Well it was a good weekend of football for my teams this week. In college football, the Virginia Tech Hokies defeated Boston College to win the ACC title.
Ironically, their loss to BC earlier this year in the final moments of the game could be what is costing them a shot at the National Championship.
In other news, the Seattle Seahawks hung on to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-24.
This was a struggle for the ‘Hawks as they couldn’t generate a consistent offense and particularly in the first half, they couldn’t stop Brian Westbrook. Although the Seahawks had a great goal line stand where the Eagles had the ball on the 1 with First and Goal and came away with nothing. In the second half, the defense stepped up and made some plays but this game was won primarily on the effort of Lofa Tatupu who had 12 tackles and three huge interceptions of AJ Feeley.
The last time I posted about football, I was pretty up-beat about the Seahawks prospects. They were sitting at 3-1, a botched play from 4-0, and the defense was playing extremely well. Now, they are 3-3 and the offense is a disaster. Injuries to the WR corp including Branch and Hackett have left the passing game spotty and the cast on Alexander’s wrist has him running like Niles Crane. Hopefully the team can pull out a win against the depleted Rams this week and go into the bye week at 4-3 and get a bit healthy. Perhaps get Alexander with the cast off and get Branch and Hackett back into playing form.
College football has been very entertaining this year. It seems like nobody wants to claim the top spots in the rankings. The top 10 teams seem to be “upset” on a regular basis and the Hokies who were once buried out around 20th now have a legitimate shot to shoot up into the top 10, perhaps top 5 if they can pull of an upset of Boston College in Blacksburgh next week. Their offense is still inconsistent and the running game isn’t there, but their special teams is fantastic and the defense is stepping up when it has too.
The leaves are falling, the fall air is cool and refreshing, and there is great football on every weekend with an abundance of choices from games to choose from. I LOVE this time of the year.
