After a week of tumultuous upsets in college football the Shortlist to South Beach stands at a mere 13 lucky teams still left, ranked by order of worthiness for one of the two top spots as follows;
Notre Dame, Kansas State, Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Louisville, Georgia, Florida, LSU, FSU, Oregon State, Clemson and Mississippi State.
Not a single team won a game last week that I called for them to lose and be eliminated from Shortlist contention in 2012, not even the double digit favorite Sooners who gave a perfect illustration between the difference of the top two teams on the Shortlist this week in their marque match-up loss.
Three teams this week find themselves removed from the Shortlist thanks to unpredicted losses stemming respectively from poor coaching, looking ahead, and costly mental lapses from the most important position on the field;
1) Southern Cal gets their overpaid reverse nepotism coaching connection laid bare for the charade it really is as they fall to Arizona in Tucson 39-36. Apparently the media just voted them first in the preseason for the press junkets because it certainly wasn't for their strength of schedule or talent of their quarterback who was bested by an old high school rival he used to own at the last level of football he was any good at. Well, at least there's always next week for this perennial overrated program to try and save some face, or have it disfigured completely, by beating the historical conference giant coming to visit.
2) Rutgers ruins homecoming in New Jersey by losing to an under the radar Kent State team 35-23. In a flash Kyle Flood's great coaching start comes rushing back to reality as the Scarlet Knights now go into November for a stretch run with only a weakened Big East championship to play for. Even Greg Schiano's historically bad, but improving, Rutgers squads didn't end up on the short end of the final score against Kent State, as a reference point, so how his replacement refocuses this team will determine if they can climb to the next level of success despite this big setback.
3) Ohio closes the Shortlist this year on the non-auto-qualifying BCS conferences as they let a chance at forcing overtime in Miami or Ohio slip away due to a mental error on behalf of the quarterback for a 23-20 loss. Whether this becomes the enduring memory of signal caller Tyler Tettleton's college career remains to be seen but forgetting the lack of any number of timeouts remaining while you take a sack in the red-zone with only enough time on the clock to run one play for the win and another for the tie to force overtime to ruin an undefeated season is something most will never forget regardless of how the rest of his starts play out in Athens.
I predict a single team will be eliminated from the Shortlist this week, no matter how much cowbell they bring to face the Aggies;
Mississippi State.
Enjoy the games this week and join me back here next week as what transpires in November will be recalled for all time here on the Shortlist to South Beach!
Copyright 2012 by Christopher Whelpton for Canespace.com
Notre Dame, Kansas State, Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Louisville, Georgia, Florida, LSU, FSU, Oregon State, Clemson and Mississippi State.
Not a single team won a game last week that I called for them to lose and be eliminated from Shortlist contention in 2012, not even the double digit favorite Sooners who gave a perfect illustration between the difference of the top two teams on the Shortlist this week in their marque match-up loss.
Three teams this week find themselves removed from the Shortlist thanks to unpredicted losses stemming respectively from poor coaching, looking ahead, and costly mental lapses from the most important position on the field;
1) Southern Cal gets their overpaid reverse nepotism coaching connection laid bare for the charade it really is as they fall to Arizona in Tucson 39-36. Apparently the media just voted them first in the preseason for the press junkets because it certainly wasn't for their strength of schedule or talent of their quarterback who was bested by an old high school rival he used to own at the last level of football he was any good at. Well, at least there's always next week for this perennial overrated program to try and save some face, or have it disfigured completely, by beating the historical conference giant coming to visit.
2) Rutgers ruins homecoming in New Jersey by losing to an under the radar Kent State team 35-23. In a flash Kyle Flood's great coaching start comes rushing back to reality as the Scarlet Knights now go into November for a stretch run with only a weakened Big East championship to play for. Even Greg Schiano's historically bad, but improving, Rutgers squads didn't end up on the short end of the final score against Kent State, as a reference point, so how his replacement refocuses this team will determine if they can climb to the next level of success despite this big setback.
3) Ohio closes the Shortlist this year on the non-auto-qualifying BCS conferences as they let a chance at forcing overtime in Miami or Ohio slip away due to a mental error on behalf of the quarterback for a 23-20 loss. Whether this becomes the enduring memory of signal caller Tyler Tettleton's college career remains to be seen but forgetting the lack of any number of timeouts remaining while you take a sack in the red-zone with only enough time on the clock to run one play for the win and another for the tie to force overtime to ruin an undefeated season is something most will never forget regardless of how the rest of his starts play out in Athens.
I predict a single team will be eliminated from the Shortlist this week, no matter how much cowbell they bring to face the Aggies;
Mississippi State.
Enjoy the games this week and join me back here next week as what transpires in November will be recalled for all time here on the Shortlist to South Beach!
Copyright 2012 by Christopher Whelpton for Canespace.com
86 - You have email.....
Posted by: raizecane | November 02, 2012 at 06:17 PM
Looks like he reads Canespace and finally started to pressure the QB!
Posted by: calGary Cane | November 02, 2012 at 11:27 AM
YES, he does.
He'll never admit to it but trust me he does.
Posted by: 86Cane | November 02, 2012 at 07:35 PM
ACC establishes policy on potential UM bowl ban; UM-Virginia Tech fallout
Some have asked if UM can play in the ACC title game and accept the invitation to the Orange Bowl if it wins, but self-impose a bowl ban if it loses the ACC title game.
The ACC said that would not be allowed.
Why? The ACC says its championship game is considered a postseason game. So if a team self-imposes a bowl ban, it must do so before the game.
UM said Friday it has not made a decision whether to self-impose.
Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/2012/11/postscripts-reaction-from-ums-win-against-virginia-tech.html#storylink=cpy
Posted by: CaneRock | November 02, 2012 at 07:36 PM
Great night, great day, great wife, great life.
Winning cures everything!
Did I mention that I am happy?
Yeah I thought so...LOL
Posted by: 86Cane | November 02, 2012 at 07:36 PM
The message that our d was seriously tough .. and i believe was when the tempo of the game changed in the 4th was the sack by Pierre when he bulled his way in there handled their qb like a rag doll. Along with getting Porter back we played bigger on the pass rush and run stop. It showed me that our success on d is gonna come when the d line demands more attention.
Posted by: mi@mic@ne | November 02, 2012 at 07:47 PM
'Spacers:
Did last night really happen? I staggered into bed not sure if I was happy or sad. A much-needed "W", over hated rivals, but couldn't shake:
- Morris is not the answer at QB. I don't care how beautiful he can throw a 70 yard rope down field, the guy can't manage a game. Million dollar arm, 5 cent head.
- Announcers flat out mocking the attendance. That hurt, all the way up here in Atlanta!
- Did the kickoff coverage team miss Eduardo Clements or what????
- Note to Coach Fisch re two Morris bootleg calls: Really??? Really??????
- Our D is so broken. Other than McGhee, and usual crazy effort from Eddie Johnson, our tackling was poor, angles non-existent, reads inconsistent. Blech!
- Nice to see Wieclaw out of his funk.
- Waiting to see Golden make the TE more of a cog in the offense, despite a nice couple of plays by Walford.
- 3 yards in the 3rd quarter? 1 of 12 on third down? Don't expect Duke or VA to gift-wrap us the game like the Hokies did last night.
Given all that, I love the win. I'm still troubled as hell though by the team's inconsistent play, poor discipline and lack of fundamental capability (read: we can't tackle for shit).
Someone tell me I'm wrong about Morris. Is Williams really that bad? (Disclaimer: Williams was my LOF - last year!!) lol
Posted by: AlpharettaCane | November 02, 2012 at 07:55 PM
I LIKE MORRIS MORE THEN JACORY!
Posted by: canezilla | November 02, 2012 at 08:47 PM
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Posted by: 86Cane | November 02, 2012 at 08:48 PM
@StateUMiami: Nobody at the Cal-Wash game. I wonder if front page of yahoo will have a pic of Cal empty stadium?
Posted by: ARCane | November 02, 2012 at 09:16 PM
It'll be interesting to see if we beat duke what the AD decides to do about the championship game. If they could somehow get sense if forgoing the championship would take care of the sanctions.. I would self impose the ban if we could then get the full 85 schollies
Posted by: Brevardcane | November 02, 2012 at 09:36 PM
Alph, honestly you have to look at Morris as a guy with untapped potential that can still be brought out and harnessed. Golden defenses are at their best always a hot mess to a certain degree it seems. Really, the day you stay giving a damn what a backup for life from Canada has to say about anything football related since all he's known for is a putrid reality show is the day you need to stay watching with mute enabled and internet stream turned to the propaganda of Bailey Jr.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | November 02, 2012 at 10:03 PM
NEW BLOG IS UP!
Posted by: 86Cane | November 02, 2012 at 11:11 PM
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Posted by: canesteeler | November 03, 2012 at 11:40 AM