LSU running back Spencer Ware (11) scores his second touchdown of the game on a one-yard run against Tennessee during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 in Knoxville, Tenn. LSU won 38-7. At left is LSU tight end Mitch Joseph (83) and at right is Tennessee linebacker A. J. Johnson (45). (AP Photo/Wade Payne)Here we go
From the “Al Davis Studios,” here we go…
Alabama running back Trent Richardson (3) runs past Mississippi safety Frank Crawford (5) in the third quarter of an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. Richardson set career marks with 183 yards rushing and four touchdowns as No. 2 Alabama won 52-7. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)College football Monday morning quarterback
Here are the five things we learned from this weekend’s games:
– LSU and Alabama are the class of the SEC West, the class of the SEC and the class of the country. LSU did not play well (for LSU, that is) and beat Tennessee by 31. In Neyland Stadium. Alabama went to Ole Miss and made the Rebel Black Bears look like a jay-vee team. Our ace columnist Mark Wiedmer said it well in Sunday’s paper here (Wiedmer: LSU, Alabama way above rest). There’s not much else for the rest of the SEC to do but get better. LSU and Alabama have dropped the gauntlet, who can step up and meet it? Until then, though, the 5-at-10 wants SEC commissioner Mike Slive to step in and force whichever team wins the SEC East to give their spot in the SEC title game to the loser of next month’s LSU-Alabama game. Let’s make this happen.