Campus Confidential

By Adam Abramson

I had about 25 comments from the weekend and I wanted to pull out some points and address them. It's not real in depth, but I'm going to talk a lot about BCS picture/what a playoff would look like and the Heisman tomorrow, so I'm going to be cracking on that all night.

It's a beautiful thing when the Rangers, Islanders and Knicks are off. And A-Rod doesn't create any news.

Adam,
I'm sitting here watching the 3rd OT of the LSU - Arkansas game. I'm in a disagreement with a buddy about the wisdom of Nutt deciding to start the OT on defense. My buddy says you always pick "D" so you know whether you need 3 or 7. I'm thinking when your the underdog and run a better offense than a defense - it often makes sense to go on offense first. Make the other guy play catch-up.
What do you think?

I'll address this at length at a later date, but soon. I think this is a great topic for discussion. My first instinct is to always take D first, but let me stew on it some.

I had the chance to see Pryor play while eating a Primanti Bros. sandwich on Friday afternoon and actually passed through his hometown on the way to the wedding this weekend. I have no idea how good Beaver Falls is, but Pryor made them look like the Little Giants at their first practice in the Pennsylvania state championship games. He was a man among boys and any school should instantly benefit from his presence on the roster.

And I finally made it up to Mt. Washington…great, GREAT view.

The way things are going, is it possible that USC & Ohio State could end up playing for the championship? Heck, maybe even Hawaii & Kansas or Missouri or LSU or Oklahoma. You guys get the point. Of course, just think how great all of these arguments would be if there was a playoff. What do I know, clearly, nothing, I am still smarting from the beating last night. The only thing at this point is will Hawaii-Boise State be higher scoring than Colorado-Nebraska?

At this point, I am going to refrain from assuming just based on this while season. It really could be anyone, and when computers are running the show, who knows what will happen on December 2. Logic gives us a clear idea, but we'll have to wait and see.

As for USC, I watched the Trojans play Arizona State and what stood out to me most was the youth at the skill positions. Joe McKnight really looks like he can be a version of Reggie Bush next season or the year after and those receivers are going to torch secondaries for a bit, but the whole group just needs some polish.

I'll throw up a post about this more within 12 hours.

Oh, by the way, with all of the upsets again, and the weekend is just starting (A&M/Arkansas), if Hawaii wins out, they have to go to a BCS game, don't they?

Yes. The win over Boise earned them that right. But we'll talk more about this tomorrow. There's just a lot to digest.

Adam, if you haven't seen it yet. This is the best penalty ever called in college football. Worth embedding if you're bored.

I'm bored.