Texas & Notre Dame Nut Up Big Time!

Wow! The Texas-Ohio State matchup did not disappoint.

IMHO, the hardest thing in college football is to win a game on the road against a high quality opponent. Texas won this on smarts, determination & clutch play. We all knew Vince Young had tremendous skill, but tonight he proved he had the quality necessary of a great quarterback --- being able to lead your team down the field on a "must" fourth quarter drive. Yet, most important to Texas' win was its defense's ability to hold Ohio State out of the end zone forcing the Buckeyes to settle for field goals and, on a crucial, late drive to a long field goal attempt that just barely missed. The defense kept it a one-score game that always gave Texas hope and set the stage for Young's heroics.

On the other hand, OSU made the big mistakes down the stetch. Coach Tressel's decision to attempt a long field goal, instead of punting and giving his defense the benefit of a long field, was horrible. His delay in using OSU's last two timeouts cost the Buckeyes 15-20 seconds on the clock. Both OSU QBs got a chance after Texas' late touchdown with Zwick fumbling and Troy Smith going down in the end zone for a safety (though Zwick's error was by far worse given the particular circumstances of each situation).

Michigan & Iowa EXPOSED!!! The Irish amaze for the second week in a row taking Willingham's players and Weiss' coaching into Michigan for the big victory. I didn't see the game so I don't know whether Michigan's 10 points was more the result of great Irish defense or a crap Michigan offense. Anyone?

Iowa further embarrased the poll makers by getting their asses whipped by in-state rival Iowa State. OUCH!!!

Other Notes: How many huge errors did Marshall make in letting Kansas State escape with a 2 point win? I remember two turnovers inside the 5 yard line and truly one of the worst play calls ever --- a pass, which was intercepted, when Marshall was on KState's 20 with 8 seconds left; this when Marshall apparently has a solid kicker. Jeebus, just run a centering play, use your last timeout and take the solid shot at beating your big name opponent.