The Color & Pageantry Top 25

College Football

Top 25

1.   Clemson, 1-0, 1
2.   Alabama, 1-0, 2
3.   Georgia, 1-0, 3
4.   Oklahoma, 1-0, 9
5.   Auburn, 1-0, 11
6.   Ohio State, 1-0, 6
7.   Notre Dame, 1-0, 10
8.   Wisconsin, 1-0, 7
9.   Washington, 0-1, 4
10. Mississippi State, 1-0, 14
11. Stanford, 1-0, 16
12. South Carolina, 1-0 18
13. Southern Cal, 1-0, 17
14. Virginia Tech, 1-0, NR
15. LSU, 1-0, NR
16. UCF, 1-0, 20
17. West Virginia, 1-0, 22
18. Michigan, 0-1, 5
19. Penn State, 1-0, 12
20. Michigan State, 1-0, 15
21. Boise State, 1-0, 19
22. Florida, 1-0, 24
23. Oregon, 1-0, 23
24. Texas A&M, 1-0, NR
25. Miami, 0-1, 8

OUT: Florida State (13), Texas (21) and Arizona (25).

NEXT: Texas Christian, Iowa, Utah, Mississippi, Nebraska, Maryland, Oklahoma State, Northwestern, Boston College, Texas, Fresno State, Iowa State, N.C. State, Memphis, Florida State and Arkansas State. 

NEBRASKA ANALYSIS

Buzzkill. A complete washout.

FLORIDA STATE ANALYSIS

The debut of new head coach Willie Taggart, on an evening of incredible spirit at DOAK, was a complete disaster. The team was ill prepared, which in itself is stunning.  Play calling, something we considered a strength of Taggart's given what we have observed over the years, was horrendous. The play of the offensive line, was in a word, offensive. No plays were called to take pressure off the group, which underachieved throughout the evening. Sadly, a quick fix up front does not look promising. Repeated screens to our powerful 6'2" 235lb running back Jacques Patrick, who will star in the NFL but ill-suited to out run people on the edge when we have a fleet of scat backs, was highly questionable. While the defense was quite strong after yielding an opening touchdown drive, five turnovers, including a punt blocked for a touchdown, is simply inexcusable. I enthusiastically welcomed the hire of Taggart, but this was a 102 MPH fast ball he just took a strike on, and a couple more like this and he might be heading to the dugout to alter up his resume, because what we witnessed Monday night along with a national television audience, simplly put, will not get it.  DO SOMETHING, and fix this fast.