First Weekend Of College Football Is Done.

Ok, so the 2009 first weekend of College Football is complete and what do we know at this point?  Well, it really is too early to say that we really know anything at all.  But like everyone else I’ve got a few observations after watching several games and way too much Sports Center.

First thing is that most big time D1 (oops I’m supposed to say FBS) schools schedule patsy games for their season openers.  And the ones who don’t, like Georgia and Virginia Tech, are probably regretting it right now.   Now with the way that schedules are done, sometimes several years in advance, it can be difficult to ensure that the school will still be a patsy a few years down the road, but Alabama and Oklahoma State compared to say Charleston Southern (Florida’s season opener) well you tell me.

My question is who is better off,  Virginia Tech and Georgia who have lost early and can learn from it or Florida and Penn State who won easily early but may not know what challenges they have to fix to make a run?  I think that teams like Georgia and VT, whether by chance or by design, are, in fact, better off?  Why you might ask?

Well, in my humble opinion, teams that have question marks need to flush that out early, not when they hit their conference schedule.  Both VT and Georgia have question marks at quarterback and the Bulldogs lost a NFL first round draft pick running back as well as the #1 overall pick.  Now the Florida Gators have 2 deep all returning on their defense and Tim Tebow along with a bunch of talent on offense so I don’t think that they hurt themselves with an overwhelmingly easy win in game 1.  They will be ready when they need to be.

Next observation?  Well, when I look at the scores between ranked teams and just the overall scores from this weekend, I think that the BCS is going to be a real roller coaster again this year.  Last man standing may be hard to predict all along the way.  Maybe Florida will run away with it, but remember they play in the SEC.

So I think this football season will be a ton of fun for fans and the media.  It will probably be real tough on head coaches and on hard core fans who only enjoy it when their football team wins.  But if you really love the game, I think the 2009 edition will be a real woozy.

And that is about as much as I can figure out this early in the football season.  Looking forward to next week!