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College Football Week Eleven Recap: Winners and Losers Stuck

Posted on November 12, 2012 at 03:46 PM.

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Well that was a boring weekend of status-quo college football.

Now we're stuck with three undefeated teams and only a couple of weeks in the regular season. Can college foootball get any more boring?

The SEC holds six of the top nine positions in the BCS -- here we go with a seventh championship for the conference everyone is tired of hearing about. We know, we know; Alabama could beat the Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Browns, Chuck Norris, and Tim Tebow all at the same time.

How depressing.

The only thing that could help (other than more cowbell) would be if by some magic trick that a team led by a freshman quarterback could beat the Crimson Tide on their home field. And wouldn't it be cool if that winning team were to be so new to the SEC that the conference can't quite claim their skill as home-grown? But the chances of that happening are about as likely as a second-rate school from Louisiana scaring the pants off the Florida Gators.

So here we are, stuck in the SEC's spin cycle. The question now isn't if the SEC will get two teams in the national championship, but instead, does the conference deserve three teams?

Put your sarcasm goggles on and re-read the previous six paragraphs as I have my tongue surgically removed from my cheek. Here are five winners and losers from week eleven of the college football season.

FIVE TEAMS ON THE RISE

#15 Texas A&M (8-2)
Week 11: #1 Alabama, won 29-24

Nobody likes the new kid in school and this is why. He's smarter than you, throws the football farther, and steals your girlfriend. Then we make fun of him so we feel better about ourselves. Especially the part where his mascot is an animal; a dog, can you believe it! Try an elephant, chump [initate sobbing]!

#2 Kansas State (10-0)
Week 11: TCU, won 23-10

They just keep winning, and by a lot. Now they're the new number-one team but can't get a single network to broadcast their games in prime time so the rest of the nation can watch them. They're boring on defense because they're good, and all they do is run the ball behind a quarterback that does everything. If they swapped their mascot for a Gator and lived on the sEc-SPN Network, America would eat them up. Until then, the 3:30 time slot is busy chewing on K-State.

#3 Oregon (10-0)
Week 11: California, won 59-17

It's next man up in the machine known as Oregon football. The Ducks have played with a defensive line full of freshmen and as far as I can tell they have a depth chart that goes seven-deep and it doesn't affect their play at all. Seriously, the NFL needs to grab Chip Kelly and fast. And by fast, I mean "faster than Oregon runs three plays" fast -- so about twenty-five seconds sound right.

#4 Notre Dame (10-0)
Week 11: Boston College, won 21-6.

The Fighting Irish remind me of a cat that loves to torture the tiny mouse it just snatched up. They could destroy their opponent but instead smack them around, spit them out, and then chase them down just to finish the kill moments before the clock runs out. It almost feels like Notre Dame is bored; like they're manufacturing a competitive game. Bring on the next challenge: the Wake Forest Demon Rodents.

#5 Georgia (9-1)
Week 11: Auburn, won 38-0

I love where the Bulldogs are set up. They're likely to face Alabama for the SEC championship with each being rated in the top five. The game could very well be dubbed the waiting-for-a-screw-up bowl, as the SEC champion needs two of the nation's remaining three teams to lose or they may get shut out of the title game.

FIVE TEAMS ON THE DECLINE

#1 Alabama (9-1)
Week 11: #15 Texas A&M, lost 29-24

Sure they lost, but how bad is it? In the SEC every win means more and every loss means less. The Crimson Tide have dropped to fourth place; next in line for the national championship if/when two undefeated squads above them fall. They're not out of it, but they certainly lost their leverage.

#6 Florida (9-1)
Week 11: Louisiana-Lafayette, won 27-20.

Sure, the Gators won the game but that was embarassing. Florida, who was a twenty-seven-point favorite completed a Cam Newton-like miracle to come back and win. Like every other SEC team they likely won't be punished in the polls or BCS standings, but for a week we can all chuckle at how horrible the best of the best looked on this particular day.

#9 Louisville (9-1)
Week 11: Syracuse, lost 45-26

Teenagers are such an intriguing species. Physically they have the ability to do things on a football field that old men marvel at, but then there's this little thing called a brain that gets in the way. The biggest argument over keeping the college football season short shouldn't be regarding the wear and tear the body takes, but instead, coaches should put up a stop sign because it means more chances for mental and emotional breakdowns. But hey, at least Louisville is still likely to make it into a BCS bowl game. Hooray!?

Washington State (2-8)
Week 11: Another Mike Leach Scandal

Wazzu's leading receiver Marquess Wilson has left the program amid allegations that he was mistreated and abused by Mike Leach and his coaching staff. Leach, who has led the team to a less-than-stellar start, was fired from his previous gig at Texas Tech for similar accusations of mistreatment of a player. Unless Wilson is lashing out like a spoiled brat, there's a good chance in the post-Sandusky era that Leach may be one-and-done in Cougarville.

Defense
Week 11: Where did it go?

North Carolina gave up sixty-eight points to Georgia Tech to set an ACC record, Alabama surrendered twenty-nine points at home in a loss, Virginia and Miami (FL) battled to a one-point contest despite eighty-one points total, and Tennessee and Missouri racked up a billion points (or 99 if you're counting) thanks to triple overtime.

Sound Off: Who are your winners and losers from week eleven of the college football season?

Justin Mikels is a staff writer for Operation Sports. Follow him on Twitter: @long_snapper

Comments

# 1 Bmore Irish @ Nov 12

im rather disappointed bama lost. it could be painful to hear what kinda things would be said if an SEC team doesn't win a championship because they werent in it. then again, anyone can lose. so maybe it won't matter

# 2 SkillzKillz719 @ Nov 13

I think you got most them really.

Mississippi State has been on the decline the past couple weeks (even though we saw it coming). UCLA is slowing on the rise and has a chance to possibly upset USC this week.

Kentucky has played horrible on the year so far and Joker Phillips is gone.

Colorado actually showed some spunk, but still got ran over to the tune of 366 yards by one player.

And I really really REALLY think Chizick deserves another year for Auburn.
I would GLADLY take a national championship for a 1-11 season 2 years afterwards.n Auburn needs to realize they won't be back anytime soon. Enjoy it and let the coach have one more year. If a national championship doesn't earn you an extra year, I don't know what does.

Lousiana Tech keeps showing that they need to stay as far away as possible from a BCS game. It would be Hawaii-Georgia x2.

And I hope (even though I like Oregon State) Marcus Mariotta gets mentioned in the Heisman discussion soon. He has played so well the whole year and has been an important part to that offense.

And the Beavers lost what was essentially a semi-final to the Rose Bowl and as tough as that was, we still have so much to play for. We still can go to a BCS game and knock our rivals out of a national title opportunity.

College football literally doesn't get better than this!

# 3 jmik58 @ Nov 13

@MarylandMan ... actually, Bama is 9-1. I use templates from the previous week's article and sometimes a detail is missed, but it's not a fact-checking issue. It happens. Thanks for the heads up.

# 4 tbennett54 @ Nov 15

This is going to be the excuse from now on when players have a problem with him even if its not true. Everyone knows he was fired for the James stuff so any player from now on with a grudge against Leach can try to use the abuse claim. James was a little wuss. I guess Marquess Wilson is probably the same.