Don’t get caught looking ahead
“It’s a different team every week.” How many times do I hear my studio partner Lou Holtz say that? Yet every time the unexpected happens, I manage to be somewhat surprised.
Florida State, Cal, Miami and Oregon (sometimes different is good) are a lot like Jerry Seinfeld’s girlfriend, who would go from gorgeous to hideous the instant the light changed in the episode. The light changes often in college football.
At the moment, three teams are a cut above the rest: Florida, Texas and Alabama. A wad of 30 or so teams are capable of beating those three if they bring their A-plus games while the big three deliver B’s or B-minuses. Then there probably are 50 teams that can beat that middle tier under the same circumstances. The result? Chaos.
What feeds the chaos is not staying focused on the task at hand, because that’s when the dreaded “look-ahead” games rear their ugly heads. I’m not saying upsets can’t happen this week, but the likely candidates to look ahead are playing games with factors that should keep them locked in.
ESPN.com
10/2/9
