Saturday and Sunday were, as always, filled with tremendous football action. The Spartans took care of business in jumping out to a 35-0 lead on their way to dismantiling the hapless Bears of Northern Colorado. Kirk Cousins finally appears comfortable as a starter (granted, that's not exactly difficult to do against a 1-AA opponent), putting up extremely efficient numbers and tossing 3 TD's. B.J. Cunningham showed his strong hands time after time, hauling in one of Cousin's touchdown throws. Larry Caper also received more in-game action this week-this might lead to a ramp-up against the Badgers.
Throughout the Big Ten, Ohio State and Wisconsin were impressive in their scrimmages.....er, contests against Eastern Michigan and Austin Peay respectively. A showdown looms with those same Badgers this coming Saturday, coincedentally.
Across the country, Alabama displayed the toughness of a No. 1 ranked team in coming back against Arkansas-Mark Ingram and Tony Richardson look ready to carry the load for the Tide. Boise State moved up to No. 2 in the latest AP poll after a solid win against Oregon State-the Broncos are continuing to receive well-deserved respect after a nationally televised win.
In the NFL, I was most surprised to see the defending Super Bowl champion Saints go down in OT to the Falcons-should Sean Payton have made the call to ice the Falcons' on their OT field goal attempt?
For the Eagles, Michael Vick looks like a legitimate Comeback Player of the Year contender, and today I heard Tony Kornheiser of ESPN's P.T.I. claim that Vick is the best player in the NFL!
On T.V. tonight: Packers at Bears, Monday Night Football-Are you ready? I know I am.
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