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      Ryan Perriloux is still costing LSU

      October 25, 2008 /

      Les MilesIn early May, the LSU Tigers kicked quarterback Ryan Perriloux off the team following multiple legal and disciplinary problems. After SEC rival Georgia trounced LSU 52-38 on Saturday, it’s clear that Perriloux is still costing his team.

      Perriloux was supposed to help the Tigers win another national championship this season. But because he couldn’t fly straight, sophomore Jarrett Lee has had to step into the starting quarterback role.

      While Lee has been far from bad this year (he has thrown for over 1,000 yards and eight touchdowns), he clearly is no match against tougher SEC opponents like UGA. Although he did throw for three touchdowns, the Bulldogs befuddled Lee at times, forcing him into three interceptions and some rather costly mistakes.

      But Lee deserves a pass this season. He was supposed to be on the sidelines watching Perriloux run the offense. And perhaps even worse than Lee having to play is the idea that Perriloux also drove away blue chip prospects who didn’t want to ride the bench because he would block their playing time.

      Even though Les Miles has kept his team in contention much of this year, one got the feeling that eventually LSU’s inexperience on both sides of the ball would doom them. It did against Florida two weeks ago, and certainly did once again on Saturday vs. the Bulldogs. Matthew Stafford abused a young Tiger secondary, which opened up running lanes for Heisman candidate Knowshon Moreno, who rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown. All in all, it was an impressive performance by UGA.

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      UT’s Colt McCoy could break all-time competition record

      October 25, 2008 /

      Colt McCoyThe NCAA record for competition percentage by a quarterback is 73.6% held by Daunte Culpepper of Central Florida in 1998.

      Coming into Saturday’s action, Texas’ QB Colt McCoy had a completion percentage of 81.2%. He completed 38 of 45 passes (84%) for 391 yards in the Longhorns’ 28-24 win over Oklahoma State. Will he break Culpepper’s mark?

      The knock on McCoy this year is that he completes most of his passes under 10 yards and allows his receivers to rack up yards after the catch. But if defenses game plan to take away the big play, why is McCoy criticized for taking what the defense gives him? Isn’t that what a good quarterback does? Granted he doesn’t play in a conference dominated by tough defenses, but again, that’s not his fault. Even though there’s a lot of talk about him being the frontrunner for the Heisman, you hear a lot of “fraud” talk as well, perhaps more so than any other Heisman candidate over the past couple of years.

      Moving on, Oklahoma State deserves a ton of credit for hanging with the Longhorns on Saturday and shouldn’t drop too far in the rankings. UT jumped ahead 14-0 early, but the Cowboys answered the bell and had their chances to even win the game had the capitalized more on Texas mistakes. Some might discredit the Longhorns after this, but don’t forget that this was their third tough challenge in as many weeks. To suggest Texas played poorly would be a slap in the face to the Cowboys’ effort.

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      Michigan’s 33-year bowl streak in jeopardy

      October 25, 2008 /

      Michigan has gone to a bowl game the past 33 consecutive years. But with their 35-21 loss to instate rival Michigan State on Saturday, the Wolverines bowl streak – which is currently the longest in college football – is doomed.

      Michigan would have to win its remaining four games to have a shot at a bowl, but that’s incredibly unrealistic considering they travel to Minnesota and Ohio State still.

      To say the least, it’s been a long year for Rich Rodriguez. And if he doesn’t find a quarterback to run his spread option offense, things might get worse in Ann Arbor before they get better.

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      The next kicker for the New Orleans Saints is…

      October 25, 2008 /

      …playing for Florida State right now.

      Graham Gano, a senior for FSU hit a 50-yard field goal Saturday against Virginia Tech. So what, right? That’s Gano’s fourth field goal of 50-yards or more in the past four games.

      Considering numerous collegiate kickers around the nation are missing extra points on a regular basis, Gano’s achievement is pretty cool.

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      Pundits better start paying attention to Florida again

      October 25, 2008 /

      Florida GatorsOle’ Miss beat Florida on its home turf this year. So what? Clearly the Gators are over it and their 63-5 trouncing of Kentucky on Saturday went a long way in proving that.

      The BCS standings say that UF is the 10th best team in the nation, but nobody should buy that. On neutral ground, the Gators beat half the teams ranked ahead of them (I’ll leave it up to you to determine which of those teams you think they’re better than) in the polls, and in Gainesville they probably defeat most of the teams ranked ahead of them.

      This thought process isn’t based solely on what they did to Kentucky on Saturday either. The Wildcats didn’t stand much of a chance going into the game, although their defense has shown improvement this year. No, this is based on the fact that the Gators still own some of the best talent in the country and are one of the few programs that can say they have a complete football team. Their loss to Ole’ Miss was an aberration and obviously the defeat not only has motivated them, but also has re-focused them as well.

      It’s hard to fathom Texas and/or Alabama losing this season, but it’s even harder to believe that the BCS Championship won’t feature two one-loss teams with how crazy the season has been this year. That said, there’s no reason to think the Gators can’t run the table with the way they’ve handled LSU and Kentucky the past two weeks. Therefore, Florida’s a program that pundits should start paying attention to again as true title contenders.

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