College Football

This college football season has been very interesting thus far. The infamous Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy have moved on from their college careers, thus starting a new era in Texas and in Florida. Alabama is showing that they are just as good if not better than they were last year in their BCS Championship run. Oregon and Stanford are showing that their offenses are as explosive as any in all of the country. And Denard Robinson of Michigan is putting up numbers that have never been seen before as he leads the Wolverines into the top group of teams. All these sub-plots make for a very intruiging season and will be even more enjoyable to watch as these teams clash with one another for the BCS title.

Florida and Texas have always been football power houses, regardless of who has been under center. The question now is whether the two new quarterbacks will be able to live up to their record-breaking predessors. So far, Texas has struggled with a new man at the helm and Florida appears to be improving, but in no way is up to their previous standards. Only time will tell if these team will be able to successfully move on without Tebow and McCoy.

Alabama has been a dominating force as Nick Saban has been able to lead his Crimson Tide to a 5-0 starts. They were able to survive without their Heisman Trophy winner early on this season, but now the true test for the Tide will come against their SEC opponents, who has won three championship in a row (Alabama last year and Florida the two years before that). The two headed running monster that is Mark Ingram and Richardson have stole the show early on. Both of these running backs have proven to be potential NFL starters, and together they have lead their team to great success. If the Tide keep up this dominating play of theirs, there is no doubt that they will retain their title as champions.

Oregon and Stanford have both have sparked much attention this season for their explosive offenses. Both of these teams are part of the PAC-10, which is somewhat changing. The University of Southern California has been the leading force in that confrence for many years, with a good balance between offense and defense. But now, USC has slowly fallen away and the explosive offenses are taking over. It will be interesting to see if Oregon and Stanford will be able to remain strong power houses as they are both currently ranked in the top ten.

Possibly the most fascinating part of this new college football season is the play of Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson. Robinson has broken many records this season already and is at this point is the player most likely to be awarded the Heisman Trophy. He has nearly single handedly led his team into the AP top 25 and only looks to improve their rankings.

Although the season is only 4 weeks in, it is already become one to be remembered. With all these different stories coming together and developing, the season will only become more interesting. It will be interesting to watch the teams Florida, Texas, Alabama, Oregon, and Stanford go throughout this season as they will have several oppurtunities to play one another. This season could turn out to be one to be remembered and it will be interesting to watch it pan out.