Campus Zeros [Week 4]

Now, I pick the 5 worst or most disappointing players... the guys that go cry to their girlfriend [or Mom] after putting on a heinous performance on the field. I think for the first time in a long time a Syracuse player will NOT be on this top 5...

5. South Carolina Gamecocks HC, Steve Spurrier: How can you go up 20-7 [missing a XP by the way, looking at you Spencer Lanning] with Stephen Garcia throwing the game of his life... then have the wheels fall off so fast?! Maybe because your 4th quarter drives went Fumble, Fumble, Interception, Interception? What in your right mind would make you pull your STARTING QB in the fourth quarter after he already tossed THREE scores?! Now, you want to play the backup that threw two great, on the money, passes to the Tigers? AND then have your 'vaunted defense' surrender 334yds on the ground... good luck next week with Alabama...

4. Duke Blue Devils' QB, Sean Renfree: Who? What? Sean who? This guy tossed THREE picks in Duke's 35-21 loss to [drum-roll] Army. And on a whopping 2yd scamper he coughed the ball up on a fumble. Nice right? There really isn't any reason to ever hear this guy's name ever again unless he tops this past beauty with another 'Duke Quality' football outing.

3. Texas Longhorns, Ball control: You hear 'hold the ball high and tight' constantly in High School, College and in the Pros... or 'Sometimes the best play is to throw it away.' Obviously, the Longhorns' wanted to hear nothing about this. They turned the ball over a staggering 5 times in what was supposed to be a cake-walk with the Bruins. But, I think a lot of that was from the players and HC Mack Brown peeking ahead to next week at home vs. #2 Oklahoma. Oops.

2. Virginia Tech Hokies QB, Tyrod Taylor: They won the game 17-0, it was a shutout, and a victory in the ACC to put the Hokies at 1-0... so, what's the problem? Tyrod Taylor was constantly introduced and paraded around as the next Vick... far from it. Not only doesn't his resume show it in the passing game but I am waiting for that rushing feature explode as well. 237yds and 1INT with 9car for 10yds [woohoo] is not what Frank Beamer and all of Hokie nation were preaching in the pre-season. Boring!

1. The Big East Conference: Louisville, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati all sit at 1-3 at the bottom of the conference. You know who is at #1? Otto the Orange. UConn has been nothing but a disappointment and the one team, WVU, that could have given the conference a boost with a big win over LSU opted to forget how to play special teams. At this rate I don't even want this conference to get a automatic BSC Bowl bid. That would be a shameful waste.      

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