CFU Week No. 7 — “Move Over Michigan”

This is the season of the upset. Just when we thought we could forget how Appalachian State manhandled, trounced and plain ol’ embarrassed Michigan, Stanford goes and does us one better. And, while some disagree, as far as I’m concerned this upset, not the other one, is the biggest in college football history.

Sure Michigan was No. 5 when they were upset by a D-II team. And if you stop there, it was a pretty big victory for App State. But the Mountaineers aren’t your ordinary D-II team. They are the defending D-II champs for the second consecutive season. They crush D-II teams, save for Wofford, on a weekly basis. They could crush many D-I teams, too. And if App State played Stanford, who would you pick?

I know I’d pick App State.

With the season Michigan is having, USC would easily beat them. So, if Stanford would fall to App State and Michigan would fall to USC, then the chances of Stanford beating USC are far less than App State beating Michigan.

What else?

USC was the No. 2 team in the nation, dubbed the best team in years by some. They were 41-point favorites. They boasted 35-game home winning streak at home. A 24-game Pac 10 home win streak.

These streaks were snapped by a 1-3 Stanford team with a quarterback making his first start.

A color beat a Trojan.

Sounds like a bigger upset than that other one to me. It kinda makes you wonder who’s next. And with the way this season is going, it could be anybody. That includes you, LSU.

—R. Cooper