College Football Week 1 Review

First and foremost it's awesome to have College Football on Saturdays. Life is definitely back to normal. And, with the NFL starting this weekend that definitely puts things back into perspective. 

The Gators were impressive in the first half. But, when Toledo made adjustments at halftime the offense struggled. Driskel looked sharp for the most part. But, I thought he struggled throwing the ball down field in the second half when Toledo came with more defensive pressure. The good news is our back up running Mack Brown looked powerful and ready. The OL looked Alabama like and our defense looked strong despite seven new starters. And, all of our starters will be back for the Miami game except Halapio. The bad news is, it was Toledo. If we struggle like that against Miami or anyone else in the SEC, we lose. Review of Hurricanes v Gators coming later on this week. And, a special Cane supporter on the Radio Show on Friday.

The Gamecocks looked strong. I was impressed with Mike Davis and his running. I thought Shaw and Thompson looked sharp. And, the SEC Defense overwhelmed the Tar Heels Offense for the most part. But, the game took on a different turn when it clearly looked like Clowney was out of shape. And, with all the hype from the Summer leading up to this game I really don't think he came close to living up to it. He constantly had his hands on hips in the first half and it did not get better throughout the game. As Bianchi said from the Orlando Sentinel, "Clowney's Heisman Campaign lasted all of one half." I was completely not impressed with his performance. He had a total of three tackles, no sacks, and no TFLs. Not acceptable. The defense will have to play a lot better against the Bulldogs who clearly have their backs against the wall after losing to Clemson Saturday night. 

And, speaking of Clemson v Georgia...that was an awesome Opening Weekend Game. Boyd looked sharp and threw some tough passes. He was clutch and made great decisions in the pocket. And. Watkins was illusive and speedy on the edges where he is most dangerous. And, even though the Bulldogs went blow for blow they could not stop Clemson's Offense and Aaron Murray did not look sharp. Nor, did he look like a, "Seasoned Sr SEC Quarterback. I do predict though, they will play a lot better this week as they will be in desperate mode at home against the Gamecocks.

Other tidbits from this weekend's schedule:

• Alabama looked beatable and not as dominant in the first half. 
• Vanderbilt is not the old Commodores. 
• South Florida and Willie Taggart are in trouble of that Massacre handed to them at home by McNeese State. 
• The same can be said for UConn after that terrible lost at home to Towson which they paid 275,000 for. 
• Johnny Manzel is an embarrassment and should be suspended by Sumlin. His attitude and entitled demeanor will keep him from the Heisman this year.
• Bridgewater (Louisville), Boyd (Clemson), and Miller (OSU) have emerged as front runners in the Heisman race.