CHOKE! LSU pummels Jackets, but not all so sad

I was there, I saw it. It was bad. Very bad. Even though I wanted to write a long thing about it, I can't. I'm just too sad. I know you will understand. The moral is that the Jackets lost 38-3, with 35 points coming in the first half (some kind of defense huh?). To be fair, there were two dropped touchdown passes in the first quarter and some iffy coaching calls. It was over after the fumble on the punt and the turnover on downs at mid-field, plus a lot of other reasons. Either way, it happened. It is not all that bad, even though it was one of the most painful games I ever attended, and I've been to Ivy League football games (talk about bad football).

It was a sad end to a really incredible season. Hey we beat Georgia. We beat Georgia (can't say that enough). They did lose this game, but I think something decent will come out of this. GT has shown itself to be the premiere option offense, and, even though they lost, the national publicity will do the program a lot of good. This team will get better, and people out in Athens and the rest of the ACC should be nervous. The Jackets are back, it will just take more than one year.

(image from the Atlanta Business Chronicle)

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10 Overhyped/Underperformed Games of 2008

Ten most overrated/overhyped College Football Games of 2008

10. LSU- App State - Michigan needs to pull themselves out of the crapper. App State apparently is not as good as once thought.

9. UGA - ASU - This game had all the hype, until ASU lost the week before to UNLV. Even so, it was the first time UGA was west of the Mississippi since 1960. I went to this game and even though the game was never close, it was worth going.

8. Penn State - Michigan State -- It's the (not so) Big 10. Michigan State had a share of their conference title on the line, then forgot to show up.

7. Alabama - Auburn - The annual rivalry game failed to generate any interest because Auburn was so terrible this year. Even so, I expected a fair showing from the Tigers, but I was wrong and they got handled.

6. Oklahoma - Missouri - This could have been a great story line for Mizzou, but instead, they decided to fold and get utterly distroyed in the Big-12 championship game.

5. Alabama - Clemson - This is the game we found out how good Alabama was going to be and how terrible Clemson was, despite the top ten ranking.

4. Alabama - UGA - 31 - 0 at the half, are you kidding? I was at this game and wish I would have sold my ticket. The second half was reasonably entertaining though.

3. Oklahoma- Texas Tech - This had national title implications all over it, then Texas Tech remebered that they don't belong.

2. USC vs Ohio State - Ohio State, big game, flop.

1. UGA vs Florida - This was also a big flop by the men in the silver britches. This game started off bad with missed field goals. Ended worse.


Best under the radar games/games that lived up to hype
Notre Dame - Syracuse - Did Syracuse beat Notre Dame? I bet that Lou Holtz still thinks Notre Dame should be ranked in the top 4.
USC - Oregon State - Great game. Always enjoy seeing USC go down to a mediocre team
Texas - Oklahoma - Opposite of Auburn - Alabama
Alabama - Florida - SEC title game generally is a fun game to watch, this one lived up to the hype unlike Oklahoma - Texas Tech
Penn State - Ohio State - Entertaining to see Ohio State lose.

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