Football Weekend . . .

Football got into its first real football weekend. The previous games were sort of warm ups. The big time teams schedule the "big check" teams to play usually at home where the stadium is quite large and the seats get filled. The big check teams are wanta bes, need the extra revenue and the NCAA forces the big teams to schedule a few of the little guys every year.

LSU opened with Oregon, which was not a big check team. Oregon was ranked #3 and LSU #4 and the game was played at the Cowboys stadium in Arlington, TX. That was a neutral field for both teams but it really was more an LSU turf area. LSU sent about 37,000 fans and Oregon about 15,000 fans. Of couse, it is history now, LSU stomped Oregon and took its place in the national rankings. Oregon fell back to about #15 or so in the rankings. Oregon has since trashed a couple of teams out west.

LSU played Northwestern State, the Demons, from Natchitoches, LA. They were no competiton. The first string for LSU played the first half and the rest of the team played the second half. A good way for gaining experience.

LSU has since played Miss State, my father's alma mater. It was a good but tough game. Miss State played well for a while but simply got worn down by LSU. LSU's conditioning was superior and their depth of players was greater. Not that Miss State does not have a big team, they just do not have the talent in depth that LSU has. LSU really took over in the third quarter and by the fourth quarter had decimated the Miss State team.

Now on to West Virginia for LSU. Going to be a good regional game. Clemson demolished Auburn this weekend in an ACC rivalry game. Tigers facing Tigers. Auburn just barely beat Miss State and BYU. Both teams they played put up pretty big scores. They just out scored them. Miss State did not even score a touchdown against LSU. Clemson out scoured Auburn. That bodes badly for Auburn, no defense to speak of. Bama and LSU will eat them up.

So we will see how another high scoring offense does against the Tigers in the West Virgina team. Could be very interesting to watch. Since LSU shut down Oregon's vaunted offense and Miss State's offense, it will be challenge to take down West Virginia's offense.

Other teams that got stuffed were Ohio State. Miami took them down. They did not look to good to me. Notre Dame took down Meechigan State too. So a few of the big timers got shut down. Watched Kentucky lose to Louisville. That is an in state rivalry. I think I saw that Vanderbuilt destroyed Ole Miss, if so that is a bad set back for Houston Nutt. His days maybe numbered.