Observations, thoughts and takeaways from the second weekend of the college football season, which lacked big games, but still provided some drama and controversy.
1. Going back to fix officiating mistakes after games are over, even when it seems easy and obvious to do so, is a bad idea. Sorry, No. 22 Oklahoma State. Maybe don’t get an intentional grounding when trying to kill the clock.
2. Can we call it Sleepy Saturday? Most of the highly ranked teams expecting easy wins against overmatched opponents seemed disinterested. No. 9 Georgia was the worst offender against Nicholls . Careful not to read too much into listless efforts, but the Bulldogs should be able to run for more than 4.3 per carry against an FCS team that won three games last season.
3. Deshaun Watson has not played much like the preseason Heisman Trophy favorite and potential first overall NFL draft pick so far. Same goes for the entire Clemson offense that seemed to have all the weapons to be one of the best in the country.
4. Every coach in the country should show his team Ray-Ray McCloud’s gaffe in the Clemson game and make clear that a similar transgression will come with a one-game benching.