Viking from Bluegrass now in the Land of the Fighting Irish

COLLEGE FOOTBALL, BABY!! -WEEK 10

This past weekend my Cards beat a ranked team & the Irish delivered a nice beating on the road!

Week 9 Scores:
Louisville 24, # 16 South Florida 20
Notre Dame 33, Washington 7

Also, Penn State beat Ohio St which made me happy.
More than midway through the season, the Big 12 still wins for most dominating conference. The Mountain West wins the award for best performance from a secondary conference (by that I mean Mtn West, WAC, Conf USA, MAC, etc)

BCS Standings (after week 9 complete)

1. Texas 8-0     Big 12

2. Alabama 8-0     SEC

3. Penn State 9-0     Big 10

4. Oklahoma 7-1     Big 12

5. USC 6-1     PAC-10

6. Georgia 7-1     SEC

7. Texas Tech 8-0     Big 12

8. Florida 6-1     SEC

9. Oklahoma State 7-1     Big 12

10. Utah 8-0     Mountain West

11. Boise State 7-0     WAC

12. Ohio State 7-2     Big 10

13. TCU 8-1     Mountain West

14. Missouri 6-2     Big 12

15. Florida State 6-1     ACC

16. Ball State 8-0     MAC

17. Minnesota 7-1     Big 10

18. Tulsa 7-0     Conf USA

19. LSU 5-2     SEC

20. BYU 7-1     Mountain West

21. Michigan State 7-2     Big 10

22. North Carolina 6-2     ACC

23. South Florida 6-2     Big East

24. Oregon 6-2     PAC-10

25. UConn 6-2     Big East

Conferences represented in Top 25: The Big 12 has 5 teams (2 in Top 5, 4 in Top 8 WOW!), SEC and Big 10 both have 4 teams. Mtn West has 3 teams;  PAC-10, ACC, & Big East each have 2 teams; WAC, Conf USA, MAC have one each.

Week 10 Preview:
Louisville (5-2, 1-1 conf) had their biggest win of the year, beating # 16 South Florida 24-20! Whoo-hoo!! This Saturday evening at 7pm my boys are back on the road for another conference game, against Syracuse (1-6, 0-3 conf). We HAVE to win this game. Syracuse is in the basement of the Big East conference, losing to them would be embarassing.

Notre Dame (5-2), delivered a nice thumping to Washington on the road last week, to the tune of 33-7. It was almost a shut-out but the Irish defense was charitable at the end of the game and we let them score once. This weekend, the Irish are back at Notre Dame Stadium to play Pittsburgh (5-2), and were ranked earlier in the season. Game starts at 2:30pm (televised on NBC) and N.D. beat the Panthers in their last meeting in 2005. Let's keep the "undefeated at home this season" going on Saturday boys! I wanna see a record of 6-2. I will be at this game (probably still hungover from my Halloween Party the night before) and I will probably lose my voice from cheering because I've been having so much fun watching the guys this season ;-)

Other teams to watch:
# 8 Florida at # 6 Georgia, Saturday-3:30pm, on CBS
# 1 Texas at # 7 Texas Tech, Saturday-8:00pm, on ABC

GO IRISH!
GO CARDS!