Football’s ho-hum week one
The opening week of the college football season has come and gone.
Ho hum.
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Or at least, it was a ho-hum opening week compared to opening week last year. Appalachian State beat Michigan, shocking the sports world and starting a trend that continued throughout the season. That game in Ann Arbor wasn’t the only shocker. Georgia Tech throttled Notre Dame. Texas narrowly escaped Arkansas State.
Ah, those were the days.
This year’s opening week was hardly the fun that last year’s was. Sure, Virginia Tech lost to East Carolina and Pittsburgh lost to Bowling Green. But even though the Hokies and the Panthers were ranked in the top 25, neither loss can be considered a huge surprise. East Carolina and Bowling Green are both successful programs that have beaten ranked teams before.
About the only thing that came close to an honest-to-goodness upset during the opening week was Utah’s 25-23 victory at Michigan. But really, everyone in Ann Arbor knows what a true upset looks like.
Utah might not have the kind of squad it had a few years back, but for Michigan, losing to the Utes is hardly the crime that losing to the Division I-AA Mountaineers was.
So, what does all of this mean?
We can only hope that the lack of sizzle in the opening week isn’t a sign of things to come. Last season was so much fun because of the upsets. They were the hallmark, from Appy State beating Michigan at the start to Texas Tech beating Oklahoma, Arkansas beating LSU and Pitt beating West Virginia at the finish.
Upsets made 2007 great.
Let’s hope that 2008 follows suit, even if Week One didn’t.
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