Upsets
A short list of (unlikely) upsets, and how happy they’d make me on the Schadenfreude Scale.
Hawai’i over Florida - Sure, odds are the team formerly known as the Rainbow Warriors will be taking a 12-hour flight home after losing by more than half-a-dozen TDs. But it would be sweet if they somehow won a shootout (ideally involving several overtimes and cramping from all of UF’s key players) and all the Florida fans who’d claimed “Ah, UGA’s only #1 because they beat the crap out of that shitty Hawai’i team in their bowl last year” had to watch the Gators lose at home to a shittier Hawai’i team (this year’s edition lost coach June Jones and Colt “I like molestin” women’ Brennan). SS rating: 7.5 out of 10
Jacksonville St. over the North Ave. Trade School - It’d make my Thursday. But sadly, I have doubts that one former SEC QB (however skilled in the felonious arts he may be) can overcome a Div. I-AA Oline against the first good D-Line Tech’s had in ages. If the Tech offense can fumble like they did in the spring though… SS rating: 9 out of 10
Virginia over USC - A far better shot at actually happening than the two above, but with some downsides as well as upsides.
The upsides: USC losing means far less nauseating hype for the upcoming Suckeye-Trojan game. When USC then beats Ohio St., it ruins any shot the Buckeyes have of ruining another BCS game (though it does rob them of the chance of being the early 90s Buffalo Bills of College FB.)
The downsides: A slew of articles about how “the ACC might not suck” (unless of course Bama beats Clemson.) SS rating: 5.5 out of 10 (if that.)
Ah yes, it is the stuff (our) dreams are made of. The others would be nice but not quite as nice as the first.
