Rambling's 2014 Week 1 CFB Recap

Thursday, August 28th, 2014:
Thursday started off a bit rough, Texas A&M romped and surprised many of it's even staunchest supporters beating South Carolina 52-28 on the road. I thought it'd be a close game and maybe a bit sloppy but Kenny Hill and crew came out and executed against a young Gamecock secondary. The second game went a little bit better. No Ole Miss didn't romp on Boise like the final score suggests but they did a great job when backed into their own endzone and executed late to pull away from a Boise team that looks like trouble as the season progresses. Thursday's Results: PP (1-1 ATS, 1-1 SU) Me (2-0 ATS, 1-1 SU)

Saturday, August 30th, 2014:
Early footballa and I both envy and don't envy west coast college football fans. Penn State-UCF was what we thought it was going to be a rough day for the lines. The surprise was the play of Holman who replaced DeNovo at halftime and led a much more potent attack for UCF. Ohio State, UCLA and Notre Dame all followed similar scripts struggling early and pulling away in the second half. Of those, UCLA is the most worrisome as the line was very meh and Hundley didn't handle the pressure well. Nebraska, USC, Oklahoma all just ran away from overmatched opponnents. Auburn beat Arkansas by 24 but Arkansas impressed keeping up with Auburn for the entire first half and looking fiesty on offense with work to do on defense. Florida State struggled wtih Oklahoma State for most of the game and didn't look like the far and away number one team in the land. Oklahoma State was very impresssive and looks to be moving forward on defense well enough to hold Florida State in check. LSU-Wisconsin was about what we thought and that is all I have to say without ranting for a thousand words. Washington was the most worrisome team of the weekend only beating Hawaii by a point on the road. I will hold my judgements of Washington for a week or two with Cyler Myles back but they are on notice.
Friday's Results: PP (7-5 ATS, 10-2 SU) Me (6-6 ATS, 11-1 SU)

Sunday, August 31st, 2014:
The mid-major squads didn't perform all that well Sunday as both fell by at least 20 points. The real stories are the injury of Bryce Petty (hopefully healthy sooner than later) and Tennessee looking very good against a Utah State team that may just be Chuckie Keeton doing his best Atlas impression.
Sunday's Results: PP (2-0 ATS, 2-0 SU) Me (1-1 ATS, 2-0 SU)

Monday, September 1st, 2014:
Louisville was by far the better team on the field against Miami but both teams showed that they have sizeable flaws.
Monday's Results: PP (0-1 ATS, 1-0 SU) Me (0-1 ATS, 1-0 SU)

Week 1 Results: PP (10-7 ATS, 14-3 SU) Me (9-8 ATS, 15-2 SU) Overall a pretty good week and with a lot of cupcakes that is to be expected but it's always nice to start off well.