CFU: Week No. 2 — "Appalalling State!"

I can’t think of a better way to have opened the season. In usual college football fashion, we were shocked, disappointed, and reassured.

Obviously, somebody forgot to tell Michigan to show up on Saturday. I mean, I’ve heard of “playing down” but what the.... The Big House is no longer a home, and while Michigan may be red in the face and may have to pick up their dignities up off the field, they aren’t alone.
Charlie Weiss is doing his share of sweating; even after withholding the name of his starting QB, he just coached the beloved Irish through their worst season opener in school history—that includes the three openers Ty Willingham coached. The Seminoles used to be indigenous people to the lands of the ACC; now that they no longer have the best talent on the field week in and week out they just look out of place, and Drew Weatherford had better wear a condom if he wants protection because that offensive line won’t do it. That O-Line is no line.

Even Auburn, Texas, and (gasp) USC looked sluggish.

But everyone didn’t open 2007 with disappointment. Louisville, Boise State, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Penn State, Nebraska, Hawaii, and Alabama all started on high notes, scoring fifty plus. LSU was solid. And with Tim Tebow in the driver’s seat Florida’s offense looked prolific.

But the real story of the weekend lives in Michigan. That huge upset at the hands of Appalachian State has left the Michigan program and its faithful in, well, an appalalling state, and I wouldn’t trade places with Lloyd Carr for nothing in the world.