College Football Snoozefest

I know I'm probably not the first person to say this, but I'm going to be BLOUNT. Yes, in case you were wondering, pun intended. College football was terrible this past weekend. I know everyone else was getting pumped about college football last Thursday night, and why wouldn't we be? The lasting image most of us had of live college football was Tim Tebow doing the "Gator Chomp" at the Orange Bowl in January.

First things first ESPN, please don't schedule lowly South Carolina or NC State for the opening kickoff game EVER again. Many prognosticators predicted the game to be a low scoring defensive struggle; but 7-3? That game was so boring I had to drive ten minutes to Cookout for a milkshake just to keep from falling asleep. This game was literally a snooze-fest. The teams combined for a whopping 389 yards of offense and ten points, ok I'm going to say it, the offense was offensive.

Last year's first-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference quarterback Russell Wilson had a stellar game for NC State, going 12/23 for a staggering 74 yards passing, he also led the team to 133 yards of total offense. Can you say ACC powerhouse this year??? I don't think I can ever watch another NC State football game. South Carolina was just as bad, missing a 27-yard field goal and scoring their only points when Wolfpack running back Tony Baker fumbled on the first snap from scrimmage, setting the Gamecocks up for six. If that's the best product Tom O'Brien can put on the field, then Wolfpack fans better not get their hopes up any time soon.

The ACC was pretty pathetic over the weekend, going 0-2 against the SEC, Wake Forest lost to Baylor at home, and Duke and Virginia were both beaten at home by division II powerhouses Richmond and William and Mary, respectively.

Oregon-Boise State was touted to be one of the most high-scoring games of the year, the result? A mistake-prone game that saw the two teams produce a total of just 27 points in a 19-8 Boise State win. The most exciting part of that game was after the whistle had blown when Oregon tailback LaGarrette Blount cold-cocked a jubilant but stupid Boise State defensive end.

The most interesting game Saturday came when always under-achieving Ohio State tried to let Navy steal one at home, 31-27. I was pretty mad when I get stuck with the regional 3:30 game on ABC (Wake-Baylor), but wasn't that upset when I saw the boxscore on the Georgia-OK State game where the mighty, 13th ranked Bulldogs were held to just 10 points, had just 257 yards of offense, and were just 4-12 on third down.

Did the Miami-Florida State classic on Monday make up for this dreadful weekend of football? It was great, but didn't even come close to covering up the dissapointment for me. This is a plea from me for once to Ohio State. Please live up to your hype and give us something better than you did last year in that 35-3 drubbing at the hands of Troy.