10. Throwing the ball out of your own end zone – South Carolina still won the game which is why this is so low, but that play he made throwing the ball out of his own end zone when there was no need to was just heinously bad. Luckily for Steve Spurrier, that was the only appearance of bad Garcia.
9. USC defense on last-minute drives – This is two week in a row that USC has been beaten on a last play field goal after giving up a long drive. At what point do the people who think USC has all of this incredible defensive talent realize there is none there.
8. Polls ranking Alabama ahead of South Carolina – Ugh. They have the same record and the victory was decisive. Why is Alabama ranked in front of South Carolina? And to those AP Poll voters (and there are a few of you) that ranked South Carolina in front of Auburn and behind Alabama, your voting privileges and press credentials should be revoked for either not paying attention to your job or manipulating the process. Either way the job isn't being done right.
7. Syracuse as the 2nd best Big East team – Yes this is a lowlight. Syracuse is obviously improved, but that would mean a bowl game I would think, not a contender for the BCS. The Orange are headed for a nine win season because their league stinks. West Virginia should be licking its chops this year.
6. Tuesday Night Football – I hate Tuesday night football. Any league that partakes in it deserves its place at the bottom of the college football world (yes I'm looking at you Sun Belt and MAC(
5. Big Ten scheduling – This is the final year I get to complain about this before divisions and guaranteed champion. No Michigan St.-Ohio St. game this season. I now have extra reason to root against these team. If these two are the only undefeated teams at the end, its a Big Ten national title game. Shoot me now.
4. Iowa St. in the 2nd quarter – Iowa St. led Utah at home 14-10 starting the second quarter and it looked like an upset could be brewing. Then Utah woke up and opened a very large can of whoop-ass on the Cyclones. 15 minutes later, the Utes led 41-14 on the way to 68 points.
3. Tennessee – After playing the 7-3-3 defense unsuccessfully (mostly because its illegal in college football), Tennessee didn't really bother to show up this week. Either that or Georgia really is good this this season and is going to win out or close to it. That was a putrid loss by the Volunteers.
2. UCLA running game – UCLA had done so well running the ball this season, so f course it was time to remind us all how schizophrenic this team is. 26 yards rushing. That's it. The week after getting over 400 on the ground. I know the competition was a bit better on Saturday (Cal is a whole heck of a lot better than Washington St.
1. New Mexico vs New Mexico St. - There are almost no words to describe how bad this game was. It lived up to every expectation of total futility possible. Here are the gruesome numbers: Under 500 yards of offense combined (remember these teams both ranked in the bottom five in total defense), 14 punts, 16 penalties, 7 turnovers, no offensive touchdowns for the winning team, no one on either team over 50 yards rushing and a Hail Mary so awful it has to be seen to be believed. As you will see in the video below, there is nothing even remotely close to redeemable about the throw.
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Who was he throwing to? And Aggie vision? I wasn't aware there were that many people in NM who cared to watch this team that they would actually have something called Aggie Vision...
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