Last week was not only an incredible weekend of college football, but also an important reminder for all of us that we don't know anything. It doesn't matter how much time you spend following this sport. How deeply you study it, nor how much ball you know.
At the end of the day, it's a game played by two teams of young men between the ages of 18 and 23 with an oblong ball that will bounce in random directions once it hits the ground. Sometimes one of those young men will run into his teammate's backside and drop the oblong ball, which will bounce into the waiting arms of the other team, and the next thing you know they're kicking it through a pair of uprights to win the game. I can't get enough of it.
Would I have had enough of, though, is losing picks in this column. I may as well have been a top-10 team myself last week because I went 2-4, which is the third straight week I've gone 2-4. I was Brandon Marsh's left pinky toe away from being 3-3, which still wouldn't have been good, but would've felt so much better than 3-3.
But I cannot wallow in it. I must keep my head held high and soldier through while all of you yell at me. However, while I don't mind being yelled at, I must remind you that you could just do the opposite of what I tell you.
If you'd been doing it all season, I'd be your hero right now. No. 7 Ole Miss at No. 19 Texas: The vibes in Austin are low. It is never a good sign when your head coach has to repeatedly tell everybody that, no, he is not benching the starting quarterback, while also telling you that the starting quarterback needs to play better.
What this tells you is that the coach sees the same thing you see. The QB isn't playing well. At the same time, the coach is telling you he doesn't have much faith in any of his other options to play better than the current starter.
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