College Football Week 10 Awards November 3, 2013

(Note:  All rankings are current AP [week 10] unless otherwise noted.)

COACHES
Wish I were him: Jimbo Fisher, Florida State

Glad I’m not him: Mike Riley, Oregon State

Lucky guy: Bo Pelini, Nebraska

Poor guy: Kevin Wilson, Indiana

Desperately seeking a clue: Kyle Flood, Rutgers
Desperately seeking a P.R. man: Rod Carey, Northern Illinois

Desperately seeking sunglasses and a fake beard: Butch Jones, Tennessee

Desperately seeking … anything:  Darrell Hazell, Purdue

TEAMS
Thought you’d kick butt, you did: Ohio State (defeated Purdue 56-0)
Thought you’d kick butt, you didn’t: Rutgers (defeated Temple 23-20)

Thought you’d get your butt kicked, you did: Purdue (lost to Ohio State 56-0)

Thought you’d get your butt kicked, you didn’t:  Boston College (defeated Virginia Tech 34-27)

Thought you wouldn’t kick butt, you did:  Marshall (defeated Southern Miss 61-13)

Dang, they’re good: Ohio State

Dang, they’re bad:  Purdue
Good Bounce-Back: Missouri

Did the season start?  Mississippi State
Can the season end?  Memphis

Can the season never end?  Florida State

GAMES
Play this again:  West Virginia 30, TCU 27, OT

Play this again, too:  Georgia 23, Florida 20

Never play this again: No. 4 Ohio State 56, Purdue 0

What? USC 31, Oregon State 14

Huh?  Boston College 34, Virginia Tech 27

Are you kidding me?  No. 22 Michigan State 29, No. 21 Michigan 6

Oh – my – God:  No. 18 Oklahoma State 52, No. 15 Texas Tech 34

NEXT WEEK

(rankings are current AP (post-week 10, pre-week 11)
Ticket to die for:  (tie) No. 2 Oregon @ No. 6 Stanford (Thurs.), and No. 12 LSU @ No. 1 Alabama

Best non-Big Six vs. Big Six matchup: BYU @ No. 22 Wisconsin

Best non-Big Six matchup: Ohio U @ Buffalo

Upset alert: Tennessee @ No. 10 Auburn

Must win: Houston @ No. 21 Central Florida

Offensive explosion: No. 15 Oklahoma @ No. 8 Baylor (Thurs.)

Defensive struggle: Vanderbilt @ Florida

Great game no one is talking about: No. 24 Arizona State @ Utah

Intriguing coaching matchup: Butch Jones of Tennessee vs. Gus Malzahn of Auburn

Who’s bringing the body bags? No. 16 Louisville @ UConn

Why are they playing? Appalachian State @ Georgia

Plenty of good seats remaining: Air Force @ New Mexico

They shoot horses, don’t they?  Old Dominion @ Idaho

Week 10 Random Thoughts:

I have come to the conclusion that these “body bag” games, such as the Purdue-Ohio State debacle I personally witnessed yesterday, are really glorified scrimmages.  Case in point:  the Buckeyes were already up 42-0 on the Boilermakers at halftime, and no sooner did the third quarter begin that they took out starting QB Braxton Miller and put in the back-up (#13).  A prudent move, for who in the their right mind would subject the beating heart of their offense to further risk of injury when the game is already comfortably in hand?  One would think at one point that Urban Meyer would send an emissary in the form of a ball boy (or somebody) to Darrell Hazell, asking him to run an “X-dig” pass play or a run play off tackle so his defense could better hone their craft in reacting to such maneuvers from the offense.

At least it was a conference game.  Most of these “body bag” games have been essentially dial-up “W’s”.  Check out half of the home games for the SEC teams, if you don’t believe me.  The next time Nick Saban grouses about the fans leaving the game early, maybe he ought to schedule better home games than Colorado State, Georgia State, and Chattanooga.