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> The Sunshine State shakeup continues.? With FSU demolishing Miami, and UF falling for a second week in a row, it appears that when the new rankings come out, FSU will be the top team in the state of Florida.? That used to be commonplace, but in the last few years with the success that the Gators have had and the fall from grace for FSU, its a big deal for Jimbo Fisher’s team, which had fallen on tough times in the last few years under legendary coach Bobby Bowden.? So what’s been the difference?? Well, besides the NFL raiding Florida for Tim Tebow and other premier players, FSU has a big-time defense again.? Sans a nightmare outing against the Sooners, FSU has held their opponent to 17 points or less every game this year. In 2009 when FSU had one of the worst defenses in the nation FSU allowed 17 points or less in just 2 games (one a loss to USF, and the other in an ugly win over Jacksonville State).? Give much of the credit to new Defensive Coordinator Mark Stoops, who I interviewed this past week.? That candid conversation with the coach will be up on the site sometime this week.

> So now, what becomes of the Top 20?? It’s going to be an interesting discussion for pollsters where to put Alabama, and whether to move teams like Auburn up after their shaky win over lowly Kentucky.? That said, here’s my prediction for the top 20 tomorrow.? Bear in mind this is not my personal rankings, just my opinion of what they’ll be,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], based on trends from years past.
Four teams are ranked in the top 12, which is pretty amazing, and with Arkansas’ win, LSU’s win, and Auburn getting a game winning kick to beat Kentucky, it appears that the SEC West– yes the West– has a legit shot to have 4 teams in the top 10 next week.
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> With their pulsating win LSU stays right in the thick of the SEC West race, which appears to be the superior division in the SEC in 2010.? The West is wide open with Alabama’s loss (we’ll get to that shortly) and look at the standings with each team’s rank going into the game of the top 4:
> Guess whose back?? F-L-O-R-I-D-A- S-T-A-T-E!? The 23rd ranked Seminoles thumped number 13 Miami 45-17, winning by 4 scores at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens.? This wasn’t just a beat-down, it was a statement.? FSU which had their swagger rocked by Oklahoma in week 2 (the same week Miami had theirs dumped in a loss at The Shoe) regained it in South Florida, racing out to a 21-0 lead en route to the huge blowout win.? In a series that has been tremendously tight in the last few years FSU beat Miami by 28, their biggest win over Miami since 1997,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], when FSU crushed the Canes 47-0.? That Noles team finished 11-1 (8-0 in the ACC) and beat Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. This year’s Seminoles team just might be good enough to run the table themselves.? And for the first time 2000, FSU may just have the goods to finish in the top 10.
> Another wild, wild finish for LSU.? Man, the Tigers have got to be the most uncomfortable 6-0 team in the nation.? But I’ll say this: 6-0 is 6-0, and sometimes going the old school Ohio State way (winning in heart-pounding fashion) seems to be the way this Tigers team is going to play this year.? Maybe the Tigers aren’t a top 10 team, maybe they are.? But after a crazy finish at home versus the Vols, Les Miles pushed all the right buttons against Florida.? Down 29-26 with under a minute left, LSU appeared ready to kick what would have been a game-tying 53 yard field goal when they shifted gears and faked the kick.
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Predicted Top 20 (AP)
Monster Saturday (week 2) was supposed to be the most unbelievable week of the season, but it didn’t live up to the hype.? Instead it was this weekend’s slate of games which delivered breath-taking finishes, the number 1 team going down, and 5 ranked teams falling by the wayside.? In the history books, heretofore, October 9th, 2010 will simply be referred to as Epic Saturday.? Here we go.
LSU wins another wild one, Oregon State does this every year, the loaded SEC West, and here comes FSU in the Sunshine State.
See, Oregon State is good for at least 8 wins every year.? It just takes them 4-5 games to wake up.? All that bodes well for Boise State and TCU who need the Beavers to bounce back from another mediocre first month to finish in the top 20, and boost their strength of schedule, which is, to say a word, weak.
> As for the East: finally, finally South Carolina actually wins a big game.? They controlled the clock,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], won with a balanced attack, and put pressure on Greg McElroy, who I’ll say it now, has got to have a better internal clock in his head.? McElroy who hadn’t lost since middle school, had quality numbers, but took a ton of sacks, many which he could have just as easily threw the ball away.? Marcus Lattimore had a fabulous game, scoring 3 times, and the Cocks shut down Alabama’s vaunted running game.? Alabama’s defense, which lost so many stud players to the NFL last year,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], did not play well, and it was clear after this one that even a team as good as Alabama, can’t handle playing a top 20 team each week with the opposition always having a week to prepare.
01. Ohio State (The poll historically loves them, they get the edge)
02. Oregon (The scoring machine moves up to number 2 after stifling Cougs)
03. Boise State
04. TCU
05. Oklahoma (Win over FSU looks even better, Sooners could be best team in college football)
06. Nebraska (Thumped K-State on Thursday, weak schedule could hurt them down the line)
07. Alabama (Bama shouldn’t be a top 5 team and the two Big12 powers in 2010, Oklahoma and Nebraska are both still undefeated.? Hence they land here)
08. Auburn (Escape from Kentucky puts them below Tide.? I don’t see Utah jumping them)
09. LSU (Wild win in Gainesville propels Tigers over Utes, West rival Hogs)
10. Utah (Utes keep winning, but that win over Pitt no longer holds any value)
11. South Carolina (Program defining win over Bama, but can SEC really sport four top 10 teams?)
12. Michigan State (Win in Ann Arbor vaults them up 6 spots)
13. Iowa
14. Florida State (National TV Primetime win over Canes lands Noles where Canes once were)
15. Arkansas (Unimpressive neutral site win over Texas A&M drops Hogs a few spots)
16. Stanford (USC win not what it once was)
17. Wisconsin (Big-time test looms next week with Buckeyes coming to Madison)
18. Nevada
19. Florida (Gators have 2 losses, no matter how close the LSU game was)
20. Oklahoma State
12. LSU???????????????? 4-0??? 6-0
8. Auburn?????? 3-0 ?? 6-0
1. Alabama????????? 2-1???? 5-1
11. Arkansas?????? 1-1???? 4-1
SEC West (AP Rankings)
> A week ago I was ready to hand Denard Robinson the Heisman.? Like Reggie Bush, I’m taking it back.? Robinson was manhandled against Michigan State, which played a stellar game at the Big House, shredding apart Michigan’s pathetic defense.? The Wolverines have too many holes in their D to win enough games for Robinson, and when the game got away from Michigan and they were in comeback mode Robinson was no longer effective as a straight up passer.? Meanwhile the Spartans look great, and a shout out to Major Hester, who put off a procedure to watch the game at home.? Mark Dantonio coached the game from the press box after having a mild-heart attack just a few weeks earlier and has got to be so inspired by the way his team is playing.? At 6-0 Michigan State is already bowl eligible, and don’t look now but they don’t play Ohio State this year.? In fact, their only game against a ranked team from here on out is Iowa on October 30.? With Illinois and Northwestern the only two games before that big date, I fully expect Sparty to be 8-0 heading into what could be a huge showdown at the Hawkeyes house. What a great story that would be for MSU, which won just 6 games last year before barely squeaking into a bowl game.
> The ACC looks like FSU’s for the taking, but before we hand the Seminoles the conference crown, circle their Thursday Night date at NC State as a must watch.? The Wolfpack pounded lifeless Boston College 44-17, and at 4-1 look like the Seminoles only competition for the ACC Coastal.? I fully expect FSU to jump 8-10 spots in this week’s rankings, and after beating BC (which I fully expect the Noles to do) it’s off to Raleigh in a game that has “trap” written all over it.? Just remember: you heard it here first.? That game should be a dandy.
> And say this about Steve Spurrier, he gone done did it.? The Ole Ball Coach finally has that signature program defining win.? South Carolina has been stuck in the shadows of the SEC’s elite for years since Spurrier’s arrival (leading the Gamecocks to always open on ESPN Thursday night just to get some exposure) but with this win, South Carolina now has everyone’s attention.? But c’mon security guards, how do you not let the fans rush the field after beating the number 1 team in the land?? That’s just mean.
Thoughts?
> Number 9 Arizona went down, but it wasn’t that big of a shock.? The Wildcats barely beat Iowa with a bunch of non-offensive touchdowns and have been notoriously fickle from week to week for years.? A week after barely beating Cal in an ugly 10-9 win, Arizona oddly moved up 5 spots into the top 10.? And while I think that Arizona has a good team, they don’t have a top 10 team just yet.? Oregon State came into Arizona Stadium and just outplayed the Cats.? After getting a crack at both TCU and Boise State, Oregon State finally beat a top 10 team, and that team was Zona.? It seems like the Beavers are now ready to make their ‘five games into the season run.’? Seriously, OSU gets off to these type of mediocre starts like every year it seems, and then wakes up to become a formidable team.? See for yourself:
Holder Derek Helton took the snap and tossed it over his shoulder, taking a charitable bounce right to Josh Jasper, who coraled it and barreled forward for a first down.? The play was so close that it took an extended review to try to determine if it was a forward pass (which would have made it incomplete) but the call stood, and the following play, QB Jarrett Lee threw an absolute strike to Terrence Toliver, who raced down the field to the 2 yard line.? Two plays later, on a perfect throw that only his receiver could catch, Lee hit Toliver again, this time with just 6 seconds left to cement the shocking win.
2009: started 2-2, finished 8-4
2008: started 2-3, finished 8-4
2007: started 2-3, finished 8-4
2006: started 2-3, finished 8-4
Florida’s shock was presented best when ESPN’s cameras caught a UF fan who looked frozen.? And just like that, the Gators,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who going into last week’s tussle with Alabama were 31-2 in their last 33 or something like that, have lost 2 in a row.? The last time UF lost twice in a row?? How about October 6, 2007 when UF lost to– you guessed it– the LSU Tigers.
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