I'm watching the end of a 10-10 game between East Carolina-Central Florida which, not surprisingly, has featured two sad-looking turnovers in the last 60 seconds of regulation. (And now another interception on the first play of overtime).
Sometimes a game doesn't deserve a winner...
Anyway, when ECU was 2-0 and every 'expert' in the country was talking about the Pirates going to a BCS bowl, I remember telling The Better Half that I would be shocked if they were still ranked on October 1st (they weren't).
That said, here's why I never put any faith in college football's preseason poll:
More than half (13 to be exact) of the teams honored with a preseason ranking are no longer in the Top 25.
Five of those have losing records; the worst of them being Arizona State (#16) at 2-6 and Michigan (#24) at 2-7.
And the current #1 team in the nation, Alabama, wasn't even ranked at the beginning of the season.
It's worth mentioning that I feel a great deal better about the alma mater's Saturday debacle after Big Blue totally dismantled Dallas. America's Team, my ass.
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Yes, watching the Cowboys lose like that made me feel good. Unfortunately, some of that badness got heaped on Brooks Bollinger, a UW grad. He's not that good, but the way the Giants pass rush was mauling him, he didn't have a chance.
Either way, glad the Cowboys got killed.
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