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Auburn Tigers – Ruining the Season for Johnny Manziel
Two losses to teams from the same state, in the same stadium, with a similar score. Texas A&M won’t be going anywhere significant this season apparently, as Johnny Manziel couldn’t overcome a bad defense and porous offensive line, while Auburn surprisingly find themselves as the second best team in the division.
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Oregon Ducks – Mariota Doesn’t Let Turnovers Bring Him Down
Despite being 40-point favorites in their home game against Washington State, Oregon made it less than easy for themselves through second quarter turnovers, including two fumbles by Marcus Mariota, who is a good enough player to put mistakes like that behind them and get the Ducks rolling again en route to another impressive offensive display and remaining perfect so far this season.
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BCS Standings – Weekend Of Upsets and Fallen Ranked Teams
In one of the craziest weekend of college football we’ve had in a long time, nine teams in the top 25 lost, including four undefeated teams in Clemson, Louisville, Houston and UCLA, leaving us with only Florida State, Miami, Texas Tech, Baylor, Ohio State, Northern Illinois, Fresno State, Oregon, Missouri and Alabama without a loss this season in what should give the first BCS standings a proper shakeup.
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Ole Miss Rebels – Handing the SEC West to Alabama
If there was any chance to see anyone stopping Alabama on their way to another SEC championship game, Ole Miss handed LSU their second loss of the season and made it quite clear that the Crimson Tide aren’t going to have anyone get in their way this season, at least until the conference champions game.
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Florida State Seminoles – Jameis Winston Breaks the Curse
All the years of struggling to win in Death Valley are gone. Florida State punched their biggest rivals in the mouth on the first play, and never looked back, while Jameis Winston upgraded himself from freshman sensation to a leading Heisman trophy candidate, not to mention the Seminoles showing just how deserving they are to be in the contention for the national title.
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Bayern Munich – Mario Götze Shows He’s Worth the Wait
To say Mario Götze hasn’t really shown anything in Bayern Munich uniform so far would be an understatement, but there’s just too much talent between the young German’s feet to hide for much longer, and now that the injures have wore off, suddenly the European champions find themselves with a player who doesn’t need more than a second to set up the likes of Arjen Robben, Thomas Muller and Mario Mandzukic with easy scoring opportunities.
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FC Barcelona – Fabregas Can’t Always Fill in For Messi
Some matches require more than just close to your best, even if the opponents don’t have the most impressive of names. Lionel Messi came on too late to change anything for Barcelona, who failed in their attempts to be led by Cesc Fabregas and Neymar as they failed to win for the first time this season, heading into one of the more difficult weeks they’ve had in quite a while.
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Manchester United – Adnan Januzaj Can’t be the Best Player
The David Moyes crisis becomes worse, as his Manchester Untied lacks confidence, courage and the ability to actually finish off matches that should be automatic three points for them, especially at home. While Adnan Januzaj continues being the right choice and the official fresh maker for the team, the awful signing of Marouane Fellaini is cancelling out any positives there are to be drawn from another disappointment.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Needs to Finish Better
It might be absurd to ask Cristiano Ronaldo, already scoring 8 league goals this season, to do a better job at finishing than he has so far, but Real Madrid seem to be so bad this season when it comes to finishing the chances they are able to create, be it Alvaro Morata or Karim Benzema in the starting lineup, it once again falls on the shoulder of their best player.
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Chelsea FC – Eden Hazard Enjoys Terrible Refereeing
Despite the impressive scoreline, Chelsea were far from it in a home match that should have gone down as a more comfortable afternoon. Instead they relied on Samuel Eto’o cheating and Eden Hazard making the most of referee Anthony Taylor not seeing clearly or simply not knowing the rule book too well.