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golden eagle:
I really love college football! It actually is my favorite and I'll do anything to talk about it. Week two of the regular season has wrapped up and here's my impressions of it so far:

-The ACC took a pounding over the weekend when all four of its ranked teams lost: Miami at Ohio State, Georgia Tech at Kansas, Florida State at Oklahoma and (perhaps, the most embarrassing) Virginia Tech losing at home to 1-AA James Madison.

-Speaking of 1-AA teams, they've been beating some 1A opponents, most notably, Jacksonville State over Mississippi. North Dakota State got a win over Kansas and Minnesota fell victim to South Dakota.

-Florida's offense was horrible in week one, but did play better against South Florida, particularly in the second half. However, the defense has stepped up big time in creating game-changing turnovers (eight INT's in just the first two games). The offense still needs to get its act together for SEC play or they could find themselves watching the SEC title game at home.

-Is Oregon the real deal? The 72-0 over New Mexico was one thing, but overcoming a sluggish start and whipping Tennessee in Knoxville by 35 is another!

-If Michigan QB Denard Robinson isn't the favorite to win the Heisman right now, I don't know who is. To go into South Bend and put up almost 250 rushing is just sick! And that was a week after breaking the Michigan record for rushing yards by a QB against Connecticut. But he better find a way to stay healthy because if he goes down, so does Michigan and Rich Rodriguez's job.

What are some of your thoughts?

bugo:
I think Rich Rodriguez is the biggest idiot in football for running Ryan Mallett off (even though I'm glad he did.)  Mallett had an off game and still put up 400 yards and 4 total touchdowns.  If he's not the leading candidate for the Heisman, I don't know who is.

golden eagle:
RichRod wanted to bring in the spread but Mallett isn't that kind of QB. He probably should've made the offense fit around Mallett and then switch to the spread once Mallett was gone. But Mallett didn't show me a whole lot when he was at Michigan. I realized he was a back-up to Chad Henne, but still, I didn't see. Arkansas seems a lot more tailor-made to him. Plus, having a coach like Petrino (who likes to throw the ball around) helps too.

bugo:

--- Quote from: golden eagle on September 14, 2010, 12:38:49 AM ---RichRod wanted to bring in the spread but Mallett isn't that kind of QB. He probably should've made the offense fit around Mallett and then switch to the spread once Mallett was gone. But Mallett didn't show me a whole lot when he was at Michigan. I realized he was a back-up to Chad Henne, but still, I didn't see. Arkansas seems a lot more tailor-made to him. Plus, having a coach like Petrino (who likes to throw the ball around) helps too.

--- End quote ---

A great coach modifies his system to fit the players he has, especially if he has great players like Ryan.  Rodriguez is not a great coach.  He's a one trick pony.  He'll never win the big games.

Alps:
As a Michigan fan, I agree that Rodriguez is never going to a major bowl.  Hopefully they see that soon.

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