First college football weekend, Hurricane Gustav, and D-II soccer upset - Sep 02, 2008 | 10:00:39
posted by: Howard Smith
- The first college football weekend is in the books, and perhaps the best game from week one took place last night between Tennessee and UCLA. The Bruins ended up winning the game, 27-24, in overtime, despite four first-half interceptions by UCLA quarterback Kevin Craft. What was the best college football game you saw this weekend?
- Penn State football coach Joe Paterno won his 373rd game this weekend with a 66-10 victory over Coastal Carolina, which tied him for the most all-time Division I FBS coaching wins with Florida State's Bobby Bowden. Florida State will open its season next weekend versus Western Carolina, while the Nittany Lions will take on Oregon State. Which coach do you think will finish his career with more wins?
- Appalachian State wasn't able to create the same magic in its opening game this year against LSU that it did last season when it upset Michigan. As you probably heard, LSU moved the start time up six hours from 4 pm to 10 am local time on Saturday for this game due to Hurricane Gustav evacuations. It seemed like LSU officials handled the situation in the best possible way given the circumstances. What were your thoughts?
- Gustav has impacted the entire Gulf Coast, which has obviously affected all the athletics teams in the region. While the college football teams get most of the attention on a national level, one must remember that other sports are in season and are just as inconvenienced by the storm. Let's hope the damage is minimal and these schools can resume operations in the upcoming days.
- College football games took place on each day from Thursday to Monday this past weekend. Do you like this or would you like to see games only on Saturday like it used to be?
- In women's volleyball, number one-ranked Penn State went on the road on Friday and defeated 12th-ranked Hawaii in front of over 7,000 fans in Honolulu. No matter what sport, it's great for everybody - student-athletes and fans in particular - when the top teams play each other early in the season. On an unrelated note, Olympic beach volleyball gold medalists Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor had their 112-match win streak broken on Sunday.
- As the fall college sports season is in full swing, we tend to shift our focus away from the Major League Baseball regular season. However, an event took place yesterday that has not occurred since 1920 when two different players hit for the cycle on the same day - Arizona's Stephen Drew and Seattle's Adrian Beltre. Remarkably, Drew is the third Diamondbacks player to hit for the cycle in the 11-year history of the franchise. For comparison, the San Diego Padres, a franchise that has been in existence since 1969, has never had a player hit for the cycle or throw a no-hitter.
