Wow. No in-game thread. And now no weekend review.
I guess I'll take this burden on just to hear myself talk.
The Good:
1. Alabama - Same old same old. Tua is an absolute lock as the number one pick in the draft (I don't see it), Saban, blah blah blah. Being an Alabama fan must be the most boring existence in the history of mankind.
2. LSU - Played a glorified high school, but looked better than I expected. Never thought much of Joe Burrow, but he looked sharp and in mid-season form. The Bengal offense looks much more polished and dangerous than it has in many years. Of course they play Texas Saturday and could easily crap the bed, but they looked pretty legit to me.
3. Auburn - The only team in the SEC that really played anybody of note. Struggled early, defense got its legs and pulled out a win. Should go a long way in helping this team's psyche. Let me just say, however, that the routes Auburn's receivers run are really bad. Teams are going to force Nix to beat them through the air and unless AU comes up with something better than what we've seen out of Malzahn in terms of the routes? Gonna get burned.
4. Texas A&M - Not really impressed despite their opening week win. But they did win convincingly so they stay in the good column.
5. Georgia - Meh. Vanderbilt was due for a letdown. I did find it amusing that three UGA quarterbacks led their teams to wins Saturday -- Fields at OSU, Fromm at UGA and Eason at Washington. Not really sure how good UGA is going to be in a really weak East.
The Bad:
1. Florida - Beat Miami in one of the ugliest CFB games in quite a while. That's a team not ready for the stage. Flippy Franks is trash. Blah.
2. Vandy - Dropoff from last season and going to get worse I think.
3. Kentucky - Another downward trend. Last season might have been their peak. Dinked around with Toledo and could easily have lost.
4. Mississippi State - Didn't do much to brag about in a ploddingly clumsy win over Louisiana. Barked about this year being their year in the offseason. Nah.
5. Arkansas - Another lackluster win over a lackluster team. Left them as bad since they won, but I only see one potential SEC win on their schedule.
The Ugly:
1. Ole Miss - Stink. Stank. Stunk. Anybody who loses to them should be ashamed.
2. South Carolina - The Will Muschamp experiment is going really well. Nothing like losing your opener to the head coach you were supposed to replace at Texas, after he hasn't coached in six years and took over a team that won three games last season.
3. Tennessee - Penis Pruitt. Wow. What a disgrace. How did Auburn lose to this team last season? Or ever?
4. Missouri - Bo Nix or Kelley Bryant? Kelley Bryant or Bo Nix? Good call all the way around for Auburn. Lost to Wy-freaking-oming. Ugh.
Other notes:
a) Notre Dame looks like Notre Dame. Overhyped, oversold. A mediocre team that would go 6-5 in pretty much any league.
b) Florida State: Call it. Time of death? Saturday night, about the time Boise scored to go ahead. Today the FSU coach wondered aloud if his team was properly hydrated. That program is currently dead.
c) Ohio State will be fluffed for the remainder of the season and Justin Fields will be plugged for the Heisman repeatedly. But they don't play anybody and will STILL lose a meaningless game in October.
d) Michigan: Mehchigan. I think they lose at least two, maybe three.
e) Clemson: No contest in the flaccid ACC. Will snooze to the playoffs.
f) Texas: They're back. Again. Until Saturday when I think they get their steer pushed in.
g) Nebraska: South Alabama should have beaten them. Two defensive scores and a punt return for a TD kept them from sharing the dais with Tennessee when the Oscar for worst weekend loss is handed out.
h) Oklahoma: Jalen Hurts looked like a far, far superior quarterback to Tinkle Tunkabaloolah. Polished, poised, unflappable. I saw that dude make reads, throw darts and run when he had to. I wish Auburn would drive four dump trucks of money over to Norman and buy their quarterbacks coach. If you asked me to pick the Heisman winner after week one, Hurts would be my first pick and it wouldn't be close. Honestly? He looked better than either Mayfield or Murray to me. Of course he could go back into a shell again, but the young man looked like he had benefited from some serious coaching since he left the Craphole.