NCAA College Football: Seven Thoughts On Week Six

Here we go with seven quickies for Week Six!

1. Anyone who doubted the Florida defense this year should be ashamed of themselves. It was almost painful to watch the way Brandon Spikes and the rest of the Gators chomped and chopped their way through the LSU offensive line. Gary Danielson on CBS said it best: even Sam Bradford had trouble with that defense. Josh Jefferson is not in Sam Bradford's league. He was horribly outmatched and spent a lot of time on his back. Not quite the game I expected, but enjoyable nonetheless.

2. I'm predicting a Florida-Alabama tilt in the SEC Championship. Not much of a prediction, I know, given that they are the two best teams in the nation right now, but still, what a game that'll be!

3. Texas were woeful for half of the game against Colorado in Austin on Saturday night. They fully deserved to drop a position in the rankings. They're a long way behind Alabama and Florida right now, in my estimation.

4. Oregon's resurgence continues. They can win without Jeremiah Masoli, and that can only be a good thing. They had some good plays on defense and special teams, and the run game was about as good as ever. They're right back in the hunt for a PAC-10 title. Their home game against USC in a few weeks looms as being a belter. This entire conference is looking mighty interesting right now!

5. The pressure is right back on Bobby Bowden at FSU. It's going to be a long and interesting week in Tallahassee after losing on Saturday night, following on from the rumours that Bowden's days at the Seminoles are officially numbered. On the up side of things, Christian Ponder played pretty well.

6. Don't sleep on Kansas in the Big 12. It seems like everyone's forgotten them in the Big 12 North with Missouri and Nebraska getting all the press. The Fighting Manginos are looking good. Todd Reesing is as good a QB as there is in the country and his backup turned converted wide reciever Kerry Meier pulled in a lazy 16 catches (a school record) for 142 yards and two TDs for the Jayhawks vs. Iowa State on Saturday. They won a belter, 41-36. Get on board this train. Mildly interesting match vs. Colorado in Boulder ahead of some corkers against Texas, Nebraska and, of course, the oldest rivalry in college football, Missouri in the Border War.

7. Thinking that this might be the best weekend of college football this season. Texas and Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout at Midday, followed by Notre Dame vs. USC at 3.30pm and a host of interesting matches later in the evening.

Week Six Player of the Week:

I could've picked any number of players from the Kansas Jayhawks, but senior QB Todd Reesing gets the nod this week. A mightily impressive kid from a school that isn't necessarily known for football (at least not as much as it's known for basketball greatness), Reesing had a career day (as did receivers Meier and Briscoe outside) going 37/49 for 442 yards, 4 TDs and 1 INT. His QB rating was 174.1. Not a bad outing, and easily enough for Kitch's Player of the Week.