Beonard’s Losers — Week 2

This week’s games: http://www.funnelfiasco.com/fun_games/losers/2009w02.html

For as out of practice as I am, I’d say I did fairly well in last week’s predictions.  I have something in common with Byron Hout, though.  I didn’t foresee LaGarrette Blount going nuts at the end of the Oregon/Boise State game.  He first punched Hout, who had been taunting him, and then he tried to go all Ron Artest on some BSU fans.  Wisely, Blount has been suspended for the rest of the season.  Hout’s conduct, too, deserves some punishment.  Perhaps a few trips up and down the stairs will teach him to win with a touch more class.  The whole incident is just abhorrent, and it’s a shame that’s what the big story is from this weekend.  That’s all I’ll say about it for now.  We’ll see if Chip Kelly really has any control of his team when my beloved Boilermakers pay a visit Saturday night.

The Big Ten, as a whole, performed acceptably.  The conference went 10-1, the only loss coming to a legitimate opponent.  This week, it’s Directional Michigan against the Big Ten, and the marquis matchup of USC at OSU.  Navy has really improved in the past few years, but tOSU fans should be concerned that they were able to keep it so close in Columbus.  And how about Iowa nearly falling victim to Northern Iowa?  Or Indiana winning at the last moment against a I-AA team?  The Big Ten is supposedly improved this year, but I’m not convinced.  We’ll see in the next few weeks.

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