Gang, there’s a metric ton of stuff to cover, so let’s get to it.
College football rewind
South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw, center, finds a hole between Georgia outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins, left, and defensive end Garrison Smith during the second half of an NCAA college football game at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012.OK, how crazy was this weekend? Georgia looked like Georgia State. Florida State looked like Florida Atlantic. Florida looked like Florida under Steve Spurrier, and Steve Spurrier’s South Carolina team looked like Florida under Steve Spurrier.
There is so much to get to, we couldn’t trim to a Rushmore or even a top five in 10 words or less. Yes, we are trying the never-before-attempted 10-in-5 – 10 things in five sentences or less. And if we go over on any of them, consider the rest of this week’s subscription to the 5-at-10 on the house.
1) It’s Alabama and everybody else: Sorry Oregon, sorry West Virginia, sorry South Carolina. Each of you looked good Saturday and all of you have nice wins on the resumes and deserve to be in the top 5. But Alabama is the most complete team in the country and the Tide handle their BID-ness with the intent, the precision and the effectiveness of a team of Navy SEALS.
West Virginia’s Geno Smith looks to throw during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in Austin, Texas.2) Who’s doubting the Geno Smith train now? Smith, the West Virginia quarterback lit up Baylor nine days ago, passing for more than 600 yards with more TD passes (8) than incompletions (6). Saturday, Smith took the Mountaineers traveling road show to Austin, Texas and put half a 100 on the Longhorns. Smith went 25-of-35 for 268 and four TDs and is completing a cool 81.4 percent of his passes (166-of-204) for 1,996 yards and 24 TDs with 0 picks for the 5-0 Mountaineers. Any questions?