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Welcome back knuckleheads... for you new people, this weekly thread includes insight, above average comedy and the ramblings of The Hawk 
I know, I know... there are still 2 games to be played this week but I'd rather have Premature Observation rather than Observation Dysfunction
Thursday kicked off with UCLA and Cincy... Kelly still doesn't have all his chips in place. (See what I did there, get used to it). They are soft and undisciplined
Clemson looked like Clemson. I already regret not putting something on Etienne for Heisman. Georgia Tech moved away from the triple option this year, but they still overlooked that whole 'forward pass' fad that has gripped the sport. They have zero identity
The Brandon Wimbush Completion % Tracker: completed 12 of 23 passes for 52%.
Look out AAC.... Tulane ripped off 350 rushing yards and blew the doors off of FIU. Willie Fritz has these guys ready for a major push
Why don't we talk about Utah more? They always find some solid QB and RB's and defensive players.
Army struggled with Rice... stop the dive and you stop the option. The old 'entire offseason to prepare' came into play
Wisconsin loved the heat and humidity of south Florida
Name me another team that could hold the opponent to NEGATIVE 73 yards rushing, possess the ball for 36 minutes, force 3 turnovers and only score 1 offensive TD. I'm looking at you Sparty! Oh yeah, they had more penalty yards than rushing yards too.
Remember ATS machine Utah State from last year? Jordan Love has all new WR's and it doesn't matter, they will be fine
Purdue did Purdue things
The Mullet and The Pirate are cloning QB's. I just know it
Speaking of OkSU vs OrSU... Chuba Hubbard will light up the Big12 this year. Canadian track star in a league where run defense is a rumor
More OSU, this time the Ohio version... Buckeyes looked interested for a quarter then said 'that's good enough'. Fields did look good though
RIP Nebraska Hype? Adrian Martinez put up Wimbush-like numbers and not only missed open WR's, but didn't even see some multiple times
Ole Miss is a mess. I think I saw the OC drawing plays in the dirt. But Memphis couldn't put them away, weird game
Speaking of the SEC! SEC! SEC!.... Wow... Tennessee, Missouri, South Carolina go down. Saban had to cut multiple players 1st half suspensions short to score. But ESPN still loves them and they are the greatest conference with the best athletes, coaches, fans, mascots, stadiums, tailgates and on and on and on
Kelly Bryant, it was you, not us- Clemson
Hot Take Alert! I honestly think we've seen Tua's best already. He's good, but there is something off. Either the fear of injury or the beating that Clemson gave him are in his head. He had happy feet and looked tentative at times. Keep an moving forward, as of course it is only one game
With all the SEC is down talk, I think it's the perfect time to mention that both Kansas and Rutgers are tied for 1st place in their conferences
Story of the day... These kids can play. Holy crap... True Freshmen Hank Bachmeier and Sam Howell led their teams to comeback wins (Bo Nix did too, but he was much more erratic). Bachmeier loaded up the yards and completions, but it was the quality of throws that he made that blew me away. All 3 mentioned seem tough as nails also
Story of the day Part 2: The bad beats... of all the games in all the land for a end of game fluke score to shift the spread from one side to another, it had to be Northwestern vs Stanford. Anyone with a knowledge of recent bad beat history knows these 2 teams were both involved in 2 of the most infamous (Northwestern +7 hosting Ohio State in 2013, losing by 10 after a lateral into the end zone was recovered by OSU and Stanford in 2016 with the strip sack on Josh Rosen taken back for a TD to crush UCLA +3 and +3.5 tickets) I was actually on the right side of both of those, but those who had the Wildcats, thoughts and prayers.
What else... Announcers are still awful. In the UCLA/Cincy game one of the color men said that Ohio Stadium is the 'Wrigley Field of College Football'. As an Ohioan, a fan of both college football and Major League Baseball, I was not aware of this.
Lane Kiffin is not missing any meals
Early candidate for Name of the Year: UMass Punter George Georgeopolous
If you got bored through any of this, go back and read it aloud with the volume and unnecessary exuberance of Chris Fowler.
Hawk and MUGG, it's after 8am.... get up! West coast represent!
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