College Football Roundup

Okay, it's still too freaking warm out to get intensely serious about football, however, it was fun to get the college season underway. A few observations:


Notre Dame
Coach Weiss was so secretive about who he was going to go with at QB Saturday that I thought perhaps Vikings Coach Brad Childress had invaded his body. Sad to say, the results were similar, if not worse, than Childress' lame efforts have been in Minnesota thus far. Yikes, what an ass-kicking and AT Notre Dame to boot! Geez, did you put a Rudy wannabe in there at QB by mistake, Charlie?? Hey, I'm still sold on Weiss' skills as a coach but ya might want to tone down the hype and arrogance, Chuckie...

PS, Or should I say "BS"? Did anyone hear Lou "All-Time Notre Dame Homer" Holtz on ESPN's pregame show? Christ, you'd of thought the Golden Domers didn't even need to show up for this tilt. Hilarious! Perhaps retirement would be a nice option, Lou....

Michigan
Holy shnikees! How about the speed and athleticism of the Appalachian State crew - WOW!! They were really fun to watch, that is, unless you wear the maize & blue. Never heard THE BIG HOUSE quite so tomb-like. To Michigan's credit, they battled their asses off to get back in this one, however, Lloyd Carr has to take some heat for not having his guys well enough prepared for what turned out to be a very tough opener. Maybe Coach Carr should fire his scheduler. By the way, NICE defense Lloyd! Your D ran around Ike they had concrete blocks on their feet. No question you'll see a better squad the rest of the way though; Carr is too good a coach and Michigan too good a program to let this completely derail their season.


Minnesota
Hee-hee, anyone living in the Midwest and particularly in Minnesota, has been overwhelmed by the superlative slinging, non-stop salesmanship of new head coach Tim Brewster. And while I appreciate the upbeat demeanor and energy of Coach Blather, there is such a thing as having a team overtly fired up and not nearly prepared for a football game. You can probably get away with excessive fire and brimstone at the high school level, but you still have to have a scheme that makes sense on both sides of the ball and just basic fundamental preparedness. None of which was in evidence in the first half last Saturday against mighty (HA!) Bowling Green. They better get this figured out and pronto because if they don't, the results will be too ugly for words once they begin playing higher-end competition (i.e., the Big 10 schedule). One last thought, Coach B -- knock off the hype; not every one of your players is "tremendous" or "special." People in Minnesota heard that crap far too much in the Jim Wacker era. It's time to shut up and coach!