Things I Can Safely Surmise Following The Weekend
October 26th, 2009 by David Scott (UVA91 DUKE89)Man, that was a tough one to swallow. It wasn’t exactly a surprise that the Hoos stumbled their way to a 34-9 defeat to No. 11 Georgia Tech, it was the way they did it that made it so troubling. The Jackets were able to drive the proverbial railroad stake down our defense’s throat to the tune of 362 yards rushing and our offense was about as inept as it has been the entire year. And all this happened in the midst of a Nor’easter settled directly above Scott Stadium. At noon.
So, while I feel like I could sit here for hours listing off reasons why UVa laid such a big egg on the field Saturday afternoon, Kris covered most of them in his post-game article. Besides, aren’t you just dying to know what I can safely surmise following this rain-soaked weekend?
- I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, but the Jameel Sewell QB dive in the second quarter on 3rd and 5 was a good play call. For the first time in their 70 attempts at it, the line blocked well and Sewell ran with purpose for a 25-yard gain and a first down in GT territory.
- Georgia Tech’s Anthony Allen is a horse. His 21-yard run in the second quarter where he bounced off about seven UVa defenders and took it to the 4-yard line was very impressive.
- Even for casual baseball fans like myself, the Yankees/Phillies World Series should be a fun one to watch.
- The New Orleans Saints are legit. I know they looked bad in the first half of their game vs. the Dolphins, but I believe the true mark of a great team is their ability to respond in tough situations.
- This past Sunday featured a number of snoozers on the NFL docket. Out of the 12 games played, six were absolute blowouts and only two games had final scores within a touchdown difference.
- There is no excuse for Tennessee not blocking enough to allow their kicker to attempt the game-winning field goal in Tuscaloosa on Saturday.
- I guess I would say it’s Colt McCoy at this point, but I don’t really feel like there is any true front-runner for the Heisman Trophy yet.
- It pains me to say this, especially in lieu of a 189-yard performance against my Bears, but Cedric Benson is finally showing he was deserving of a top-five draft pick.
- The whole Sam Bradford situation has me feeling sympathetic for the junior Sooner. I know he’s still going to make millions in the pros, but you’ve gotta appreciate the kids who want to come back to school, and to have one like Bradford get hurt is only going to deter kids from doing it in the future.
- Just as I suspected when I first saw the trailers, there is no where near enough content in Maurice Sendak’s 10-page picture book “Where The Wild Things Are” to make a motion picture. Visually, the movie was stunning, but other than that, you should wait til it’s out on DVD.
