Thursday, October 21, 2010

Worst losses of Week 7

Last week was a bad one to be ranked in the Top 5. Two teams -- No. 1 Ohio State and No. 5 Nebraska -- lost important games that may have derailed their hopes for a National Championship.

Texas 20, Nebraska 13 -- The No. 5 Cornhuskers lost at home to an unranked Texas team that has looked mediocre all season. Not only did the loss give Nebraska its first blemish of the season, but it also may have knocked quarterback Taylor Martinez out of the Heisman Trophy race.

Martinez, a dual-threat, completed just four of 12 passes, throwing for 62 yards and an interception. He added just 25 yards on 10 rushing attempts, vanishing when it mattered the most.

Wisconsin 31, Ohio State 18 -- The Buckeyes were No. 1 in the national polls for what seemed like 45 minutes. Then, they traveled to Wisconsin on Saturday, got the stuffing knocked out of them, and promptly lost their ranking as top dog.

Ohio State was already considered a bogus No. 1, having won just one legitimate game against Miami (FL). But an Alabama loss to South Carolina in Week 6 handed the keys over to Ohio State, who quickly handed the keys over to Oregon.

Mississippi State 10, Florida 7 -- Mississippi State's quiet win over Florida gave the Bulldogs their first win in Gainesville, Florida since 1965. It also marked the first time in 22 years that the Gators had lost three games in a row.

Naturally, idiotic Florida fans are calling for head coach Urban Meyer's head, starting the site FireUrbanMeyer.com. Meyer guided Florida to National Championships in 2006 and 2008, and entered the season with a 57-10 record in five seasons. Surely it's been a horrific season for Florida, who was expected to compete for another National Championship this year. But trying to fire him? Let's not forget what happened with the Ron Zook era.

Kansas State 59, Kansas 7 -- At first glance, it wasn't a big game, at least not on the national scale. Neither team ranked, it was a game most people outside the state probably didn't care about.

But Kansas State laid the smack down on in-state rival Kansas, leading 52-0 until the Jayhawks scored a garbage-time touchdown. The loss -- if you can even call it that -- dropped Kansas to 2-4 on the season, and sucked the life out of any recruiting battles the Jayhawks and Kansas State were involved in.

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