"The Fifth Quarter: Week 8 Winners and Losers"

[Chechem]

WINNERS

Tuscaloosa Armageddon, locked and loaded
LSU 45, Auburn 10, pushing the top-ranked Tigers to 8-0 on the season.  Alabama 38, Tennessee 6, pushing the second-ranked Crimson Tide to 8-0 on the season as well.  Ladies and gentlemen, thanks to both teams taking care of their business, we are now roughly 330 hours away at the time of this posting from an unofficial 2011 BcS title play-in game.  With a bye week, the Nov. 5 game will almost take on the feel of a Super Bowl: a two-week build-up that will culminate in one of the most anticipated regular-season matchups in recent memory.  Hopefully, common sense will prevail and the game will be moved from its current 3:30 ET kickoff to a rightful slot in primetime.  Regardless of what the network suits decide, though, this one is shaping up to be one for the ages.  Now, for the carnage Week 8 wrought…

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[BAMAWV]

Movin’ on up… at least they should be
If I’m a voter in any of the major polls — and thank y’all’s lucky stars I’m not… yet —  I move Stanford into the No. 3 hole behind LSU and Alabama.  Yes, above Oklahoma State and Clemson and Boise State and every other unbeaten school that doesn’t reside in the SEC.  And, to my simple mind, it’s a no-brainer.  All the Cardinal has done is win their past 10 games by at least 25 points — the first time that’s ever happened in the poll era —  including Saturday’s 65-21 drubbing of No. 25 Washington in which they pounded out 446 yards on the ground; UW came into the game No. 17 in the country in run defense, giving up just 97 yards per game.  They ran the nation’s longest winning streak to 15 games with the win.  Their seven wins this season have come by an average of exactly 36 points.  Granted, their competition has been less than stellar — UW and Washington State have been their “best” wins — but the way they’ve gone about dispatching their inferior opponents with extreme prejudice leads me to believe they could play with any team in the country.  And, yes, I’m including the two SEC schools on a neutral field in that belief as well.

Someone has been in the dope again.

[bamaphil]

Movin’ on up… at least they should be
If I’m a voter in any of the major polls — and thank y’all’s lucky stars I’m not… yet —  I move Stanford into the No. 3 hole behind LSU and Alabama.  Yes, above Oklahoma State and Clemson and Boise State and every other unbeaten school that doesn’t reside in the SEC.  And, to my simple mind, it’s a no-brainer.  All the Cardinal has done is win their past 10 games by at least 25 points — the first time that’s ever happened in the poll era —  including Saturday’s 65-21 drubbing of No. 25 Washington in which they pounded out 446 yards on the ground; UW came into the game No. 17 in the country in run defense, giving up just 97 yards per game.  They ran the nation’s longest winning streak to 15 games with the win.  Their seven wins this season have come by an average of exactly 36 points.  Granted, their competition has been less than stellar — UW and Washington State have been their “best” wins — but the way they’ve gone about dispatching their inferior opponents with extreme prejudice leads me to believe they could play with any team in the country.  And, yes, I’m including the two SEC schools on a neutral field in that belief as well.

Someone has been in the dope again.

Clearly, but did he get it from Brent Calloway or the LSU three?

[Catch Prothro]

– Alabama, LSU and Stanford have won each of their games this season by at least 13 points.  The Tigers’ closest games were 13-point wins over Oregon and Mississippi State; the Tide’s a 16-point win over Alabama; and the Cardinal’s a 26-point win over Arizona.

Is he talking about the scout team?

[SUPERCOACH]

– Alabama, LSU and Stanford have won each of their games this season by at least 13 points.  The Tigers’ closest games were 13-point wins over Oregon and Mississippi State; the Tide’s a 16-point win over Alabama; and the Cardinal’s a 26-point win over Arizona.

Is he talking about the scout team?

He must be talking about the 1st half Tide vs. the 2nd half Tide.

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