Top Ten's

This is a double issue of the Top Ten from the past weekend, since I missed college football’s kickoff weekend. So here we go…

Kickoff Weekend…

10. Jesse Palmer still has the best hair in the biz. Not to mention his own show with David Pollack and an Applebee’s commercial with the Swami. Get some Jesse!

9. Lights, ¾ inch freshly mowed grass, sold-out stadiums, tailgating, and the fans.

8. Uniforms. How about the Nike Combat Jerseys. Pretty phenomenal. Not to mention the Technicolor dream coats the Terrapins of Maryland donned in their bout with Miami.

7. Cheerleaders. Are you kidding me. Did you see TCU’s sideline gals. Probably digitally created.

6. Kirk, Lee, Reese, Dez, Erin, Holtz, Brent, and Rinoldi. If I die I want Brent Musburger to give my eulogy.

5. Kellen Moore and Boise State beating Georgia in a primetime game.

4. Baylor beating TCU in a barn burning upset. Not to mention circling the Big 12 wagons and stopping A&M from moving to the SEC (for now).

3. Michigan played defense!

2. LSU smothered the fast paced Duck offense and showed they are for real, even with the suspensions.

1. Mother Nature, causing delays and altering the endings of games all over. Never really seen weather do that to so many games all at once.

-Football is back folks. “Let’s GO!”

Week Two…

10. Auburn wins another close game. That streak has to come to an end sometime soon.

9. Minnesota’s Jerry Kill. Get better coach!

8. Texas version 2.0 of McCoy-Shipley. Not often that happens right?

7. Close games. Last weekend had some great games.

6. Oklahoma State offense looking like it was running plays against air most of the time when they played Arizona. Weeden made it look easy.

5. Texas has won twice in Austin already. That’s two more than they won there all year last season. I think that deserves a second shoutout in one week.

4. We all remember that guy Cam Newton. That controversial Heisman winner, and quarterback of national Champion Auburn from last year. He went off in his first NFL game last year. 422 yards, 24-47, 2 TD’s, a rushing TD, and NFL Rookie Quarterback records. Honestly can’t say I saw that one coming.

3. Iowa State won against Iowa in a Rivalry Game usually dominated by Iowa. Overtime in that atmosphere must have been intense.

2. Alabama rolls Penn State in Happy Valley. The Tide made it look easy after a bit of a sluggish start.

1. Denard Robinson and Michigan. In the Big House’s first ever night game Denard exploded again against Notre Dame. His second half performance was one of the best I have ever watched to date. Even as pretty as that last throw looked I couldn’t get over how ugly those throwback Michigan jerseys were though. Great Game!