Saturday Review #2 (9/17/16)

Week 3 of the college football season has probably been my favorite so far. A lot of my predictions (I should've wrote about them) were correct so I was very pumped about that. We'll start this review with the Team/Player of the Week:

Team/Player of the Week: Louisville Cardinals/Lamar Jackson

I really don't want to make this a weekly occurrence but Louisville and Lamar Jackson are just too dang good. They came into week 3 ranked #10 in the nation after crushing Syracuse and faced #2 Florida State. Everyone thought that this would be a really close game but Louisville destroyed Florida State 63-20. Lamar Jackson threw for 216 yards with 1 touchdown and rushed for 146 yards with 4 touchdowns. This game was very surprising. It proved despite dominating mediocre teams, Louisville can crush anyone and make them seem very mediocre. I did think Florida State was overrated this year anyway. They don't have the quarterback they need and Dalvin Cook isn't as good as people think he is. This year just isn't their year. Louisville on the other hand, this is their year. They will definitely give Clemson a run for their money in the ACC and Lamar Jackson will win the Heisman Trophy. Everything is just going right for Louisville at the moment and I don't think anything or anyone could stop them right now. I will just casually mention they play #5 Clemson and #6 Houston still this season and everyone should look forward to those games. I also want to mention that Louisville did struggle against Wake Forest last year and they play on November 12th. Not saying Wake Forest will/would beat them but it's something to think about. I will try to find a team/player that's not Louisville and Lamar Jackson next week, but let's see how it plays out.

Game of the Week/"Sadder-Day's" Upset: FCS North Dakota State beats #13 Iowa

My notes to prove I was right.

Research I did about NDSU to prove I was right.

Now I always plan ahead about what I'm going to write about every week. On Thursday and Friday I made a list in my notebook of every game and player I should look out for during week 3. And when I saw that North Dakota State was playing #13 Iowa, I starred that game in my notebook and even researched every little thing about the two teams (ask Tyler Main, he witnessed it) because I knew there was a good chance North Dakota State could beat Iowa. And low and behold, I WAS RIGHT! I CALLED IT! I'M A GENIUS! HIRE ME ESPN! Now me being right about something is a one time thing so I'll enjoy it while it lasts, but yeah FCS powerhouse North Dakota State beat a ranked team in the FBS. Iowa was up 14 to 7 at halftime but North Dakota State made the comeback and won the game on a field goal as time expired, with the final score being 23-21. There's really not much to say about this game besides the fact that an FCS team beat an FBS team and I was right but I chose it as my game of the week just because of those facts. I was hoping Louisville vs Florida State would be good enough to make the Game of the Week cut, but we all know how that turned out (if you read the section before this at least). Now with all the research I did on North Dakota State, I will probably do a short "Team Spotlight" kind of thing where I'll talk about them and how good they are for an FCS team so look out for that later in the week.

Play of the Week: Oklahoma's Noah Brown Touchdown Catch vs Ohio State

I'll be honest, because I spent most of my weekend at Penn State for the Penn State vs Temple game (which I will also right about in the next couple days hopefully tomorrow), I did not get to see or hear about any awesome plays from week 3 so I will look for one right now. Alright 3 minutes later and I remembered the Oklahoma play. So wide receiver Noah Brown of the Oklahoma Sooners made an almost impossible catch against Ohio State. The Ohio State defender had his back turned to the ball while covering Brown and Brown took advantage, in a way, and caught the ball on the defender's back. I mean that's the only way I could describe it really. See it for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTRAF8K6NXg

Well that wraps up this week's review. We learned that Louisville should just be handed a playoff spot, Lamar Jackson should be handed the Heisman Trophy, I'm sometimes right, and I'm not as organized as I think I am. See ya next week!