It only took the University of Michigan (“The Harvard of Ann Arbor”) 259 years to duplicate Benjamin Franklin’s most famous discovery. Â If Franklin were alive today, he would have likely been too busy scrawling a scathing letter of protest to Netflix for jacking up their streaming prices before he finished season 3 of The Office. Â But if he had flipped over to the most-hyped matchup of two unranked teams ever, he would have discovered the electricity (yeah, that happened) of one Mr. Denard Robinson as he once again orchestrated a last-minute victory over a Notre Dame team that just needs a cupcake, y’all.
In actual ranked-team news, the Coaches’ Poll had little movement this week outside of several one-spot flip-flops that didn’t really seem to be based on anything. Â The biggest gainers were Arizona State (who beat the erroneously-ranked Missouri in overtime), West Virginia (who beat the possibly-fictional Norfolk State) and South Florida (who beat Ball State, probably the best team in the state of Indiana).
That overtime loss by Missouri is the only one suffered by a Big 12 team so far. Â By Kathy Miles’ estimation, that makes them like the most awesomest conference ever. Â That must be why everybody wants out.
This weekend’s slate is light on excitement but there are several world-shocking opportunities for unranked teams hosting ranked opponents. Â I’ll be surprised if at least one of these games isn’t an upset:
Boise State @ Toledo
West Virginia @ Maryland
Michigan State @ Notre Dame
Ohio State @ Miami (please not this one please)
I’m going to say it in every thread I can fit it in — Toledo is pulling off the upset. I can just feel it.
Unfortunately that isn’t going to do Team Anti-BCS any favors if they do.