Labor Day: Not for College Football

Just because the rest of us had the day off, doesn't mean college football did the same. Rutgers did more to beat themselves than Fresno State, and Tennessee kicks off at UCLA in a few minutes. It's been a sloppy weekend so far, and the first game today did nothing to buck that trend. Can UCLA/Tennessee do anything to resemble a good game? I'm not so sure about that. I'll give UT the edge right now. Actually, it will be more than an edge. UT should run up four touchdowns, while UCLA will struggle to do much on offense. Hmmm... Tennessee 31, UCLA 14.

Coming tomorrow: My Top 25; Joe Paterno's press conference coverage.

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Article of the Day - The end of times?

I generally try to feature an article each day from another site. Usually they're from Penn State or Big Ten blogs, sometimes from other sites. Please check out the author's Web site. I always supply the link in the introduction.

Because the rest of the college football world is seeminly taking a break from creating anything (myselft included) interesting, I'm forced today to put up a post from an Ann Arbor--whore! cough, cough--loyal blog. Luckily for us, it's one of the best out there. The M Zone takes a nice shot at Rivals.com for their revised preseason rankings. It's a good little read.

The End Of Times?

Quick - when is the last time Michigan entered the season unranked? Whatever the previous answer is, the current answer just might be 2008.

A Rivals.com article called "Draft departures cause Top 25 to change," took another look at its first preseason poll of 2008 and had this to say about the Wolverines in the wake roster changes due to players leaving early for the NFL draft and coaching changes:

"Michigan's place in the top 25 was tenuous at best following the graduation of its starting backfield and offensive tackle Jake Long. Since then, wide receivers Mario Manningham and Adrian Arrington entered the draft and Chad Henne's heir apparent at quarterback, Ryan Mallett, transferred to Arkansas. New personnel and a new scheme could mean growing pains for new coach Rich Rodriguez.

Taking the Wolverines' place in the top 25 is Fresno State."

I'm sorry, for a second I thought that said Fresno State.

Fresno State, ladies and gentlemen.

As in the WAC. Taking Michigan's place in a preseason Top 25.

Fresno. State.

Holy Schembechler!

Hold on, folks, I'm looking outside for locusts. Because I'm pretty sure the Bulldogs replacing the Wolverines among college football's preseason elite is one of the signs of the Apocalypse as foretold in Revelations.

And to all those who couldn't wait for Lloyd to leave, who claimed any idiot with a coach's headset could do what he did with the talent at a school like Michigan, well, we'll see.

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