The Coach O Show

The Georgia Bulldogs have had a complete face lift since the Tennessee game. Those Bulldogs looked totally disinterested in what was going on in the game, but these Bulldogs are playing better than any other team in college football. The offense is seeing a healthy balance of passing and running. The defense is creating turnovers and not giving up the big play. The Dawgs are finally playing with some swagger and confidence, which has been missing in the CMR era. They are showing everybody that they belong in the same discussion as Oklahoma, LSU, and Oregon as the top teams in the country. Now, they just need some help from Vandy.

The Kansas Jayhawks continue to skate through their less than impressive schedule. If they win out, they'll have to face Oklahoma in the BIG VII Championship, and I gotta admit that I really want to see that game. They'll have to beat a very good team in Missouri first. These teams that want respect for going unbeaten, like Hawaii and Kansas, need to do more than beat SE Louisiana, Toledo, Northern Colorado, and Charleston Southern.

Notre Dame lost again, believe it or not. If they lose to either Duke or Stanford, I think you have to crown ND as one of the worst D-I teams in the history of college football. The Clausen family may go down as the most overrated and ugliest family as well.


Those Ohio State Buckeyes couldn't wait until the Michigan game to prove that they are overrated. Congrats need to go out to CRZ and the fighting Zooks for the job they did. Kirk Herbstreit's Heisman dark horse, Todd Boeckman, took his name out of the running with 3 interceptions. I still believe that Michigan will beat Ohio State next week in the "Big House".

Now to the NFL, and the Jacksonville Jaguars have gotten things turned around. Quinn Gray has done a great job of not screwing things up while David Garrard is out. Maurice Jones-Drew continues to prove that he deserves to be considered among the top running backs in the league, but we'll save that for a future Top 5 Friday topic.

The Colts and Chargers game was one of the strangest games I've ever seen. Manning throws 6 picks, Vinatieri misses 2 FG (the game winner was slightly longer than an extra pt.), and it rained in San Diego. The Colts showed me that they are pretty ordinary on offense without Harrison and Dallas Clark. Harrison is in bad shape with that knee, but Clark should be back soon. Philip Rivers is the most inconsistent player in the NFL. The Chargers will need more than LT if they want to anything special this season.