Phi Bloga Recapa, Week 7

A lot of question marks this Saturday...

Oh, I don't necessarily mean, who ascends the rankings after a couple top teams bungled their close-ups on national TV like a horny, nervous teen boy bungles his first attempt at unhooking a bra.

More, what the hell was going on at the end of that Notre Dame-UNC game? First question, why was I watching the Irish? I don't have a good answer for you save as long as CBS persists on sticking Tennessee games into the 3:30p time slot, my options are few.

But to the game itself, what was up with the two lengthy reviews? Both times, the officials spent nearly 10 minutes conferencing. One review breathed undeserved life into Notre Dame's comeback attempt. The second killed their final chance long after it was obvious to just about everyone that the Irish goose was cooked.

I mean, if you're going to try to hand Notre Dame the game through officiating, just man up and do it.

Seriously, I hope that's the last I write about Notre Dame this year (though I know better than to cash that check).

Yesterday was a pretty wacky day. Let's take a stroll around sports blogfrica for reactions and thoughts on Saturday's action.

Texas 45 Oklahoma 35. HeadThief from Land Thieves says:

# I don't know why the Sooners didn't try a fifth DB instead of raw LB Brandon Crow. The Horn passing game consisted of short throws to Cosby, and throws in the middle of the field to Shipley ALL FREAKING DAY.
# Colt McCoy does a great job of moving around the keeping the play alive. He's more athletic than you initially think he would be. Is that because he's white? Or because he looks like he still doesn't shave?

Toledo 13 Michigan 10. Tim and Paul from Varsity Blue say:

Paul: mind lasers. please. we need an inexplicable mistake on their part
Tim: tom hammond save us all
Paul: all hail hammond! & zoltan...
Paul: mmb should learn yakety sax
Tim: no but we're srsly going to lose to fuckin toledo
Paul: ast time you said that we lost to appy! jinxer!
Paul: i think this proves sheridan to clemons is not effective
Tim: sheridan to X is generally terrible. mostly on account of the sheridan factor
Paul: bye bye motor city bowl
Tim: i might puke
Paul: can we pretend toledo is in CUSA or something?
Tim: beat the fucking nittany lions
Tim: maybe we can win the tears of infinite sadness award this week.

Texas Tech 37 Nebraska 31. Ryan Hyatt from the Williams and Hyatt Show Blog says:

So much for 59-17...

If Mike Leach’s bunch were a basketball squad you might call them a good tournament team tonight. Against Nebraska in a not-quite-ready-for-prime-time performance Tech won 37-31 in OT to stay unbeaten and stay in the tournament that is college football and the Big 12 South. It wasn’t pretty, heck at times it wasn’t even interesting, but it was a win and that’s pretty much the best thing Tech can take away from it.

Oklahoma St 28 Missouri 23. AJ from Behind Enemy Lines says:

I’m not sure what Mike Gundy did to his defense, but the pressure the Pokes put on Daniel won the game. I’m not going to lie to you..I’m not some sort of offensive line guru, but I’d like to know how the same offensive line that allowed Daniel to make a four course meal in the pocket while in Lincoln last week could allow that much pressure. Perhaps Okie State is just that good or the Husker front four just sucks that bad. Not sure…but props to Okie State. They outplayed the Tigers in almost every part of the game. They deserve all the credit they can get...I was very very impressed.

Florida 51 LSU 21. Jeff at LSU TigerBait says:

LSU was in the game for about the first 5 minutes of the third quarter. Outside of those 5 minutes, it wasn't even close.

Lee threw two interceptions, one for a touchdown. Percy Harvin and the other Florida speedsters had a veritable field day. McCray got burned again. Charles Scott was held to 35 yards on the ground.

But those things are simply symptoms of the real cause of the one-sided ass-whooping last night. Domination at the line of scrimmage. LSU is supposed to have great talent on both the offensive and defensive lines. Either that was exposed last night as an overstatement, or Florida has more and greater talent. Because LSU's big men were owned. All night.

Penn St 48 Wisconsin 7. I couldn't find any worthwhile reactions from Penn Staters - outside of this photo posted by Black Shoe Diaries - because I assume they are all still sleeping off their enormous celebration induced hangovers.