College Pigskin, Week 6

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College football scores

What’s it like to play for Alabama? Here’s a hint:  Saban reamed everyone out because they only won by five touchdowns! (65-31) He pointed out that you don’t really “win” if you allow 31 points.

So there’s that.

Now back to reality.

There were a few upsets this week:

#5 LSU lost their first game, to #22 Florida

#7 Oklahoma lost their first game. They lost a typical Big 12 shoot-out (48-45) to the Longhorns (#19). There’s not a lot of defense in the Big 12, is there? I imagine Austin was jumping on Saturday night. Texas/OU weekend was always a crazy time in Austin, even when it was an away game for the ‘Horns, and especially after a Texas win.

#8 Auburn picked up a second loss against Mississippi State, and it was not close. Auburn never scored a TD in the 23-9 rout.

#13 Kentucky woke up from their dream. They lost to the Aggies in OT.

#14 Stanford got absolutely clobbered by unranked Utah, 40-21.

UCF continued to win. That’s about a thousand in a row. They were undefeated last year, including a Peach Bowl win over Auburn, and they are undefeated again this year. They are kind of the small-time Alabama, as they win every game by a mile (48-20 this week). So do you think they are in the top ten? Not yet. They are #12, but the losses by three higher-ranked teams should vault them up to #9 or #10, so a tip of the hat to them for rising that high out of a non-major conference. Of course, the other side of the coin is that Sagarin’s computer ratings place them much farther down (29th in the country) because of their weak competition. (They are ranked 158th in “difficulty of schedule.”)

Saturday baseball

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Summary:

The Yanks tied up the series thanks to three homers (two by Gary Sanchez) and a great start by Tanaka.

As for the Indians …they can’t wait to get to Cleveland. Remember yesterday when they went 3-for-30? Well they went 3-for-30 again today. It’s easy to calculate their batting average. It’s exactly .100, a buck even, the ol’ George Washington, the dreaded half Mendoza. They have managed to turn the Astros pitching staff into the 1907 Cubs.

(The Cubs had an ERA of 1.73 that year. That is the modern record. The second best is the 1909 Cubs at 1.74, followed by the 1906 Cubs at 1.76. The 1908 Club really slumped, limping in at a lame 2.14. That was quite a pitching staff, headed by Three-Finger Brown!)