The Who was one of my favorite groups growing up. They weren't good guys like the Beatles or bad boys like the Rolling Stones-- the quartet was a mangled mess of contradiction and ambiguity. "Won't get Fooled Again" wraps up in earnest with the lyric "Meet the new boss-- same as the old boss". One month into this season not much has changed from last year-- Florida remains the team to beat while Tim Tebow although banged up is dominating...Alabama is unbeaten but the feeling is they remain unproven... Texas looks like the class of the Big Twelve yet has a gauntlet to run through and Penn State can't beat Iowa. Meanwhile, the ACC is without a national title contender as it's the first major conference bereft of an unbeaten.
Alma Mater Update: unstoppable Syracuse ripped Maine 41-24 behind 270 yards passing from Greg Paulus...while Dalone Carter scored four touchdowns (I guess that would make him Daniel LaRusso). SU improves to 2-2 and with Akron on the schedule later this month might actually match and surpass last year's 3 victory total. But just like Johnny Lawrence seemed en route to the valley championship, there's a crane of concern lurking around the corner: the Orange trailed 17-13 to a I-AA school at the half, were aided by 17 penalties against the Black Bears and converted just 1 of 8 third downs. Coach Marrone and company: concentrate---focus power!
MARYLAND instead of turning its season around turned it over five times in a 34-13 loss to Rutgers. Tack on ten penalties and one wonders where the emphasis of not making mistakes last week in practice went wrong. Terrapin Triumphs-- Torrey Smith caught four passes for 112 yards...linebacker Alex Wujciak tallied 17 tackles, giving him 45 for the season...pressed into duty after punter Travis Balz left with a low ankle sprain, Ted Townsley dropped a snap in his own endzone--and somehow was able to squeak a kick past the rush for a 29 yard miracle. Terrapin Troubles-- Chris Turner had one of his three interceptions run back for a touchdown and the Scarlet Knights recovered his fumble for the go-ahead score... the team has held to just 28 yards rushing while Rutgers pounded out 207 on the ground--including backbreaking 29 and 61 yard runs by Joe Martinek in the fourth quarter... the defense failed to register a takeaway and has just three so far this fall. NEXT: Saturday vs. Clemson, noon.
#11 VIRGINIA TECH had heard all week at how Miami was back-- and then the Hokies showed the Hurricanes, in the words of cornerback Rashad Carmichael, had never left-- to the tune of a 31-7 beatdown at Blacksburg. Hokie Highlights--a running game that pounded out 272 yards, including 150 and two touchdowns for R Williams... the defense contained the Canes to 59 yards on the ground and held Jacory Harris to 9 of 25 passing... special teams blocked a punt for a second quarter score that put the game out of reach. Hokie Humblings-- maroon jerseys with maroon pants? Did you learn nothing about what happened to the Redskins after they went burgundy on burgundy against Pittsburgh last year? Or the Houston Texans Sunday (red on red)? You may be the reigning ACC empire, but do not tempt uniform karma. NEXT UP: Saturday at Duke, noon.
VIRGINIA had the week off...and the question is can this season be salvaged? The Cavaliers went 4-0 in October of '08-- but this year's remaining schedule has a record of 22-13... with Maryland (1-3) the only opponent with a losing mark. As long as they don't wear orange on orange. NEXT UP: Saturday at North Carolina, noon.
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