Campus Confidential

By Adam Abramson

What could have been.

Here are the upsets I picked, in case you didn’t read last week or did read, can’t remember, and are too lazy to scroll down:

Nebraska over Texas (Texas won 22-20)
Alabama over Tennessee (Tennessee won 16-13)
UCLA over Notre Dame (Notre Dame won 20-17)
Florida State over Boston College (BC won 24-19)
Pittsburgh over Rutgers (**Rutgers** won 20-10)--See below

I was so incredibly burned by those picks, the only way I could have been more burned is if I had fallen asleep naked in a tanning bed for 2 hours (I don’t have a good base tan…actually, I don’t have any base tan).

It really was a great weekend though. I would have made a ton of money if I bet with the spreads, but I didn’t, so I didn’t make any money.

I wanna talk about just five things before I go into my poll this week. Because I’m tired of coding the bulleted lists, I’m going to try a numbered list this week, let’s see how it works.

1. The Nebraska-Texas game was incredible. I was 15 minutes late to work because I couldn’t leave my house until it was over. AND, I missed the roughing the passer that led to the second Hail Mary. Honestly, that was one of the best games I’ve watched this fall. I really thought I had this pick locked up until the fumble, then I knew I was screwed.

2. Alabama at Tennessee. This was another pick I was so confident about, Tennessee didn’t have a lead for 56 freakin minutes. Well, I said it’s about this time of year where Tennessee loses a game it can’t lose, I’m sticking to that.

3. Only Notre Dame could have won that game. But, to his credit, Brady Quinn is going to make a good living because he can master a game-winning drive far better than anyone else in college football.

4. I am still singing the tune that the biggest story that nobody is talking about this year is Florida State. They are in last place without an excuse because their talent pool is among the deepest in the country. I do most of their blue chip recruits the last five years have been skill position guys and not the big uglys, BUT STILL. I guess maybe it’s time for Bobby to hang it up. Someone tell me what’s wrong in Tallahassee. Now.

5. And last, but not least (actually, probably most importantly), my buddy Nick left a comment that drove a dagger into my heart. I left off March Madness (with emphasis on the opening weekend) when I said things I liked more than baseball playoffs. You can’t talk to me during the first four days of the NCAA Tournament. Last year we had three TVs set up in the living room of Nick’s apartment along plenty of take-out food and drinks…it was one of the more special weekends of my life (sad, I know). Actually, what are your guy’s thoughts about blogging it out during college basketball season? Send me your thoughts/suggestions if you have any.
   

1. Ohio State
2. Texas
3. Michigan
4. Southern California
5. Auburn
6. Florida
7. Louisville
8. Clemson
9. Louisiana State
10. West Virginia
11. California
12. Arkansas
13. Notre Dame
14. Wisconsin
15. Boston College
16. Nebraska
17. Iowa
18. Georgia
19. Boise State
20. Rutgers
21. Wake Forest
22. Oklahoma
23. Texas A&M
24. Missouri
25. Oregon

**I orginally had Pitt won 20-10...until two readers let me know I'm a moron. Sorry about that. I did watch half of the game (until the Clemson beatdown came on). So, I corrected that, sorry guys. Also, I know picking PItt to win wasn't an upset prediction, because they were favored 7. Anyway, I'm going to try and do a story about Ray Rice because he's just ripping it up, and I miss writiing non-blog pieces (although the blog is fun).

**I'm on fire this week. Thanks to the keen observation of Claire, I had Boston College twice...so hello Oklahoma at 22 and Rutgers at 20.