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Week 1 of the College FB season is usually a Beat Em Down
weekend so there’s almost nothing to get excited about. Top 25 teams and other
folks battle cream puffs so it’s merely a good morale boost unless there’s an
actual upset or marquee matchup.
The results are pretty ridiculous so if you’re looking for
any analysis or insight, it’s usually with a grain of salt. I mean Oklahoma
State blitzed Savannah State 84-0 so badly that proud booster T. Boone Pickens
publicly said OSU needed to beef up their schedule. Back in the day, I used to criticize some of
these teams for playing weak when USC (in the Pete Carroll era) would always
play somebody tough.
It’s also why I wouldn’t be opposed to starting college
football polls after Week 2 or 3. 1) It’s hard to tell who’s the best when you
play so many cream puffs, 2) It’d force more teams to play at least one tough
non conference game. But then again, we don't want to shake the system up any more than it already is.
