Week One: Biggest Upset Ever?

Welcome, Cougar nation to Week One. So far, you have seen and heard the predictions of the blog crew:

1) Rooster has us at a solid, albeit waffling 8-4.
2) Brinkhater has us at a less than solid 6-6 (ditto College Football news)

Hawk will make his final predictions via AOL in the coming hours, methinks.

So, onto Week One of the college football landscape. For those of you who have been out of the country, Auburn is ranked #4 in the country as we head into Saturday’s opener. They are also a trendy pick to play in this years national championship game.

For those of you who also visit Glenn K’s blog at the Spokesman (which you should because he’s simply the best), you will also notice that a little hurricane/tropical storm portends to play a factor in the game.

This much we know: the storm, in whatever severity, will leave things WET and STEAMY.

What this means to all newcomers to August-early September football in the South and Midwest is that turnovers will be experienced often for those who don’t wear gloves and who can’t take a hit….

In terms of the header of this post, we open it up for comment. What would a Saturday upset rank in terms of the greatest Cougar upsets in history? Off hand for me, it would have to rank it #3 behind @ UCLA in 88 and @ USC in 97 (when we hadn’t won there in like 50 years).

In other words, win Saturday, and this team is ALREADY affiliated with greatness.

Unfortunately, the upset won’t happen. While we’ll post predictions for this weekend’s game later in the week, Brinkhater has regained his senses and now KNOWS that we will get blown out in this game.

You want reasons? Just think about the USC game last year with weather and CROWD being an additional factor. The biggest shocker: we will have SUPREME difficulty moving the ball. Brink will be bad and we won’t run the ball well at all. Defense will hold up well–for one half.

Expect a relatively close game through 1.5 quarters, and then the avalanche will start. It won’t be pretty.

Stay tuned throughout the week for game week picks and a post-mordem on Saturday’s disaster shortly after the game.