"WHY?" - College Football Games of the Week

There are so many different things wrong with this situation: Pellet Gun, black hoodies with Tennessee on them, you are around the corner from campus, drugs, freshman, and black males.


Personally this story hits home for me because of one of the individuals involved, but yet the truth of the matter is some things are just not worth it. Click here or the title for full story.

I traded emails today with a friend and former colleague who expressed that these are young people, young men at that, who made a mistake. Although the email conversation never got to the point of either one of us giving our thoughts are whether or not the young men should be able to return to football at the Univ. of Tennessee, we did talk around this idea of whether the university and or football program should receive the negative press and shameful stereotypes that will ensue over the next few days, weeks, and months. Should these young men be held accountable? YES! Should they be kicked off the football team? YES! Should they be stripped of an education, the emotional support, and the right to make amendments for what they did? NO, but they will be there is no one to blame but themselves.

Last Week 4-1
Overall 26-24

No. 14 Miami (FL) at North Carolina
YES!  Another top 25 team we can add to our resume when it comes to getting a decent bowl game nod.  Miami has cooled off a little, although still tough.  We will need our top 25 defense to keep us in the game until the offense find a groove.  Things should be interesting with Houston carrying the load...Heels 23-16

No. 16 Utah at No. 4 TCU
If I didn't know any better, I'd say LT was playing running back for TCU and the year was 1999-2000.  At this point, it's real simple, they win out and they get a BCS bowl bid.  They are good because they score, early and often...TCU 45-31

No. 10 Iowa at No. 11 Ohio State
Penn State let me down last week while OSU keeps trying to turn me into a believer.  SIKE, that will never happen (shout out to Eddie Kane).  However, they are getting better and how come nobody can tackly Pryor, he reminds me of an unpolished Randall Cunningham.  Iowa's out of the BCS, maybe even a conference title shot...OSU 27-20

Notre Dame at No. 12 Pittsburgh
Pitt hasn't played anyone all year.  They have one loss and that's to NC State.  However, if they can pull off a win here, Charlie's coaching internship at Notre Dame could be over.  I'm a little uneasy over this one, ND is mad so they will come ready to play. (crossing my fingers)...Pitt 31-28

HBCU Game of the Week
North Carolina Central at  Winston Salem State
I'm a little upset at myself, Bowie State (what up G-Money) played Fay State in the CIAA championship game last week and I didn't even feature it on my blog.  These two teams left the CIAA for greener pastures...but that also means less W's in the win-loss column.  (SMH)...WS 28-24