There are certain things in sports that make them fun to watch.  Great plays, upsets, games that come down to the last seconds, watching you favorite team win or even watching a team you can’t stand lose.  With those guidelines being put out their week 8 of the college football season was fun.

I was able to watch teams from each of the main conferences today and the thing I realized about this year is that it really will come down to the last week of the season before we know who is going to win each conference and I like that.  The Big 10 is still up in the air, although Michigan St does hold their own destiny I don’t think they go undefeated the rest of the season.  The SEC is all mixed up with the Alabama loss. The SEC championship game should be great. The Big-12 still has a lot of huge games that will be played in the next couple of weeks before any team can really take a lead. The Pac-10 is probably the most likely to be set out of all the conferences but Oregon still has some games that could trip them up.

Doing the weekly awards for the NFL has been fun so I’m trying some new ones to go with College Football.

Impressive performance award: Darron Thomas -I strongly feel that UCLA is a not as good as people were thinking but still they are a team with good athletes and Thomas just destroyed them.  He was good in my mind before the game but after the game he is one of the most dangerous QB’s in college football.

Over rated team award: Texas – Is it just me or has no one else noticed that Texas is ranked simply because they were good last season.  They lost to UCLA who is not a top 5 team in the Pac-10, and they lost to Iowa State who had never beat Texas EVER before.  If Texas loses to Baylor, and I think they will, they could lose their next 3 games and end the season 6-6. I almost gave this award to Notre Dame but I think Navy deserves the credit for the win more then Notre Dame for losing. Oh and Notre Dame may not even get Bowl eligible if they lose to Tulsa or Army.

Under rated team award: Baylor: It’s like no one even notices this team is out there but they are 3-1 in conference and take on the previously mentioned Texas next week.  If they win that game they will have the chance to end the season with at least 8 wins and possibly more if they can upset Oklahoma St or Oklahoma.

Game of the Week: Wisconsin vs Iowa: Despite another example of poor clock management by a head coach in college football this game was still great to watch. Two very good teams went all out for 4 quarters and the game came down to the final seconds.  If you missed it and it gets replayed on ESPNU you should check it out.

I know its still early but here are some BCS game match up I would love to see.

Oregon vs Auburn: This game could end up being the highest scoring BCS game in history.  If Boise State doesn’t get into the championship game this would be the one matchup that would make me really want to watch.

Boise State vs Oklahoma: A rematch of my favorite BCS game of all time. Oklahoma would want revenge and Boise State would come out wanting to prove that they can win with out gimmicks.

TCU vs Alabama: This would be a match up of two teams with very strong defenses but the offenses are bad either.