SCARLET KNIGHTS TRIED TO LOSE BUT HOKIES WOULDN'T LET THEM

 Weekend Watch:


Well … Rutgers certainly tried … to lose to Virginia Tech 

Saturday (Sept. 21). The Scarlet Knights missed two field 

goals, fumbled the ball away inside the Hokie five yard line 

and … leading 23-7, coach GREG SCHIANO opted for a 

pass on fourth down from the Tech one … that fell 

incomplete … The final was 26-23 when Rutgers (3-0) 

turned a screen pass into a 63-yard gain leading to a 24-yard 

FG that was good with 1:56 to go … then intercepted a pass 

to assure Tech’s 12th straight loss to a non-conference 

Power 4 team and Notre Dame. The Hokies (2-2) now have 

been beaten by a team picked to finish last in the SEC 

(Vanderbilt) and the team picked to finish ninth in the Big 10 

… which leads to a question: Who would you rather not be 

today, Carolina coach MAC BROWN, a 70-50 loser to 

James Madison, or Tech’s BRENT PRY? … “We made 

some changes … We will have to look at it some more,” Pry 

told reporters.


YOU WANT unrest by the faithful? … Off to a terrible 0-3 

start, Florida State – preseason No. 10 – finally won … 13-9 

over ACC newcomer California in Tallahasee … where they 

loved seven sacks by the Seminoles’ defense but hated 

another sub-par performance by the offense … most notably 

transfer QB DJ UIAGALELEI, who was 16 of 27 for 177 

yards throwing the football … as FSU scored only twice on 

11 possessions.


SOMETIMES YOU can’t believe your lying eyes … like 

Saturday night in Boulder, Colo., where DEION 

SANDERS’ Colorado Buffalos won in overtime … but 

never should have had the opportunity … Get this: Trailing 

by seven points with :02 remaining in regulation, Colorado 

was on the Baylor 43 … and everyone, it seems but Baylor, 

knew a Hail Mary was the call … the only call.

So what did the Bears do? They put only two defensive 

backs deep… and ran man for man with Colorado receiver 

 LAJOHNTAY WESTER ... who caught the ball when the 

defender got turned around and apparently tripped over the 

flag … The network never bothered to show us why the two 

Baylor players already in the end zone were otherwise 

occupied and arrived too late to help … That the Buffalos 

won when Baylor’s DOMINIC RICHARDSON, diving for 

what would have been a game-tying TD (at worst) on the 

Bears’ first possession, fumbled the ball through and out of 

the end zone … without breaking the plain was anti-

climactic … and meant to be.



HOW ABOUT THAT? … Sanders to replace MIKE 

NORVELL at alma mater Florida State? That’s the rumor. It 

says here: No way. The Seminoles are smarter than that. 

They are … aren’t they?



NBC HAS DECIDED to give CRIS COLLINSWORTH a 

new contract … ignoring critics who think he’s been 

intimidated by players and no longer is willing to get on 

them … when necessary, The former Bengals receiver is 

expected to be analyst on Sunday night games well into the 

2030’s … The news surely wasn’t welcomed by a long-time 

media watcher in New York … who insists Collinsworth, as 

well as baseball’s JOHN SMOLTZ (Fox), talk too much, 

thereby ruining the coverage.


Until next time ...






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