College Football: Week 6 Recap

Written by Josh Cohron | 12 October 2009

A few quick-hitters from a good Saturday of football...

• True freshman quarterbacks are true freshmen.Saturday night at Iowa, it was cold and the environment was pretty hostile. Tate Forcier never looked completely comfortable. He completed less than 50% of his passes and didn't even tally 100 passing yards. Denard Robinson came in down the stretch and led an exciting scoring drive (which appeared to be comprised of two plays: run left and throw right), but threw a costly pick on Michigan's last offensive possession. While the future in Ann Arbor is still bright, the true freshmen have each thrown late INTs in close games in the past two weeks. Delaware State comes to town this week, for what should (hopefully) be a game to get everyone firing back on all cylinders.
• Kentucky fans will soon pine for Mike Hartline.Hartline went down with a nasty knee injury on Saturday afternoon. Will Fidler was less than spectacular in his relief effort. Randall Cobb, however, led a dynamic drive down the field to get the Wildcats within two points. For some reason, Fidler was put in for the two-point conversion that failed. Freshman Morgan Newton and Fidler are expected to battle it out this week to see who starts at Auburn, but Cobb will be in the race too. If Newton wasn't good enough to be the backup, why should 'Cats fans expect him to be able to play well in his first start on the road against an SEC opponent? I've thought that Cobb is best when playing WR, but if there isn't a QB that can get him the ball, he may be most effective under center. As frustrating as Hartline may have been, he was the best QB on the team.
• Florida and Alabama are the two best teams in college football.I know I'm not saying anything you don't know, but both teams cemented themselves as #1 and #2 on Saturday. Florida went to the craziest environment in college football (Death Valley at night) and dominated LSU. LSU's offense looked pathetic for most of the game. Sure, Florida didn't put up many points (13), but few teams would score more than that in the same situation. Alabama was also extremely impressive in their manhandling of Ole Miss. Alabama has one of the fastest defenses I have ever seen, they have guys flying all over the field. It's a shame these two teams will have to play in a conference championship game and not the BCS Title game.
• Tennessee appears to be going bowling once again.The Vols didn't make a bowl last year, but Lane Kiffin has his squad poised to be playing in the postseason again this year. They drubbed Georgia by 26 (with Grubby watching in person... for a while at least) on Saturday to move to 3-3. They play Alabama in two weeks, but then have five winnable games to end the season. Finding three wins against South Carolina, Memphis, Mississippi, Vandy and Kentucky shouldn't be tough. Come on, Jonathan Crompton deserves this... kind of.

If you're missing football that bad already, ESPN has games every night this week. At the very least, it's something to gamble on until Saturday.