Yes, I know the colleges have played twice but it's the first week both college and pro have played together so that's how I'll keep it.
The Irish looked much better this past Saturday than when they were down in Atlanta playing Georgia Tech. I do think that Penn State wasn't quite as good as most pundits said so perhaps the blowout isn't as impressive but a win is still a win.
A succession of plays which caught my eye and I think show the greatness of Charlie Weis' play-calling came at the end of the first half. ND got the ball with under two minutes to go and if you've watched many games in the past year, you know that they will normally score in these types of drives. But the first 3 plays were little outs to John Carlson to left side of the field, Darius Walker to the right side and back to Walker to the left side. Each time, Penn State's star linebacker Paul Poslusznky was in coverage and you could just see how tired he was by the third play. He had to be taken out.
This week, it's Michigan. Ugh, I hate them almost as much as USC. I'll have a preview tomorrow.
Whenever you beat a rival, it's a good thing. When you beat a rival on the road, it's a better thing and when you shut out that rival on the road, it's a great thing. I think that pretty much sums it up.
I lost this week but that's ok, the season is long. My quarterbacks are Kurt Warner and Eli Manning. I started Warner mainly because he was going against SF as opposed to Eli against the Colts. It worked out pretty well for me with that stats Warner put up.
Running back was a different story. After a solid game from Willie Park to open the season, Shaun Alexander, my main fantasy leader, had a very, very quiet game against the Lions. Hopefully he can bounce back this week.
Posted by Josh at September 14, 2006 06:10 AM