The Louisville Cardinal offenses made some great plays last night in the team’s upset of the second ranked Miami Hurricanes in South Florida. The offense made some great plays. The DEFENSE made some GREAT plays when IT HAD TO. That is a sure recipe for football success. Hats off to Coach Jeff Brohm. He and his staff did it again. Be it, Iowa, Ohio State, Clemson, Notre Dame, or Miami. Coach Brohm has brought down his share of giants in the last ten years at Purdue and now at Louisville.
I sent Co-Defensive Coordinator a text last night immediately after the game. An hour and a minute later, Mark Hagen responded and said what the rest of us rooting for the Cards were thinking. “…That was fun.”
The Louisville Cardinals are now 5-1 and taking down the 2nd ranked team in the land better get you into the Top 25. I have never doubted that team had this in them. And let me say thanks to the Cards. The Indiana Hoosiers are ranked #3 and if they take care of Michigan State in good fashion today, they should be ranked #2 tomorrow.
Today the Indiana Hoosiers will run out of the tunnel as the #3 ranked team in college football. Let that sink in. For many of us, even though WE don’t doubt it, this is still sinking in. And it is fun.
Last week’s picks were a rerun. I am stuck on picking 10 winners and 4 losers for three weeks in a row. What about this week?
Georgia Tech beats Duke… This is a home game for the Dukies. Should be a good one.
LSU beats Vandy… Vandy is the favorite in an SEC game for the first time in 1978 is what I have seen. Need I say more?
Michigan beats Washington… This is in the Big House. I am rooting for the Huskies.
Indiana beats Michigan State… We’ll see the highest ranked team in school history take the field for Indiana. They won’t screw that up. There are 109 rows of bleachers on the west stands of Memorial Stadium. Those players don’t want to run those after the game.
Ohio State beats Swissconsin… Wish they could both lose.
Ole Miss beats Georgia… I can see the eyeroll from here to Scott County, Mississippi. I have a feeling the Rebel defense will make some plays like Louisville did last night.
Clemson beats SMU… The Tigers are back on the rails.
Oregon beats Rutgers… The Ducks will be ready to forget last week’s home loss to the Hoosiers.
Iowa beats Penn State… The Hawkeyes have a stout defense and could hold the ball for 40 minutes if things go well for them.
Texas beats Kentucky… There won’t be much “First DOWWWWN KENNNNTUCKY!” from the PA announcer today.
USC beats Notre Dame… The Trojans are finding their way. I hope the bad weather stays away!
Pitt beats Syracuse… Had they started Heintschel at QB to start the season, he is a true freshman, Pitt would…well.
Mizzou beats Auburn… On the plains at that. Auburn got robbed by the SEC machine that obviously wants to protect Georgia. The Bulldogs will have to deal with a loss to Top Ten Ole Miss today. But they were spared last week.
Alabama beats Tennessee… I have been there for that one. It will be a hoot!
Enjoy the games today. I will be in Bloomington.