Cluck

So here's what we learned: Cougars can lay eggs.

I didn't watch the entire game. (It was too painful.) But it was clear that BYU was simply not ready to play, at least not to the same degree that Florida State was, particularly when FSU had the ball. They ran everywhere they wanted to, and BYU didn't stop them. After not allowing a play over 20 yards in either of the first two games, BYU continually hemorrhaged yards all over the field in big chunks. It was disappointing. But it provides a good opportunity to discuss an important aspect of college football: luck and timing.

I'd still bet on BYU to beat FSU. Through a 12 game season, a team is going to play poorly at some point. The key is getting those games to align with your crummiest opponents. I don't know how you can do that, but if you do, you get a special season. If BYU had played FSU last week, and Tulane this week, they might well be undefeated still. But they didn't and they aren't. BYU beat OU, and made their heisman winning QB look just ok. They made his backup look very mediocre. That backup threw 6 TDs against Tulsa this weekend as OU destroyed them 48-0 or whatever it was. If OU had played that game vs BYU and played their BYU game vs Tulsa, they would still be undefeated and ranked in the top 3 still. The point is, in college football you must be both good and lucky.

One more point: Chambers needs to get smacked upside the head, and hard. I'm tired of watching him (and anyone else) strut around on the field after an 8 yard completion, particularly when he's got 2 costly fumbles already this season. For the most part, no one should be strutting at all on a football field, but if you are going to do it, you'd better be darn sure that you are actually helping your team win. He did it last year, too, when his main role was #4 receiver and #2 punt returner. Now that he's been up graded to #3 receiver, he's still doing it. Someone (anyone) needs to pull him aside and let him know that he looks ridiculous.