So far, the 2015 college football season has not disappointed much. There have been plenty of exciting finishes an unexpected ending. There are a lot of teams having great success that seemingly came from nowhere (I'm looking at you, Oklahoma State and Iowa), and there are also some teams that seem to have vastly underachieved (sorry Ole Miss and Georgia, among others).
Even though we are going into the 11th weekend of college football this year, it still feels like it is just the beginning. We have reached that exciting part of the season when everyone starts to feel the pressure. Rivalry games are played. This is the time of the season that everything just gets crazy. As we prepare for the wild ride that the next month or so will bring, I thought I would highlight some of the feelings and events that college football fans experienced in the first two months of the season.
That moment when you're watching a Tuesday night football game and realize you have a problem...
Rationalizing staying in school an extra year so you can get another football season
That mini heart attack you get when your favorite player goes down
Your school has a football team???
Ole Miss rose up.... and then crashed and burned
Whenever you hit an all time low, anything is exciting...
I Iaughed at this meme before watching the Pigs whip LSU up and down the field on Saturday night. As an LSU fan in the stadium, there was not much to cheer about. If I remember correctly, I don't even thing the Tigers won the coin toss. This is really more descriptive of the start of Arkansas' season. At the end of the day, however, they still live in Arkansas...
Tennessee's relationship with winning: it's complicated
Beating cupcakes early on in the season gives fans false hope
In September, Georgia looked like a promising candidate to win the SEC. Now in November, it seems like the fan base is asking for their coach (Mark Richt) to be fired. Georgia did have a rough October, losing 3 out of 4 games. The lone win in October came from an ugly 9-6 victory against Missouri. Regardless, the Bulldogs will make it to another 'toilet' bowl this year. The mediocrity seems to not be sitting well with the Georgia faithful.
What happened to Oregon?
The announcers on CBS, what are they doing?
Over the years, there has been much groaning by fans over the announcers of the CBS afternoon broadcast. Uncle Verne and Gary can never seem to get much right and ramble on like many announcers do. Part of me wants them to hang it up, but they do kind of grow on you like that idiot friend you may have. For those of you who don't know what I am talking about, the pair can be compared to Waldorf and Statler from the Muppets (they sort of look like them too).
Jim McElwain... chill out!
In his first year at Florida, Coach Jim McElwain already has a team that has won an SEC East division title. He has proven himself in a very short time to be an effective coach. His methods must be working, but maybe he should tone it down a little bit judging by this video of him
Still waiting for Texas A&M to stop somebody....
The excitement (or shock) you get with a crazy ending
There have been several crazy finishes this season. The excitement these wild games generate is why people love college football. One of the most notable is the ending of a game between two in-state rivals. Early this season, Michigan had Michigan State on the ropes at home with just a few seconds left in the game. All they had to do was get a punt off, and the game would most likely be theirs. That's when everything went wrong... The ending can be found here.That feeling you get when your undefeated team loses...
The frustration you feel whenever the College Football Playoff poll comes out...
What kind of system are these playoff committee members going by??? Only two week in, it seems like they are drawing their rankings out of a hat. From the looks of the Top 4 this week (Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame), it looks more like the committee is going for TV ratings rather than objectively ranking the best teams. Time will tell who the best teams actually are (hopefully).
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