Save Us S.O.S.

I've spent most of the week craving baseless Carolina football speculation. It's one of the joys of college football season - you have games once a week, and six days in between to postulate on what the last batch of performances mean for the upcoming week, the weeks to come, the bowl situation, and whether if the middle linebacker hooks up with the second cheerleader from the left if their kid would be a better wideout than a defensive specialist.

Alas, local newspapers are too busy reporting, well, news, and the national sports sites catering to this sort of thing are too busy following the important teams that go out and win their games, so my craving goes unfilled. Unless I step in with baseless speculation myself. So, some random questions:

Louisville: Not paying attention or not that good? Not that good. Part of that is Big East bias [1] but the rest is just being unimpressed by their schedule. They slaughtered Oregon St., but I don't think we'll know whether the Beavers are any good for another couple of weeks. Louisville bounces back with their cupcake this week, but loses the next two.

Georgia Tech: Bad or just not the Other Tech? Bad. Yes, the beat the Tar Heels, but I'm thinking the first week's results aren't that relevant. After all, judging from Virgina Tech's week one performance the Wolfpack are challengiong for the conference championship. The Yellow Jackets lose the non-Duke three of their next four.

Virginia Tech: Rose Bowl bound? They're not surpassing Texas with the schedule as it stands now. Virginia won't be a top twenty team by the time the Hokies get to them, and BC and Miami aren't enough to overturn poll momentum. If only Mack Brown had a history of losing a game a season...

UNC: Do you believe the crap in the last post? On my better days. Until I read game synopses like this one. And it's stuff like that which makes me think Carolina's dropping a game to the Utes for a sceond year in a row. It'll be close, and the team will recover, but it won't be a win.

Utah: Got a song about them? No. Go away.

[1] Yes, despite the recent performance of Miami, BC, and Virginia Tech, I still have no respect for the Big East. I'm trapped in the mid-90's. Also: Pittsburgh's performance this year.