ok i need to say im sorry for not getting a top 25 out this week, but we have had three games, and last weekend was jabez so i didnt get to see many games anyways. plus, for better or worse the world series is going on. the following is a recap of the bama loss and socar preview.
Good News= well when you lose a game 12-10 i think that its safe to say that you did a lot of things well, but nothing great. crompton keeps improving and made several big passes. luke stocker is an improvement over brandon warren. former tight end aaron douglas now starting at right tackle helps us to continue to get better on offense. oh and how much better does cromp look when throwing to gerald jones and denarious moore? along those lines, we moved the ball every possession on alabama. getting past the 30 on several. plus our D continues to be one of the best in the nation. we held bama to FGs all game including 2 from 48+ and eric berry cause mr heisman himself mark ingram to fumble for the first time in his career.
Bad News= outside of the loss overall. consider the following. on one drive we were first and 10 at the bama 22 and didnt score. another drive we were 1st and 10 from the bama 30 and didnt score. (of those, we imploded with a sack the other drive a phantom holding call got us- which it looked like sullins just got flat out run over.) then we missed a FG, and had 2 blocked. im not sure what else to say after that.
Other News= im tired of people blaming the refs. granted we had 100 yds in penalties and they only had 10, but still. i feel like we beat our selves. what happens if instead of sitting on it we try to run a few more plays before attempting the last fg? and who cares that cody took off his helmet. the ball was laying on the ground. all we had to do was scoop and score. ballgame. upset of the year. lane train gets a signature win in year 1. but think about this- after keeping it close with what we have this year against bama and fla do you really want to play the big orange next year? or the year after that? or the years to come?
South Carolina Prediction- this is the game of the year. if somehow we can come back from the guy punch against bama and the emotional letdown that followed and get a win i think we can run the table. if we lose..we are gonna be 6-6 and bowling in nashville. gross. socar presents another team with a really good D, but they are going to be as good as bama- and we moved it on them. still i gotta give them the edge in special teams. what i will be curious to see is how we play against a team that has a good passing offense. we have played mostly spread options teams and im unsure of how our D will do, but i do like the chances of us being able to get some turnovers. if crompton can do as good or better has he has the last two games it could be something really special to see. i say the big orange take this one 31-24. call me crazy.
PUDGE
10.31.2009
10.27.2009
World Series 2009
if you are still keeping up with the debacle known as post season baseball, then you know that its almost over. finally. a month and a half after it started. i mean as a baseball fan- i cant stand the playoffs, and no its not because the reds arent in it. its for two reasons. 1- why they heck does every single game seem to start at 11:30 pm? seriously id like to stay up and watch some of the endings, but i need to go to sleep before 3 am. and 2- somebody explain to me why teams get 24 off days during the 162 game regular season and then get 37 in the postseason? its baseball. you play everyday. period. and dont give me the bullcrap about giving the weaker teams a more fair chance. there are no weak teams in the playoffs! but nevertheless here are some thougts and my pick for the winner.
1st Base- mark teixeria vs ryan howard. well most would say that you cant go wrong with your choice...and i agree. both guys put up tons of power numbers, but tex is slightly better on D
2nd Base- chase utley vs robinson cano- utley has the mvp, but cano is still sick. both are in the top five as far as second sackers are concerned. once again pretty even with utley getting the advantage in power...
SS- jeter vs jroll- i mean 6 one way half-dozen the other. both guys are very solid in all areas of the game. rollins has an mvp(jeter may still get one this year) and jeter has 4 rings...
3rd Base- alex rodriguez vs perdo feliz. ok well the yanks take this one with authority. arod is still one of the best players in all of baseball- now and all time.
OF- werth, ibanez, and victorino vs the "melk man", johnny damon, and nick swisher. unless you are somewhat of a baseball fan you probably would just take the yanks cause youve heard of damon, but i think that i have to give the edge to the phills on this one. werth and ibanez provide power and the flyin hawiian provides everything else.
DH- matsui vs matt stairs?- cleary the yanks take this one with the phillies being a national league team- they dont have the DH spot locked up. could be stairs, cairo, dobbs or someone else. but the yanks will face the problem of what to do with matsui in the NL park....
Starting Pitching- Cliff Lee and CC are both dominant aces. Pedro and Pettitte are both postseason monsters. Cole Hamels and AJ Burnett are both equally dominant and delirious at the same time. i mean i think that both of those guys are really good, but both are very streaky. could be the key to series for each team.
Catchers- hip hip jorge vs carlos ruiz- you tell me who you want to have back there.
well, when you look at all the stars on both teams, power, speed, defense. holy cow what a world series nobody will watch. oh and great starting pitching from both teams to boot! im considering dvring the whole thing so i can actually watch it. so what will it come down to?
Bullpen- yanks can throw out guys like phil hughes, joba, and chad gaudin. while the phils counter with JA Happ, Chan Ho Park, and Joe Blanton. all of those guys are former/future starters, and i think fans of either team feel comfortable while any of those guys are in. there are some questionable arms for sure, but with each team having such good starting pitching i dont think that will be a problem. and lets not forget this great rule in baseball- good pitching beats good hitting everytime. even in the playoffs and especially in the world series. so who does it come down to?
Closer- brad lidge vs mo rivera. a perfect closer vs the perfect closer. the only closer to not allow a run this postseason vs the greatest postseason closer ever. i know that lidge seems to have things turned around now that its october, but mo has had it figured out for year, and if youre honest with yourself who do you want closing out game seven of the world series. rivera or lidge? thats what i give the yanks the edge- they have the best closer in baseball, and my support. at least for the next month it will take to play 7 games- then i will hate them just like everybody else. ps Reds vs A's 2010...
PUDGE
1st Base- mark teixeria vs ryan howard. well most would say that you cant go wrong with your choice...and i agree. both guys put up tons of power numbers, but tex is slightly better on D
2nd Base- chase utley vs robinson cano- utley has the mvp, but cano is still sick. both are in the top five as far as second sackers are concerned. once again pretty even with utley getting the advantage in power...
SS- jeter vs jroll- i mean 6 one way half-dozen the other. both guys are very solid in all areas of the game. rollins has an mvp(jeter may still get one this year) and jeter has 4 rings...
3rd Base- alex rodriguez vs perdo feliz. ok well the yanks take this one with authority. arod is still one of the best players in all of baseball- now and all time.
OF- werth, ibanez, and victorino vs the "melk man", johnny damon, and nick swisher. unless you are somewhat of a baseball fan you probably would just take the yanks cause youve heard of damon, but i think that i have to give the edge to the phills on this one. werth and ibanez provide power and the flyin hawiian provides everything else.
DH- matsui vs matt stairs?- cleary the yanks take this one with the phillies being a national league team- they dont have the DH spot locked up. could be stairs, cairo, dobbs or someone else. but the yanks will face the problem of what to do with matsui in the NL park....
Starting Pitching- Cliff Lee and CC are both dominant aces. Pedro and Pettitte are both postseason monsters. Cole Hamels and AJ Burnett are both equally dominant and delirious at the same time. i mean i think that both of those guys are really good, but both are very streaky. could be the key to series for each team.
Catchers- hip hip jorge vs carlos ruiz- you tell me who you want to have back there.
well, when you look at all the stars on both teams, power, speed, defense. holy cow what a world series nobody will watch. oh and great starting pitching from both teams to boot! im considering dvring the whole thing so i can actually watch it. so what will it come down to?
Bullpen- yanks can throw out guys like phil hughes, joba, and chad gaudin. while the phils counter with JA Happ, Chan Ho Park, and Joe Blanton. all of those guys are former/future starters, and i think fans of either team feel comfortable while any of those guys are in. there are some questionable arms for sure, but with each team having such good starting pitching i dont think that will be a problem. and lets not forget this great rule in baseball- good pitching beats good hitting everytime. even in the playoffs and especially in the world series. so who does it come down to?
Closer- brad lidge vs mo rivera. a perfect closer vs the perfect closer. the only closer to not allow a run this postseason vs the greatest postseason closer ever. i know that lidge seems to have things turned around now that its october, but mo has had it figured out for year, and if youre honest with yourself who do you want closing out game seven of the world series. rivera or lidge? thats what i give the yanks the edge- they have the best closer in baseball, and my support. at least for the next month it will take to play 7 games- then i will hate them just like everybody else. ps Reds vs A's 2010...
PUDGE
10.23.2009
Orange Colored Glasses- Georiga
wow. wow. wow. i have no idea what to say about the game two weeks ago. i mean great win for the big orange...but it was against a very bad georgia team...never the less. here goes nothing.
Good News- well beside the whole jon crompton played the best game ever thing. which i think can be attributed to a few things. 1. uga pass defense is just slightly better than western kentucky's was. 2. he got his veteran recievers back and healthy (jones had 2 tds and moore had a great catch and run for a td) and 3. play action pass/rollout. it was incredible how much we ran these plays- but it was great because if we wanted to run the ball we sure could do that too. montario hardesty finished just shy of 100 yds. crompton continued to throw to open recievers and this game they caught the ball actually. now granted uga's D isnt the best, but we pretty much dominated from the start and thats what you have to do if you want to win. plus this win got us to 3-3 and with vandy, kentucky, and memphis still on the schedule should get us the 6 needed wins to go bowling. (consider this 47-1 in my life vs candy and kensucky and memphis has only beaten the big orange ONCE in history- sadly i was there that day...) oh and lets go visis the D. well they kept georgia out of the red zone- for the whole game. enough said.
Bad News- well special teams was pretty awful- kiffin even said so. kickoff coverage is nonexistant and led to a td. and somebody tell me what the heck nukese richardson thinks about when returning punts. there is no coach in america that teaches his return man to dance around the ball like he does when i bounces close to him. MORON. and in other news the best player in college football made one of the most incredible plays on the ball ive ever seen...and some goober call it a fumble not a pick. now i know the guy caught the ball and was trying to make "an athletic move" but hello--- its called home cooking. give the guy a pick and let him have the record. oh well maybe this week.
bottom line was that we were a better team in 2 phases of the game (offense and defense) than georgia and thats why we won. plus georgia doesnt have a run game.
Prediction for Bama- not so long ago this was the most important game of the year..and could be again very soon. the first matchup for the lane train could be a tough one. i really cant give UT the edge on anything. however, we are coming off of an off week and bama is worried about where they are ranked. finally last week mcelroy looked human and bama struggled a tad and somehow we have got to get them to do it again. well chances are they wont be able to throw it too much on us...and we will see how our D stacks up against a power running team. i still dont think that we have much success on offense. low scoring affair for sure. maybe even 14-3 bama. nevertheless ill be cheering hard for my vols and the impossible, improbable upset. but thats why they play the game. one last thing. avoid the rush and hate bama early.
PUDGE
Good News- well beside the whole jon crompton played the best game ever thing. which i think can be attributed to a few things. 1. uga pass defense is just slightly better than western kentucky's was. 2. he got his veteran recievers back and healthy (jones had 2 tds and moore had a great catch and run for a td) and 3. play action pass/rollout. it was incredible how much we ran these plays- but it was great because if we wanted to run the ball we sure could do that too. montario hardesty finished just shy of 100 yds. crompton continued to throw to open recievers and this game they caught the ball actually. now granted uga's D isnt the best, but we pretty much dominated from the start and thats what you have to do if you want to win. plus this win got us to 3-3 and with vandy, kentucky, and memphis still on the schedule should get us the 6 needed wins to go bowling. (consider this 47-1 in my life vs candy and kensucky and memphis has only beaten the big orange ONCE in history- sadly i was there that day...) oh and lets go visis the D. well they kept georgia out of the red zone- for the whole game. enough said.
Bad News- well special teams was pretty awful- kiffin even said so. kickoff coverage is nonexistant and led to a td. and somebody tell me what the heck nukese richardson thinks about when returning punts. there is no coach in america that teaches his return man to dance around the ball like he does when i bounces close to him. MORON. and in other news the best player in college football made one of the most incredible plays on the ball ive ever seen...and some goober call it a fumble not a pick. now i know the guy caught the ball and was trying to make "an athletic move" but hello--- its called home cooking. give the guy a pick and let him have the record. oh well maybe this week.
bottom line was that we were a better team in 2 phases of the game (offense and defense) than georgia and thats why we won. plus georgia doesnt have a run game.
Prediction for Bama- not so long ago this was the most important game of the year..and could be again very soon. the first matchup for the lane train could be a tough one. i really cant give UT the edge on anything. however, we are coming off of an off week and bama is worried about where they are ranked. finally last week mcelroy looked human and bama struggled a tad and somehow we have got to get them to do it again. well chances are they wont be able to throw it too much on us...and we will see how our D stacks up against a power running team. i still dont think that we have much success on offense. low scoring affair for sure. maybe even 14-3 bama. nevertheless ill be cheering hard for my vols and the impossible, improbable upset. but thats why they play the game. one last thing. avoid the rush and hate bama early.
PUDGE
10.21.2009
Pudge Poll #8
ladies and gentlemen, i apologize for this being a few days later than normal, and it will not be the detailed reports that you are familiar with. mainly because its been a bust week of fall break, ive got to get another orange colored glasses post out tomorrow- because we are leaving for Camp Jabez with the youth on friday!! so ill give you the top 25 but it might be a list.
oh and let me say this. as far as im concerned there are only two good teams in the nation. alabama and florida. everybody else is playing for third. period. texas is not nearly as good as last year, usc always chokes against a no name, okla doesnt have a qb, notre dame and michigan are overrated as always. ohio state sucks. cicny is good, but no conference cred. boise is ok. but everybody is tired of hearing them cry. there shouldnt be a national title this year. just call the game in atlanta the first sat in dec the big dance and name bama/florida winner sec and national champ. cause thats whats gonna happen anyways.
25. Sale Creek Middle School Boys Basketball Team (2-0) after beating normal park by 20 (a team they lost by 2pts last year) the might panthers returned home on the friday before fall break (without our 8th grade PG for the 2nd straight game) and beat CSAS for the first time in recent memory. last year we lost be about 30 and this year we won by 2. the highlight of the game is being up by 5, CSAS hits a 3 at the buzzer, and our guys thought we lost cause their fans and players got really excited. awesome. way to pay attention fellas. "yeah i was finishing up the stats for the game and noticed that our guys were kind of upset, and i just looked down the bench and told them- yeah thats it fellas. we won. go shake hands." said coach haynes shortly after the game.
24. South Florida- tough loss to cincy last week. not having senior qb matt grothe cost them. although freshmen bj daniels is exciting, hes not there yet.
23. Oklahoma- 8 plays with bradford= 80yds. 63 without= 220. or how about this. 10yds per play with vs 3.5 without. you tell me...
22. West Virginia
21. Kansas- colorado? really?
20. the team that LOST to purdue. coached by jim tressell, qb is terrell pryor, never wins a big game....you get the point
19. South Carolina
18. Houston- kasey keenum for heisman.
17. Penn State
16. Texas Tech
15. Oklahoma State
14. BYU- big game for heisman hopeful max hall and co this week
13. Oregon
12. Virginia Tech
11. Iowa
10. TCU- undefeated and unproven
9. Miami- these boys are still alive in the everybody else bracket, but i think they are about a year away from being back in the national title talk.
8. Georiga Tech- huge win over the hokies last week, and after switching my college football offense to the triple option i have new found respect for the yellow jackets.
7. USC- they beat notre dame. it was pretty close. but still a good road win. just tell me this. when is the last time that someone with that much talent lost to a nobody? they do it every year. cmon pete carroll. get it together.
6. LSU- there is an old saying that goes something about the week AFTER playing lsu teams play like crap. look at the last two teams they played and tell me if that still doesnt hold true. georgia- the next week got drubbed by my vols. and florida- played the worst game thus far in the season...
5. Boise State- i mean they beat tulse by 7. ill give you a dollar if you can tell me tulsa's nickname without looking it up. thats why they will never play for it all. they dont play ANYBODY.
4. Texas- i know i might catch flak, but i dont think that they are that good this year and will get drubbed by the sec champ- if they get there. colt mccoy is lost this year.
3. Cincinnati-on the road gets a huge win against south florida. oh and btw- their heisman hopefull qb tony pike- started last year 5th on the depth chart. 5th! you cant tell me your teams 5th stringer... oh and he comes out and their #2 guy ran for 120 yds and 2 tds. cmon. brian kelly is a big time coach and will get a big time program very soon. runner up to lane kiffin btw.
2. Alabama- my only complaint is why is julio jones 4th in catches....on the team!!!! saban- throw that dude the ball. but you know what? they dont need too. they have the 3rd best defense and mark "ill run for 250" ingrham. i saw them direct snap it to him about 7 times in a row and south carolina couldnt stop it. not hand it, snap it. there wasnt even a fake handoff on a few plays. sick.
1. Florida- a few things you dont do. you dont spit in the wind, tug on superman's cape, or beat florida. ever. or as long as tim tebow is there. and i know that they "suspended" the officiating crew, and i know some people say that they blew those calls yada yada yada. BUT. did the officials MAKE florida turn it over 4 times - 3 in the red zone? did the officials cause the arkansas kicker miss 2 fgs in the 4th qtr? or the florida kicker for the matter? did the officials have anything to do with florida driving 70 yards for the game winner at the end of the 4th qtr? no, no no, and heck no. dont get me wrong, maybe they were not so great calls, but end the end arkansas has nobody to blame but themselves. defense wins championships and they have. meanwhile florida has the nations #1. all hail tebow!
PUDGE
oh and let me say this. as far as im concerned there are only two good teams in the nation. alabama and florida. everybody else is playing for third. period. texas is not nearly as good as last year, usc always chokes against a no name, okla doesnt have a qb, notre dame and michigan are overrated as always. ohio state sucks. cicny is good, but no conference cred. boise is ok. but everybody is tired of hearing them cry. there shouldnt be a national title this year. just call the game in atlanta the first sat in dec the big dance and name bama/florida winner sec and national champ. cause thats whats gonna happen anyways.
25. Sale Creek Middle School Boys Basketball Team (2-0) after beating normal park by 20 (a team they lost by 2pts last year) the might panthers returned home on the friday before fall break (without our 8th grade PG for the 2nd straight game) and beat CSAS for the first time in recent memory. last year we lost be about 30 and this year we won by 2. the highlight of the game is being up by 5, CSAS hits a 3 at the buzzer, and our guys thought we lost cause their fans and players got really excited. awesome. way to pay attention fellas. "yeah i was finishing up the stats for the game and noticed that our guys were kind of upset, and i just looked down the bench and told them- yeah thats it fellas. we won. go shake hands." said coach haynes shortly after the game.
24. South Florida- tough loss to cincy last week. not having senior qb matt grothe cost them. although freshmen bj daniels is exciting, hes not there yet.
23. Oklahoma- 8 plays with bradford= 80yds. 63 without= 220. or how about this. 10yds per play with vs 3.5 without. you tell me...
22. West Virginia
21. Kansas- colorado? really?
20. the team that LOST to purdue. coached by jim tressell, qb is terrell pryor, never wins a big game....you get the point
19. South Carolina
18. Houston- kasey keenum for heisman.
17. Penn State
16. Texas Tech
15. Oklahoma State
14. BYU- big game for heisman hopeful max hall and co this week
13. Oregon
12. Virginia Tech
11. Iowa
10. TCU- undefeated and unproven
9. Miami- these boys are still alive in the everybody else bracket, but i think they are about a year away from being back in the national title talk.
8. Georiga Tech- huge win over the hokies last week, and after switching my college football offense to the triple option i have new found respect for the yellow jackets.
7. USC- they beat notre dame. it was pretty close. but still a good road win. just tell me this. when is the last time that someone with that much talent lost to a nobody? they do it every year. cmon pete carroll. get it together.
6. LSU- there is an old saying that goes something about the week AFTER playing lsu teams play like crap. look at the last two teams they played and tell me if that still doesnt hold true. georgia- the next week got drubbed by my vols. and florida- played the worst game thus far in the season...
5. Boise State- i mean they beat tulse by 7. ill give you a dollar if you can tell me tulsa's nickname without looking it up. thats why they will never play for it all. they dont play ANYBODY.
4. Texas- i know i might catch flak, but i dont think that they are that good this year and will get drubbed by the sec champ- if they get there. colt mccoy is lost this year.
3. Cincinnati-on the road gets a huge win against south florida. oh and btw- their heisman hopefull qb tony pike- started last year 5th on the depth chart. 5th! you cant tell me your teams 5th stringer... oh and he comes out and their #2 guy ran for 120 yds and 2 tds. cmon. brian kelly is a big time coach and will get a big time program very soon. runner up to lane kiffin btw.
2. Alabama- my only complaint is why is julio jones 4th in catches....on the team!!!! saban- throw that dude the ball. but you know what? they dont need too. they have the 3rd best defense and mark "ill run for 250" ingrham. i saw them direct snap it to him about 7 times in a row and south carolina couldnt stop it. not hand it, snap it. there wasnt even a fake handoff on a few plays. sick.
1. Florida- a few things you dont do. you dont spit in the wind, tug on superman's cape, or beat florida. ever. or as long as tim tebow is there. and i know that they "suspended" the officiating crew, and i know some people say that they blew those calls yada yada yada. BUT. did the officials MAKE florida turn it over 4 times - 3 in the red zone? did the officials cause the arkansas kicker miss 2 fgs in the 4th qtr? or the florida kicker for the matter? did the officials have anything to do with florida driving 70 yards for the game winner at the end of the 4th qtr? no, no no, and heck no. dont get me wrong, maybe they were not so great calls, but end the end arkansas has nobody to blame but themselves. defense wins championships and they have. meanwhile florida has the nations #1. all hail tebow!
PUDGE
10.15.2009
Be Careful What You Pray For...part 2
well its been a little while since ive given yall an update on whats going on in my life, and i left off with some stories about me attempting to witness to people at the UT game a couple of weeks ago. and there are some things that ive learned these last few weeks that i want to share with you, and then i have a prayer request or two.
first of all, we have learned that there isnt a negative result in witnessing to people. A- when you witness to someone they accept christ- which is a good result. B- when you witness to someone, maybe they dont get saved, but you plant a seed that someday leads to them getting saved- which is a good result. and C- maybe you witness to someone and they reject you (or more importantly your message) well thats ok too, because the bible tells us that those that are rejected for the cause of christ will be rewarded in heaven. and whats better than eternal rewards? so another good result. in the class we are learing that all we are called to do it to witness to people- its not our job to make sure that they read their bibles, or go to church, or even accept christ, we are just called to tell them about jesus. and my next point is a way to do that.
last week we learned about tracts. and i know that everybody has seen or been given a tract before, but maybe youve never understood why. well here are a few points to think about. tracts never argue, they always present the gospel in a clear way, they never fail to explain things, they always say what they want to say and the list goes on and on. something that i have noticed is that while it is still very tough for me to just go out and verbally witness to someone, it is pretty easy for me to give them a tract. and i am starting to build a neat little library of some pretty cool tracts. at the moments im kind of looking for a medium to be honest. handing out tracts is great, but i feel like i can do more than that. but im pretty scared/nervous/unsure about my ability to witness to people. i need something in between!! but im sure that practice will make it better- not easier mind you, just better.
so...a story. on saturday before and after the UT game Nicki (my girlfriend) and i were handing out tracts to different people. and it was great! i saw several people take the cards and read them front and back. tailgaters, college students, families lots of people. i even left one at dunkin donuts! in the credit card slot at a gas pump, lots of cool places that you can give/leave for people to find. but i need your help in this. things were going so great on saturday and i was really pumped about all the cool things god was doing...until this one guy didnt take my tract. and i knew it was going to happen and i kept telling myself that it would, and finally it did. and i cant say that looking back i shouldnt have tried to give it to him, because everybody needs jesus, and i was just doing what i need to do. the problem was/is- after that i shut down. i didnt know what to do or how to act. she even reminded me about all the good things that we had done that day, but all i could think about was the one bad thing that happened. i mean it was so bad i forgot to tell her about the two that i gave out in the next couple of days (the little tokyo workers didnt know i had left one, but they were cussing and fussing when they found it- hey at least they heard the gospel...) and then this woman at the bank was awesome. david ivarson and i went to the bank on tuesday and the lady was talking to us like normal and we were joking with her and just having a pretty good time. when it was time for us to leave she told us "yall have made my day. thanks for being nice" or something like that. and so i asked her if she had facebook, she said that she didnt, so i asked her if her kids did- and of course they did. so i handed her a tract that just said "facebook" on the front and told her to check out the facts on the back at somepoint that day and walked away. just as we got to the door she yelled at us "HEY!" and i thought she was mad, but she had a huge smile on her face and said "i bet this card will make my day!" and all i said as i said a little prayer for her was "i sure hope it does"
i guess what im asking for is just some encouragement in prayers. i know that everything we do for the cause of christ is great! and i want to do more of it, but i dont want it to be like a job. i want to do it out of the joy of my heart, and i dont want to be to harsh on myself. help me to keep a proper perspective of what i should/need/want to be doing. god is good and i know that he will take care of me, but some friendly prayers wont hurt anything. but once again...you better be extra careful what you pray for- especially if its for me- because you just might be the person i come talking to...or trying to give you a tract. let me ask you this. if you died just after reading this great rambling...where would you spend eternity? heaven or hell?
in his service
PUDGE
first of all, we have learned that there isnt a negative result in witnessing to people. A- when you witness to someone they accept christ- which is a good result. B- when you witness to someone, maybe they dont get saved, but you plant a seed that someday leads to them getting saved- which is a good result. and C- maybe you witness to someone and they reject you (or more importantly your message) well thats ok too, because the bible tells us that those that are rejected for the cause of christ will be rewarded in heaven. and whats better than eternal rewards? so another good result. in the class we are learing that all we are called to do it to witness to people- its not our job to make sure that they read their bibles, or go to church, or even accept christ, we are just called to tell them about jesus. and my next point is a way to do that.
last week we learned about tracts. and i know that everybody has seen or been given a tract before, but maybe youve never understood why. well here are a few points to think about. tracts never argue, they always present the gospel in a clear way, they never fail to explain things, they always say what they want to say and the list goes on and on. something that i have noticed is that while it is still very tough for me to just go out and verbally witness to someone, it is pretty easy for me to give them a tract. and i am starting to build a neat little library of some pretty cool tracts. at the moments im kind of looking for a medium to be honest. handing out tracts is great, but i feel like i can do more than that. but im pretty scared/nervous/unsure about my ability to witness to people. i need something in between!! but im sure that practice will make it better- not easier mind you, just better.
so...a story. on saturday before and after the UT game Nicki (my girlfriend) and i were handing out tracts to different people. and it was great! i saw several people take the cards and read them front and back. tailgaters, college students, families lots of people. i even left one at dunkin donuts! in the credit card slot at a gas pump, lots of cool places that you can give/leave for people to find. but i need your help in this. things were going so great on saturday and i was really pumped about all the cool things god was doing...until this one guy didnt take my tract. and i knew it was going to happen and i kept telling myself that it would, and finally it did. and i cant say that looking back i shouldnt have tried to give it to him, because everybody needs jesus, and i was just doing what i need to do. the problem was/is- after that i shut down. i didnt know what to do or how to act. she even reminded me about all the good things that we had done that day, but all i could think about was the one bad thing that happened. i mean it was so bad i forgot to tell her about the two that i gave out in the next couple of days (the little tokyo workers didnt know i had left one, but they were cussing and fussing when they found it- hey at least they heard the gospel...) and then this woman at the bank was awesome. david ivarson and i went to the bank on tuesday and the lady was talking to us like normal and we were joking with her and just having a pretty good time. when it was time for us to leave she told us "yall have made my day. thanks for being nice" or something like that. and so i asked her if she had facebook, she said that she didnt, so i asked her if her kids did- and of course they did. so i handed her a tract that just said "facebook" on the front and told her to check out the facts on the back at somepoint that day and walked away. just as we got to the door she yelled at us "HEY!" and i thought she was mad, but she had a huge smile on her face and said "i bet this card will make my day!" and all i said as i said a little prayer for her was "i sure hope it does"
i guess what im asking for is just some encouragement in prayers. i know that everything we do for the cause of christ is great! and i want to do more of it, but i dont want it to be like a job. i want to do it out of the joy of my heart, and i dont want to be to harsh on myself. help me to keep a proper perspective of what i should/need/want to be doing. god is good and i know that he will take care of me, but some friendly prayers wont hurt anything. but once again...you better be extra careful what you pray for- especially if its for me- because you just might be the person i come talking to...or trying to give you a tract. let me ask you this. if you died just after reading this great rambling...where would you spend eternity? heaven or hell?
in his service
PUDGE
10.13.2009
Pudge Poll #7
id just like to say that last weekend i got 10 out of 10 picks right on the espn fantasy college pickem. not to brag, but ive only been picking 3 weeks and im already in the top 50 percentile. and im three weeks behind some of those chumps. im kinda mad i havent been doing it all year cause i bet id be in the 85-95 percentile. whatever. im a football geek.
25. Oklahoma State (4-1) well how about that. the cowboys sneak back in, mainly because they won without their star wideout dez bryant(for having improper relations with primetime)
24. Oklahoma (3-2) well sammy bradford came back and they rolled over baylor. do you think that it was a good enough tune-up for the red river shootout this week vs texas?
23. UTC Mocs (4-1) i mean a conference road win is big in my book. BJ continues to play very well for the mocs. i hope that they continue to do so. georgia southern this week will be another big game.
22. South Carolina (5-1) well they did win, but they struggled something terrible against kensucky. couldnt figure out how to stop randall cobb. this great D that they are built upon has given up some big numbers to some bad offenses. but they somehow beat ole miss....
21. Ole Miss (3-2) well losing on the road to a top 25 team and getting beat by the #2 team i guess doesnt hurt that bad. need a good win from the rebels or they are toast.
20. Nebraska (4-1) beat former pudge poll member missouri soundly. big 12 stock seems to be slipping this year with the exception of okla and texas.
19. YOU PICK- (houston, notre dame, utah)
18. Penn State (5-1) you get no write up for beating eastern illinois like a drum.
17. South Florida (5-0) beating cuse and fsu helps, we will see how they do this week against cincy in a nationally televised game. huge for the big east.
16. BYU (5-1) continues to roll along. two weeks they play the biggest game of the year for either team. tcu vs byu
15. Ohio State (5-1) yeah they whooped wisconsin, but they scored on 2 pick sixes and ran a kickoff back for a td. qb terrell pryor put up crompton like numbers. 5-13 for 87 and no tds.
14. Kansas (5-0) man oh man. same song different verse this week. won again. still havent played anybody. maybe todd reesing will get some heisman hype instead of jimmy clausen.
13. Georgia Tech (5-1) well they ran for 400 yards and scored 49 points. on fsu. now they play vtech in a huge bcs bowl game implications.
12. Iowa (6-0) went on the road to the big house and beat michigan. their D could be legit, well until they play a good team in a bowl game.
11. Oregon ( 5-1) they beat ucla without their qb, rb, and best db. pretty tough when you consider what the qb does for them. good for the ducks and im glad to see them rebound since the upset at boise.
10. Miami (4-1) routed FAMU. big suprise. still alive if they can get some help. will finish in the top ten.
9. TCU (5-0) went on the road and beat triple option team air force. they need to have a big win over byu in a few weeks. head coach gary patterson continues to lead a very good program.
8. USC (4-1) lots of people are starting the best one loss team debate and i have USC 3rd. beat oregon and win another title might get them 2nd. but the media might have their way and somehow get them to the bcs game opposite the sec champ.
7. LSU ( 5-1) getting beat by the defending champs doesnt cost you that much. but i see lsu dropping quickly in the west as alabama continues to dominate. is auburn the #2 team in the west? time will tell.
6. Boise State(5-0) got jumped by a team this week for lack of a weak schedule. could be a theme developing here...get in a real conf boise.
5. Cincinnati (5-0) coming out of the bye week i see them beatin south florida. they question will not be about the bearcats running the table. the question will be if they can A-jump boise in real life, and B- will the media let an undefeated big east team play for it all against the sec winner?
4. Texas (5-0) the longhorns are good. dont get me wrong. and IF...IF they get a win over oklahoma that will def help them out. they just dont seem to have it clicking yet this year. and they didnt look that good until late against...colorado?
3. Virginia Tech (5-1) beat the crap out of boston college and continues to set themselves up for a big big bowl game...
2. Alabama (6-0) i should give them more credit for going on the road and beating ole miss...but i dont. i was really high on the rebels to start the year, but they havent dont anything yet. however...the rebs did slow bama down some- made them kick 5 field goals, but they didnt do anything on offense. 3 pts really? tide has everything needed for a national title run this year. and next. write that down.
1. Florida (5-0) how good are the gators? they go on the road to one of the toughest venues around...and get a win on a saturday night. something that lsu had won 37 or 38 in a row. oh and this wasnt the typical florida offense. there was almost zero tim tebow. it was all dive run plays with moody, demps, and rainey. a pretty good combo nonetheless. and once they realize that their D was crushing the tigers they just wanted to run out the clock. plus the missed a short fg and didnt even try another. does 23-3 sound a lot better? cause thats about what the score really was.
until next week.
PUDGE
25. Oklahoma State (4-1) well how about that. the cowboys sneak back in, mainly because they won without their star wideout dez bryant(for having improper relations with primetime)
24. Oklahoma (3-2) well sammy bradford came back and they rolled over baylor. do you think that it was a good enough tune-up for the red river shootout this week vs texas?
23. UTC Mocs (4-1) i mean a conference road win is big in my book. BJ continues to play very well for the mocs. i hope that they continue to do so. georgia southern this week will be another big game.
22. South Carolina (5-1) well they did win, but they struggled something terrible against kensucky. couldnt figure out how to stop randall cobb. this great D that they are built upon has given up some big numbers to some bad offenses. but they somehow beat ole miss....
21. Ole Miss (3-2) well losing on the road to a top 25 team and getting beat by the #2 team i guess doesnt hurt that bad. need a good win from the rebels or they are toast.
20. Nebraska (4-1) beat former pudge poll member missouri soundly. big 12 stock seems to be slipping this year with the exception of okla and texas.
19. YOU PICK- (houston, notre dame, utah)
18. Penn State (5-1) you get no write up for beating eastern illinois like a drum.
17. South Florida (5-0) beating cuse and fsu helps, we will see how they do this week against cincy in a nationally televised game. huge for the big east.
16. BYU (5-1) continues to roll along. two weeks they play the biggest game of the year for either team. tcu vs byu
15. Ohio State (5-1) yeah they whooped wisconsin, but they scored on 2 pick sixes and ran a kickoff back for a td. qb terrell pryor put up crompton like numbers. 5-13 for 87 and no tds.
14. Kansas (5-0) man oh man. same song different verse this week. won again. still havent played anybody. maybe todd reesing will get some heisman hype instead of jimmy clausen.
13. Georgia Tech (5-1) well they ran for 400 yards and scored 49 points. on fsu. now they play vtech in a huge bcs bowl game implications.
12. Iowa (6-0) went on the road to the big house and beat michigan. their D could be legit, well until they play a good team in a bowl game.
11. Oregon ( 5-1) they beat ucla without their qb, rb, and best db. pretty tough when you consider what the qb does for them. good for the ducks and im glad to see them rebound since the upset at boise.
10. Miami (4-1) routed FAMU. big suprise. still alive if they can get some help. will finish in the top ten.
9. TCU (5-0) went on the road and beat triple option team air force. they need to have a big win over byu in a few weeks. head coach gary patterson continues to lead a very good program.
8. USC (4-1) lots of people are starting the best one loss team debate and i have USC 3rd. beat oregon and win another title might get them 2nd. but the media might have their way and somehow get them to the bcs game opposite the sec champ.
7. LSU ( 5-1) getting beat by the defending champs doesnt cost you that much. but i see lsu dropping quickly in the west as alabama continues to dominate. is auburn the #2 team in the west? time will tell.
6. Boise State(5-0) got jumped by a team this week for lack of a weak schedule. could be a theme developing here...get in a real conf boise.
5. Cincinnati (5-0) coming out of the bye week i see them beatin south florida. they question will not be about the bearcats running the table. the question will be if they can A-jump boise in real life, and B- will the media let an undefeated big east team play for it all against the sec winner?
4. Texas (5-0) the longhorns are good. dont get me wrong. and IF...IF they get a win over oklahoma that will def help them out. they just dont seem to have it clicking yet this year. and they didnt look that good until late against...colorado?
3. Virginia Tech (5-1) beat the crap out of boston college and continues to set themselves up for a big big bowl game...
2. Alabama (6-0) i should give them more credit for going on the road and beating ole miss...but i dont. i was really high on the rebels to start the year, but they havent dont anything yet. however...the rebs did slow bama down some- made them kick 5 field goals, but they didnt do anything on offense. 3 pts really? tide has everything needed for a national title run this year. and next. write that down.
1. Florida (5-0) how good are the gators? they go on the road to one of the toughest venues around...and get a win on a saturday night. something that lsu had won 37 or 38 in a row. oh and this wasnt the typical florida offense. there was almost zero tim tebow. it was all dive run plays with moody, demps, and rainey. a pretty good combo nonetheless. and once they realize that their D was crushing the tigers they just wanted to run out the clock. plus the missed a short fg and didnt even try another. does 23-3 sound a lot better? cause thats about what the score really was.
until next week.
PUDGE
10.09.2009
"Orange Colored Glasses- Auburn"
this really might be the last orange colored glasses post for a while. at least until we see some change with the big orange. every week its the same ol mess. ran well, dplayed pretty good, special teams was average (until the auburn game), and qb play was cromptoned. but here goes nothing.
Good News: montario hardesty continues his bid for sec offensive player of the year with 160 yds. luke stocker had a 40yd catch. the "nuke gun" had a 40 yd run on one play. jon crompton didnt throw any picks, and was at least throwing to open guys.. D held auburn to half of their average of points.
Bad News: well...we lost by four with a missed FG and a blocked PAT. 3+1=4. you do the math. crompton was his usual self, but at least this time he was throwing to guys who were open..but they forgot how to catch. 6 drops? are you kidding me?!? our older wideouts are playing terrible. and our younger ones arent playing at all. somebody explain to me why we refuse to run the "nuke gun" or the "g-gun" all of college football runs it and runs it well. but us. i mean we have probably only run it 5 times all year and have 80 yds and td out of it. (just a guess on the yardage but its probably close.) also- can we get a turnover on defense please? and finally the worst news of all- espn showed a 10-15 second montage of eric berry "missing" tackles. all that means is that he wont win any awards for this year cause they are gonna hype taylor mays who plays for usc #7 in the land while EB plays for the #77 team. and yes he did miss a few tackles, but what they didnt show was him coming all the way from the other side of the field trying to make them! and what about the 12-15 a game he does make? and what about every single play goes AWAY FROM HIM. he is still #2 on the mel kiper big board for next years draft. in my life time he is probably the third best player that ive ever seen behind manning and tebow- and just imagine if he had the ball as much as those guys. oh well. maybe we can get his little brothers some day.
Georgia Prediction: uh. they suck too. best offensive run game- UT. best defense against the run- UGA. best offensive passing attack- UGA best defense against the pass- UT. best special teams- UGA. as big of a UT fan as i am i just cant get excited about our team right now. and nick stephens is not the answer. go look at his stats. he is worse than crompton. so i say unless we get a defensive or special teams td we cant muster enough on offense to beat them. final score= dawgs-23 vols-17. oh wait? eric berry is still playing this week? ok 24-23 big orange.
hope for the future= not nick stephens. itll be either juco tranfer and current redshirt nick lamison, or the kid who has committed to us that was tebow's backup a year or so ago. and i cant remember his name and im too lazy to look it up. maybe bram cannon will play for us this week.
Good News: montario hardesty continues his bid for sec offensive player of the year with 160 yds. luke stocker had a 40yd catch. the "nuke gun" had a 40 yd run on one play. jon crompton didnt throw any picks, and was at least throwing to open guys.. D held auburn to half of their average of points.
Bad News: well...we lost by four with a missed FG and a blocked PAT. 3+1=4. you do the math. crompton was his usual self, but at least this time he was throwing to guys who were open..but they forgot how to catch. 6 drops? are you kidding me?!? our older wideouts are playing terrible. and our younger ones arent playing at all. somebody explain to me why we refuse to run the "nuke gun" or the "g-gun" all of college football runs it and runs it well. but us. i mean we have probably only run it 5 times all year and have 80 yds and td out of it. (just a guess on the yardage but its probably close.) also- can we get a turnover on defense please? and finally the worst news of all- espn showed a 10-15 second montage of eric berry "missing" tackles. all that means is that he wont win any awards for this year cause they are gonna hype taylor mays who plays for usc #7 in the land while EB plays for the #77 team. and yes he did miss a few tackles, but what they didnt show was him coming all the way from the other side of the field trying to make them! and what about the 12-15 a game he does make? and what about every single play goes AWAY FROM HIM. he is still #2 on the mel kiper big board for next years draft. in my life time he is probably the third best player that ive ever seen behind manning and tebow- and just imagine if he had the ball as much as those guys. oh well. maybe we can get his little brothers some day.
Georgia Prediction: uh. they suck too. best offensive run game- UT. best defense against the run- UGA. best offensive passing attack- UGA best defense against the pass- UT. best special teams- UGA. as big of a UT fan as i am i just cant get excited about our team right now. and nick stephens is not the answer. go look at his stats. he is worse than crompton. so i say unless we get a defensive or special teams td we cant muster enough on offense to beat them. final score= dawgs-23 vols-17. oh wait? eric berry is still playing this week? ok 24-23 big orange.
hope for the future= not nick stephens. itll be either juco tranfer and current redshirt nick lamison, or the kid who has committed to us that was tebow's backup a year or so ago. and i cant remember his name and im too lazy to look it up. maybe bram cannon will play for us this week.
10.06.2009
Pudge Poll Week 6
ok i know that i skipped last week, but it was kinda busy for me and there were so many upsets i wanted to wait and see how the games played out this past weekend to get a better idea. example usc/cal, uga/lsu oklahoma/miami. and now we know.
2nd of all id like to remind you of the playoff system that is setup in college football. its kind of like the little league world series. you have the US bracket and the World bracket and as they play out they come down to a winner of each and they play for the title. well in college football we have the SEC bracket and the EVERYBODY ELSE bracket. think about that. a one loss or undefeated team from the sec that wins the sec championship will play for the title against a team from another conference. anyways. here is the latest.
25. Oklahoma (2-2) pretty much because they have lost to 2 pretty good teams- without their heisman winning qb. lose to texas?? see ya
24. Bryan Alumni(?) a daunting lineup of old returned and restored their rightful place in history. a special shout out to taylor, deal, rojo, bdub, eli, miah, mike, luke, day, drew, newman, hicks, bondo, jd, dz and myself.
23. UTC (3-1) maybe its coaching, maybe it BJ Coleman, but the mocs are 8th in the nation in attendance fbs of course but still. and here is the thing- they are beating teams with less talent- and no hope of a the postseason. they are playing to win and doing so. ps- BJ has 900yds and 9tds through 4 games and completes 64% of his passes. and only one pick. but he cant play...
22. South Carolina (4-1) a newcomer to the pudge poll, but with a stout D and a few wins under their belts- ill take them. two backs averaging SIX yards per carry. and it seems as if the visored one has gotten stephen garcia playing well. finally.
21. Nebraska (3-1) blowout wins and a loss to VTech. this week against missouri will answer a lot of questions about both.
20. Missouri (4-0) undefeated, but have played NOBODY. we will see after nebraska, okalhoma state, and texas get done with them.
19. Penn State (4-1) high expectations fall hard when you lose to the only decent team that you play all year. what is that? is that the "overrated" chant i hear? i think so
18. South Florida (5-0) i have been high on south florida for some time now-check out my facebook notes for me. head coach jim leavitt has done a great job over the years and is on the way to another good season. without senior dual threat qb matt grothe the bulls have plugged in true freshman qb bj daniels and he has accounted for 900yds and 9 tds. and they only give up 9 pts a game.
17. Iowa (5-0) a great win over penn state...and then squeak by against arkansas state. we will see. but for the sake of dilts i hope they win the crappy conference they play in.
16. Ole Miss (3-1) well...?? they returned a lot of players from a top ten team...and then came out and laid an egg so far. the biggest win is over the swine flu. seriously.
15. BYU (4-1) a top 25 program for sure, but anybody who thinks that a school from a small conference can compete every week with the big boys is crazy.
14. Kansas (4-0) well they keep winning...and they play in a good conference. big games still remain. texas, oklahoma, nebraska, and missouri. but qb todd reesing is still a heisman darkhorse. directs an offense that scores 40 pts per and already tossed 1100 yds...\
13. Georgia Tech (4-1) i like 'em. what can i say. and i think that they have the tools to do some good things. i cant wait to see them play fsu and vtech in back to back weeks.
12. Ohio State (4-1) speaking of the overrated chant. the suckeyes have played one team with a winning record...and lost. closing out the season with iowa, penn st, and michigan will determine pretty much everything for the big 10
11. Oregon (4-1) after a tough loss to boise they ducks have rallied to win four in a row. qb jeremiah masoli has the offense rolling and the D looked great after holding pudge poll no show cal to three pts. could be pac10 champs...
10. Miami (3-1) well i guess the canes are back. wins over fsu, gtech, and oklahoma at least put them on the map. and the bad news for the rest of the nation- they are still located in talent rich south florida- where head coach randy shannon is getting as much as he can. and "The U" is starting the play with the swagger of old..
9. TCU (4-0) qb andy dalton continues to lead the hornedfrogs well by completing only 66% of his passes...now that utah seems to be pretty weak it hurts their schedule. gotta beat byu to remain in it.
8. USC (4-1) that loss to washington looks worse and worse every week. but the good news is they reminded cal of who is boss in the pac10. now itll be down to them and oregon for supremecy in the pete carroll invitation.
7. Cincinnati (5-0) hey just blow out everybody brian kelly. and have qb tony pike throw for 1200 yds while youre at it. if youre not doing anything on thursday night, you need to check out cincy and south florida play for the big east bcs spot.
6. Boise State (5-0) theyve done it right. you get a heisman darkhorse qb- kellon moore. win your first game on national tv against a pretty good program- oregon. then play nobody at all the rest of the year and when you wind up 12-0 you can cry for the bcs vote. hey go join the pac 10.
5. Virginia Tech (4-1) qb tyrod taylor has answered any and all questions about how well he can throw. and as long as youre not alabama hes gonna do what he wants against you. techinally they are still alive in the "everybody else" bracket. i mean if they win out? it could happen. good wins already on their resume plus a conference title...
4.LSU (5-0) alright. another team still alive in the "sec bracket" after a big road win over georgia, the tigers seems to be headed in the right direction. looks to be between them and alabama for the west. btw les miles is a moron. intense sure, a winner sometimes, a bad hat wearer all the time.
3. Texas (4-0) the big 12 favorite seem to be as good as promised. however, this is not colt mccoy's turn to win the heisman. not yet its not. obviously the team has great talent and needs to win the red river shootout to have a chance. losing to a 2 loss oklahoma team wouldnt be good. upset alert- in three weeks after playing oklahoma, missouri they play ok st. 3 big games in 3 weeks. last year at the end of the gauntlet the lost a great game to texas tech...im saying cowboys..
1-a. Alabama (5-0) i hate alabama. but as a highly paid college football junkie...eh ok im not getting paid- yet. i just look and see a team with better running backs than usc, a good enough qb, and a great D. as long as they dont let themselves get in the way as they did last year..it could be a really really really good rematch in atlanta for it all.
1. Florida (4-0) lets talk about the team of destiny. during the off week your do it all qb and greatest of all time tim tebow get to rest up from getting knocked out. oh and the team they play....just played a really tough game on the road while you were at home. see you in atlanta.
PUDGE
2nd of all id like to remind you of the playoff system that is setup in college football. its kind of like the little league world series. you have the US bracket and the World bracket and as they play out they come down to a winner of each and they play for the title. well in college football we have the SEC bracket and the EVERYBODY ELSE bracket. think about that. a one loss or undefeated team from the sec that wins the sec championship will play for the title against a team from another conference. anyways. here is the latest.
25. Oklahoma (2-2) pretty much because they have lost to 2 pretty good teams- without their heisman winning qb. lose to texas?? see ya
24. Bryan Alumni(?) a daunting lineup of old returned and restored their rightful place in history. a special shout out to taylor, deal, rojo, bdub, eli, miah, mike, luke, day, drew, newman, hicks, bondo, jd, dz and myself.
23. UTC (3-1) maybe its coaching, maybe it BJ Coleman, but the mocs are 8th in the nation in attendance fbs of course but still. and here is the thing- they are beating teams with less talent- and no hope of a the postseason. they are playing to win and doing so. ps- BJ has 900yds and 9tds through 4 games and completes 64% of his passes. and only one pick. but he cant play...
22. South Carolina (4-1) a newcomer to the pudge poll, but with a stout D and a few wins under their belts- ill take them. two backs averaging SIX yards per carry. and it seems as if the visored one has gotten stephen garcia playing well. finally.
21. Nebraska (3-1) blowout wins and a loss to VTech. this week against missouri will answer a lot of questions about both.
20. Missouri (4-0) undefeated, but have played NOBODY. we will see after nebraska, okalhoma state, and texas get done with them.
19. Penn State (4-1) high expectations fall hard when you lose to the only decent team that you play all year. what is that? is that the "overrated" chant i hear? i think so
18. South Florida (5-0) i have been high on south florida for some time now-check out my facebook notes for me. head coach jim leavitt has done a great job over the years and is on the way to another good season. without senior dual threat qb matt grothe the bulls have plugged in true freshman qb bj daniels and he has accounted for 900yds and 9 tds. and they only give up 9 pts a game.
17. Iowa (5-0) a great win over penn state...and then squeak by against arkansas state. we will see. but for the sake of dilts i hope they win the crappy conference they play in.
16. Ole Miss (3-1) well...?? they returned a lot of players from a top ten team...and then came out and laid an egg so far. the biggest win is over the swine flu. seriously.
15. BYU (4-1) a top 25 program for sure, but anybody who thinks that a school from a small conference can compete every week with the big boys is crazy.
14. Kansas (4-0) well they keep winning...and they play in a good conference. big games still remain. texas, oklahoma, nebraska, and missouri. but qb todd reesing is still a heisman darkhorse. directs an offense that scores 40 pts per and already tossed 1100 yds...\
13. Georgia Tech (4-1) i like 'em. what can i say. and i think that they have the tools to do some good things. i cant wait to see them play fsu and vtech in back to back weeks.
12. Ohio State (4-1) speaking of the overrated chant. the suckeyes have played one team with a winning record...and lost. closing out the season with iowa, penn st, and michigan will determine pretty much everything for the big 10
11. Oregon (4-1) after a tough loss to boise they ducks have rallied to win four in a row. qb jeremiah masoli has the offense rolling and the D looked great after holding pudge poll no show cal to three pts. could be pac10 champs...
10. Miami (3-1) well i guess the canes are back. wins over fsu, gtech, and oklahoma at least put them on the map. and the bad news for the rest of the nation- they are still located in talent rich south florida- where head coach randy shannon is getting as much as he can. and "The U" is starting the play with the swagger of old..
9. TCU (4-0) qb andy dalton continues to lead the hornedfrogs well by completing only 66% of his passes...now that utah seems to be pretty weak it hurts their schedule. gotta beat byu to remain in it.
8. USC (4-1) that loss to washington looks worse and worse every week. but the good news is they reminded cal of who is boss in the pac10. now itll be down to them and oregon for supremecy in the pete carroll invitation.
7. Cincinnati (5-0) hey just blow out everybody brian kelly. and have qb tony pike throw for 1200 yds while youre at it. if youre not doing anything on thursday night, you need to check out cincy and south florida play for the big east bcs spot.
6. Boise State (5-0) theyve done it right. you get a heisman darkhorse qb- kellon moore. win your first game on national tv against a pretty good program- oregon. then play nobody at all the rest of the year and when you wind up 12-0 you can cry for the bcs vote. hey go join the pac 10.
5. Virginia Tech (4-1) qb tyrod taylor has answered any and all questions about how well he can throw. and as long as youre not alabama hes gonna do what he wants against you. techinally they are still alive in the "everybody else" bracket. i mean if they win out? it could happen. good wins already on their resume plus a conference title...
4.LSU (5-0) alright. another team still alive in the "sec bracket" after a big road win over georgia, the tigers seems to be headed in the right direction. looks to be between them and alabama for the west. btw les miles is a moron. intense sure, a winner sometimes, a bad hat wearer all the time.
3. Texas (4-0) the big 12 favorite seem to be as good as promised. however, this is not colt mccoy's turn to win the heisman. not yet its not. obviously the team has great talent and needs to win the red river shootout to have a chance. losing to a 2 loss oklahoma team wouldnt be good. upset alert- in three weeks after playing oklahoma, missouri they play ok st. 3 big games in 3 weeks. last year at the end of the gauntlet the lost a great game to texas tech...im saying cowboys..
1-a. Alabama (5-0) i hate alabama. but as a highly paid college football junkie...eh ok im not getting paid- yet. i just look and see a team with better running backs than usc, a good enough qb, and a great D. as long as they dont let themselves get in the way as they did last year..it could be a really really really good rematch in atlanta for it all.
1. Florida (4-0) lets talk about the team of destiny. during the off week your do it all qb and greatest of all time tim tebow get to rest up from getting knocked out. oh and the team they play....just played a really tough game on the road while you were at home. see you in atlanta.
PUDGE
10.02.2009
"Orange Colored Glasses- Ohio"
first of all i want to say that im sorry i didnt put out a top 25 this week, but with all of the upsets, and a busy week for me, im gonna give it another day to let some more dust settle. auburn, cal, oklahoma, miami, lsu, georgia will all have big tests this weekend. but looking back...
the good news: well once again we were able to run the ball quite well. im telling ya i like our backs a lot. hardesty runs really hard and brown could be the next big thing. the both always seem to fall forward which is a good thing- and so far- knock on wood- theyve been able to hang on to the ball. oline played pretty well, when we needed to run we did and when we tried to throw it wasnt because of a lack of protection that we didnt do well. it seemed like the lanetrain wanted us to come out throwing and see what we could do against a better D than wku and we forced some, and basically when it came down to it we ran all over them when we needed it most. nobody has been able to tell me why hardesty didnt play much in the first half....
the bad news: by the end of the game we were down 5 starters on D. the bobcats constantly picked on brent vinson. crompton was...well..himself. and we gave up td return on a kickoff! dang! i remember watching it thinking surely someone will get in his lane...and nope. he just housed it.
auburn prediction- well. who knows. we need our D to play like they did against florida. we need to run like we have all year. im not so sure that auburn has a lot of quality wins in their 4, but then again neither do we. and they average 45pts a game. i think that we will be able to slow them down, but im not sure that we will be able to score. seems to be a trend huh? crompton and chris todd will make 3-5 plays that will cost their team dearly, but will either make 1 or 2 plays to help their team win? im saying a daniel lincoln fg wins it late. 24-21 big orange!
the good news: well once again we were able to run the ball quite well. im telling ya i like our backs a lot. hardesty runs really hard and brown could be the next big thing. the both always seem to fall forward which is a good thing- and so far- knock on wood- theyve been able to hang on to the ball. oline played pretty well, when we needed to run we did and when we tried to throw it wasnt because of a lack of protection that we didnt do well. it seemed like the lanetrain wanted us to come out throwing and see what we could do against a better D than wku and we forced some, and basically when it came down to it we ran all over them when we needed it most. nobody has been able to tell me why hardesty didnt play much in the first half....
the bad news: by the end of the game we were down 5 starters on D. the bobcats constantly picked on brent vinson. crompton was...well..himself. and we gave up td return on a kickoff! dang! i remember watching it thinking surely someone will get in his lane...and nope. he just housed it.
auburn prediction- well. who knows. we need our D to play like they did against florida. we need to run like we have all year. im not so sure that auburn has a lot of quality wins in their 4, but then again neither do we. and they average 45pts a game. i think that we will be able to slow them down, but im not sure that we will be able to score. seems to be a trend huh? crompton and chris todd will make 3-5 plays that will cost their team dearly, but will either make 1 or 2 plays to help their team win? im saying a daniel lincoln fg wins it late. 24-21 big orange!
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