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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