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Collball Week 13: Canes and more...
[The new Canesfan Satisfaction Meter poll will be up in separate post beginning at precisely 8 p.m. Watch for it and vote!]
No. 17 Miami 31. South Florida 10 (Final):
4Q: Matt Bosher cashes three more for 31-10.
3Q: Jacory Harris nice TD pass to Dedrick Epps in the end zone for a commanding 28-10 lead ..... USF touchdown pass draws Bulls within 21-10. Am I the only one who think it's ridiculous for a team from the middle of the state (Tampa) to call itself South Florida?
2Q: Javarris James with his second TD run of game and Canes up 21-3 mid-second. USF can;t stop the Miami run ..... Bulls on board with a 36-yard FG.
1Q: Javarris James TD run puts Canes up 14-0. Early domination ..... Like the new Miami uniforms, by the way. Didn't think I would but they look clean, sharp. Even like the multi-color numbers. One other quick uni thought: USF helmets are the color of vomit ..... Very impressive opening drive by UM finished by Jacory Harris' TD pass to Leonard Hankerson for 7-0 lad. Jacory looking sharp. Love the 4-and-inches call, eschewing the field goal.
Original post:
The Hurricanes (8-3) are a modest 6 1/2-point fave over the once-ranked Bulls (7-3) in UM's regular-season finale. Much is in play for Miami. The result determines whether the Canes get in a New Year's day bowl and also how fans might view this season on a success-or-disappointment scale. USF, trying to get to the echelon Miami enjoys, will be pumped. I like the Canes, although UM's erratic nature and Jacory Harris being all over the scale -- from brilliant to INT-nightmare -- makes predicting this team a minefield.
Your thoughts on today's UM game invited here before, during and afterward. We'll have our latest Canesfan Satisfaction Meter poll up in a separate post around 30 minutes after the final whistle.
Today's other FBS Division 1 state collball action:
Central Florida 34, UAB 27: UCF Knights (8-4) end a nice regular season nicely.
No. 1 Florida 37, Florida State 10: The idea that the archrival Seminoles could spoil the top-ranked Gators' national title hopes made the game riveting. Um, but not for long. Reality: Florida 12-0 after Tim Tebow's three TD passes and two TDs running, and FSU a sad 6-6. Tebow's final game at The Swamp was a fitting sendoff adorned by the expected media genuflecting.
FAU 29, Western Kentucky 23: The mighty Owls (4-7) avoided a huge embarrassment. Western Kentucky is 0-11. (Eastern Michigan is the only other winless team in Division 1A).
Off this week: FIU (3-8) girds for next Saturday's annual Shula Bowl rivalry vs. FAU. Man, the excitement is such, I can hardly stand it!
National game of the week: Lots of traditional rivalries this week but not much all that compelling, although Auburn gave it a shot, almost upsetting No. 2 Alabama. Only top-25 matchup is 21-Utah @ 19-Brigham Young.
COTE'S TOP 30-PLUS
Our own national ranking, in its first year and using an experimental ranking:
Rank Team Points (Last week)
1 FLORIDA 1,167 (1)
2 Texas 1,117 (2)
3 Alabama 1,110 (3)
4 Boise State 920 (4)
5 Southern Cal 862 (5)
6 Louisiana State 850 (6)
7 TCU 832 (7)
8 Ohio State 791 (8)
9 Cincinnati 777 (1)
10 Penn State 776 (9)
11 Virginia Teach 718 (11)
12 Oklahoma State 663 (12)
13 Georgia Tech 632 (13)
14 Iowa 574 (15)
15 MIAMI 570 (14)
16 Oregon 554 (16)
17 Oklahoma 480 (17)
18 Brigham Young 472 (18)
19 Mississippi 427 (19)
20 Houston 386 (20)
21 Pittsburgh 379 (22)
22 California 359 (21)
23 Utah 337 (23)
24 Nebraska 252 (25)
25 Kansas 246 (24)
26 Georgia 197 (26)
27 Notre Dame 163 (27)
28 North carolina 160 (28)
29 Wisconsin 135 (29)
30 Oregon State 130 (t35)
32 SOUTH FLORIDA 116 (30)
40 FLORIDA STATE 77 (39)
Hurricanes are 10 pts better then South Florida
Florida should stomp FSU by 20 pts.
Posted by: Jimbo | November 28, 2009 at 03:48 PM
All I can say is Cote's poll is somewhat weird. ..not entirely, just somewhat. What theare Oklahoma and Kansas doing in there? I don't get why Texas is #2 or why TCU is below Boise St.Why is Va Tech ahead of Ga Tech? And USC #6? Where is Stanford?
Posted by: mike1 | November 28, 2009 at 06:10 PM
Watching all the camera flashes go off in the Florid-FSU game. We see this all the time..don't people know that flashes don't have an impact from that far away?
Posted by: mike1 | November 28, 2009 at 06:11 PM
Obviously not mike1.
Posted by: Tom | November 28, 2009 at 07:02 PM
fellers,
how many tabs of acid were consumed before the above poll was compiled? USC #6? for having beaten a team from ohio state that will lose the rose bowl by two touchdowns to whichever of the oregon schools wins thursday night? notre dame? this arrangement is laughable!! HARDEE HAR HAR!!!
Posted by: the shadow knows | November 28, 2009 at 07:51 PM