Week 11

Who the heck is Elijah Collins?  His is a pretty good running back with a lot of big time offers.  Those of us with our heads in the sand watching Michigan football have never heard of him.  For the season he has 715 yards do far.  A name we have now heard of who has 426 yards is Hassan Haskins.

It was really fun to look around country in college football this week.  Minnesota is for (I had no idea Penn State outgained them); elsewhere I was pulling for Iowa because Wisconsin is dirty and kind of a cult in their one-team large state.  Gosh, Minnesota is a dull and cold place, but I would much rather see them in the championship game than anyone else in that division.  Pat Fitzgerald is becoming an embarrassment.  Michigan will get their chance at #1 Ohio State.

But nothing else in the Big Ten is stranger than the emergence of Illinois.  Granted they are not championship material, but they have certainly risen above the also-rans of Maryland, Purdue, Northwestern, and perhaps others.  Sparty can still be bowl eligible because all they have left after Michigan is Rutgers and Maryland.

I have never seen anything like it, and I'll have to try and find the ending on video.  MSU was up 28-3 at home.  The rushing yardage and time of possession are huge discrepancies.  Ouch.

Note that Indiana is 7-2.  Michigan has plenty to play for before Ohio State.

Elsehwere, SMU and Sonny Dykes are 9-1.  UCLA is 4-2 in conference and Oregon certainly got the better of the Willie Taggart deal.

LSU-Alabama seemed like what used to be--I don't think people care that much anymore--a professional game.  The lights, ads, videos, and over the top fans are too much.  And the poor students whose lives are ruined because Alabama is losing...  It almost makes me long for the dour cattle-herding of Michigan Stadium.  Almost.

Finally, I cannot believe there are commercials and TV shows featuring Nick Saban.  He is the dullest guy in the world.  The king is dead.  Long live the king.