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Weekly Update: Week 1
The mid-major. It’s always been a topic of controversy among college sports enthusiasts and analysts.
Recently, in college football, the mid-major has made some major noise. The BCS finally recognized the noise, and added an almost guaranteed BCS birth for at least one mid-major team. But maybe, just maybe, this year the mid-major may begin to show just how far they’ve come, and how much more respect they deserve.
This opening weekend’s action was all about the mid-major, and may have set the tone for parity friendly 2009 college football season. It all started on Thursday, when Oregon faced off against media and mid-major darling Boise State. In a game marred by a punch, Boise showed its poise in its first ever home game against a ranked opponent and won 19-8.
On Saturday, the mid-major success continued, as BYU stunned the Oklahoma Sooners 14-13, in what will likely set the tone for a change in the college football landscape. No one can quite know yet, but it looks like more than six conferences have teams that are capable of vying for a national title, who knows? Maybe this is the year one finally gets to the national title game from a non-BCS conference.
Other than those two upsets, chalk ruled most of the day, although quite often the games were closer than expected. Ohio State and Iowa squeaked out victories, while USC, Texas and Penn State rolled on by their weak openers. Alabama and Oklahoma State verified the early season hype by defeating other top-15 opponents on Saturday.
Perspective BCS rankings are sure to get a shake up in the polls this week, but the only real shocking movement will come from Oklahoma. Pollsters may be hesitant to drop them too far, seeing as though Sam Bradford’s injury could be blamed for the loss. Va. Tech and Georgia may fall, but losing to ranked opponents is never a terrible thing this early in the season.
All told, we are sure to have a very interesting season, and maybe, we might just see that level of parity that experts have been expecting for the past few years.
-BCSKnowHow.com
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