September 6: Food For Thought

Today, I don't have any main stories that I want to focus on. So, I'm just gonna throw some things out there. Take from them what you will.

• The first college football Saturday has come and passed. What did I learn about some of the top teams? Not a whole lot. What can Florida's demolition of Charleston Southern possibly tell anyone that they didn't already know? Absolutely nothing. Florida is a great team and didn't need Charleston Southern or any other cupcake team to prove it. I really don't understand the point of FBS (top division) teams playing cupcakes from the FCS (lower division). These almost sure blowouts are almost all risk and very little reward for the top teams in the country, in my opinion. If by some act of God, a top team is beaten by an FCS team it is the biggest and most ridiculous upset of the year (Just ask Michigan and Iowa how they feel about these games). These teams can secure a sure win with any number of FBS cupcakes and it looks a lot more respectable in my eyes (And isn't my opinion what matters the most?).
• Despite a slew of lopsided blowouts throughout the Top 25, we learned some things about a few of the top teams in the country. It became obvious that the Oklahoma Sooners are nowhere near the same team without their Heisman award winning QB Sam Bradford. The third ranked Sooners fell to the 20th ranked BYU Cougars when Bradford went down with an injury to his throwing shoulder, 14-13.
• The Alabama Crimson Tide and Oklahoma State Cowboys both proved that they are for real and contenders to be reckoned with by beating Virginia Tech and Georgia respectively. The Tide put up great offensive numbers and RB Mark Ingram showed his playmaking abilities, scoring a touchdown on the ground and through the air. Virginia Tech did not seem to have things together and QB Tyrod Taylor showed that he is still not a capable passer on the college level.
• My team, the Buffalo Bulls stole a game from the Miners at UTEP. The Bulls were up 23-17 with less than 30 seconds to go and the Miners were driving and threatening to win the game on the UB 20 yard line. UTEP quarterback Trevor Vittatoe launched a touchdown pass to tie the game up and it seemed as if the Bulls had blown the game. Wait just one second! The Miners were called for a holding penalty on the play and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for the celebration after the play. This put the Miners back to the the 42 yard line and destroyed their chances of winning the game, as the Bulls held on for the win. To be in that stadium must have been remarkable, to experience the emotional rollercoaster as it took place. Well, at least I'm not a UTEP fan.
• I wrote about the Bills and their coaching changes the other day, but today there is more news according to an article from ESPN. The article has Schonert claiming he was fired because head coach Dick Jauron wanted a "simpler offense." I think this story is a bit ridiculous and a classic bit of "he said, she said." I find it a bit hard to believe that Jauron couldn't understand the offense, but hey you never know. I hate to be the conspiracy theorist but is the T.O. effect already taking its effect on the Bills locker room? I personally don't think so but it would be foolish to discount the possibility. At times being a Bills fan is downright humiliating.

Lastly, it is time for the Word of the Day: Ameliorate

Ameliorate, verb

to make better or more tolerable

I am convincing myself that the Bills will have a terrible season to ameliorate their imminent struggles.

To my audience, have a great day and continue to read and comment. I really appreciate it.