert and #FireEverybody posts to chuckle about.
Nowhere better to get started with this week’s trip than Tallahassee to check on the mental state of Bammer Nation. I knew the panhandle would be a stop this week. I just thought the reason would be different. There was plenty of ammunition for this stop, but I found this be to be the most hilarious.
When Alabama looks to Georgia Tech for its next head coach, you know it’s hit close to rock bottom in the Yellowhammer State (I wish the Nole fans would have sung Rammer Jammer right back at them on Saturday evening). The last time Alabama hired a Fech man, it started with running off the guy who followed a legend and ended with a contract fight after winning an SEC title. I know some of our readers think a lot of Brent Key … I’m not one of them.
Bama got outmuscled on both lines of scrimmage by a team coached by a guy who had to be desperate. It’s too early for this to be an indictment of Bama or a coronation of FSU, but Saturday’s loss broke the internet.
Let’s move on to the game of the century this year in Columbus to check in on the “Texas is back” crowd.
Texass fans are so used to getting every break that they blame this loss on SEC officiating. Hey, Shorthorns, do you remember the temper tantrum your fans threw last year in Austin resulting in an overturned call on something that can’t be overturned once the ball is marked for play? I thought so.
How about blame the coaching and the offense (Sark’s specialty) for only scoring 7 points? If you said on Friday Ohio State would only score 14, I’m sure the Texas coaching staff would say they would leave the Shoe with a win.
If this game is the canary in the coal mine, Texas isn’t going to go through the SEC unscathed and may lose more than 1 conference game. The Red River Shootout looks questionable, and trips to Athens and Hogtown will be no picnic.
Let’s head to South Florida to check in on the leprechauns who didn’t find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Does this genius realize Miami is in the schedule due to the ACC arrangement the Irish has as a partial member?
I give Carson Beck an A for how he played in the rain on Sunday night. For the most part, he looked totally in control, and his arm and mental game seem to have recovered nicely. Where was that Carson Beck for much of last year in Athens? That Carson Beck is a day 1 or 2 selection with his arm and the way he took care of the ball.
On the topic of the post, Notre Dame runs into an equally talented (and healthy) team and loses again. Don’t look now, Irish, but a Texas A&M team comes into South Bend next and can beat you. I think it may be safe to say Notre Dame’s season may already be on the brink. Will a 2 loss team that doesn’t have the ability to play in a conference championship game get the benefit of the doubt in November?
Let’s move on out west to the Rose Bowl to check in on the team that should have been the Dawgs’ opponent this weekend.
Utah takes ucLa behind the woodshed on B1G After Dark to announce that the end of the Whittingham era isn’t there yet. The reason for this post is twofold. First, the Bruins ducked us because they knew what was coming, and they still got it from a different source. Second, Nico left Tennessee because of the “offense.” After yesterday, maybe his camp needs to look inward for the problem – 183 yards of total offense and a 50.4 QBR.
Maybe Bobby Hill wasn’t the problem after all.
Let’s end today’s trip in the South Carolina upstate to check in on Tyler from Spartanburg and the fans of the Greater Anderson Cow College.
Hey, Clemson, Deshaun Watson or Trevor Lawrence isn’t walking into the football facility. Cade Klubnik once again showed he isn’t the game-changing quarterback necessary for Dabo to win at highest level. I’m not sure what being in the ACC had to do with their loss (see FSU-Bama). What I did see is exactly what I saw last Labor Day – an offensive line overwhelmed by SEC defensive front 7 talent.
What did you see this weekend on the boards that gave you a good laugh? Let us know in the comments.
Great work on these as usual EE!!
Oh, and the Gump meltdown on Finebum yesterday was glorious. 😁
Agree, excellent work. Very much appreciated
It sounded like “Legend” (when you refer to yourself as Legend, you probably aren’t) was having a stroke during his rant yesterday.
Could somebody ask the Clemson Gentleman how losing to an SEC team leads to the conclusion that Clemson should leave the ACC? The logic escapes me.
They can hide from playing in the SEC / ACC opener.
Post of the day!
For those who wax poetic about Matt Luke at Georgia, that was a Matt Luke offensive line without players recruited primarily by Sam Pittman against SEC talent on Saturday night.
Agree, and I am not the biggest Seales fan, by any means.
I don’t know enough about offensive line play to make a call on Searles or not. All I know is Matt Luke made hay with the talent recruited by the Pitt Boss.
This is the area where I trust in Kirby.
That’s Clemsoning!
I always smile when UCLA comes up. Anybody else out there from my neck of the woods? “Upper Conway Lower Aynor”
Carson did look really good and I definitely am pulling for him. I’m thinking the difference is he know spends more time studying game film and preparing than he spends on social media trying to keep up with his distracting blonde kryptonite.
What’s the word for triple redundancy?
Thrice over?
I’m thinking the difference was his receivers caught the ball Saturday night. He’s thrown the same passes for 3 seasons. For some reason last year, our receivers were allergic to catching it.
He didn’t protect the ball consistently last year. That was the difference I saw on Sunday night. I didn’t see a lot of forcing the ball into closed windows. I also saw better ball placement.
True..but the reason he had to do those things (forcing the ball into closed windows) was the receivers failure to get separation and a sub-par running game.
Maybe some personality issues got him on a lot of people s-list..don’ know.
Either way, we’ll always have the “blame the QB” crowd with us (not insinuating you do that)..
Mostly though, I blame the stone handed receivers for not catching well thrown balls.
Except for the one TD where he got bailed out. That was a familiar Carson Beck ball too. He did look healthy though, and I was surprised by that.
His O-line was dominant in the run game and also protected him well enough to make some big throws against a good defense.
Bama coach needs to be preemptive and get his family in witness protection, now. He can consult the last Bama coach hired from Georgia Tech on that, although I will always believe that Curry threw the brick thru his own window to generate sympathy and distraction.
That’s a take (on the brick throwing culprit) that I’ve never considered or heard..Interesting theory.
But remember that Harvey Updyke was alive and well in those days. There are plenty of morons in the fan base of every program, but ‘Bama’s are the standard but may soon be overshadowed by the entitled Texas a’holes.
Key to bama would kill two birds with one stone. I’m for this.
That was always Carson when his receivers showed up.
Of all the QBs, Imaleavingya is not one of them.
We have our own MBGs calling out Bobo’s offense. I would love to know whose offense they admire and who they think we could get.
I don’t have a subscription to the Georgia message boards, so I can’t lurk there. No one sent anything to the MBG X account, so I couldn’t have seen it.
All that and I’m not surprised.
Yeah! Key to Bama and GT brings June Jones back!
If people complained about play calling in a “pay” game, they don’t know what they’re talking about.
Thanks ee,
Other than watching Georgia. Enjoying meltdowns by rivals is one of the most entertaining aspects of college football.
It’s not surprising Beck has success with a serviceable OL and receivers capable of catching passes. Drop in a few amazing grabs by his receivers and you get the Beck we watched in his first season.
ND could have 3 losses at the end of the season and the pollsters and committee will still find a way to squeak them in to the CFP.
Well, that’s what happens when you have a tournament at the end of the season. They need names to fill it.
Did yall see some of the best plays FSU had? Its the same garden variety “Oh Im gonna pretend to look to the sideline and hike it fast” BS. I text a nole that texted me after the game bragging about the win.
“The only reason yall won that game is because we got your OC fired at Auburn”
Bama looked awful. I realize that how they played FSU has no bearing on the rest of their season and in particular against us but that Gus just ran Gus plays against them is pretty telling.
Notre Dame will be ok. Their schedule after A&M is pretty easy. They have to play Boise and USC but that is it. I think 9-3 with loses against Miami, A&M and USC and they probably get in because you have to have 12.
Ohio State vs Texas was a good game because Ohio State won but neither team looks that great on offense but that seems to be the story of week 1. I rooted hard against Texas because they have been ordained as the “next” Bama, and because I always root against a Manning.