The first weekend of the college football season was billed as maybe the greatest in the history of the sport. It was pretty great for No. 15 Houston and Wisconsin. Maybe not so much for No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 5 LSU.
The top 25 observations, thoughts and takeaways from an opening weekend that still has two more big games to be played.
1. Les Miles is back on the hot seat after losing – the Tigers were beaten 16-14 at Lambeau Field by Wisconsin. That might sound ridiculous but if LSU athletic director Joe Alleva considered firing Miles last season there is no reason to think that if the Tigers don’t rebound from this bad loss to win the SEC West we might be right back on Les Watch in November.
2. It’s the same old story with LSU: poor quarterback play. No matter how good Leonard Fournette (138 yards rushing) is, if Brandon Harris, a former four-star recruit who was 12 for 21 for 131 yards and two picks, can’t provide some balance the Tigers will be lucky to finish fourth in the West.
3. Underestimating Wisconsin is simply never a good idea. The Badgers showed they can still play defense, even with coordinator Dave Aranda working for LSU now.