Two different ESPN commentators complained about boring college football games yesterday. That drives me crazy. If you cannot appreciate the importance of yesterday's Tech versus Tech ACC struggle then move on to another sport (because of course every other sport has exciting, multi-score games every time folks suit up). The other complaint was about the Alabama rout, which is completely dumb because there was an exciting ACC-SEC tussle on another ESPN network. When you have a clunker NFL prime-time game you are stuck. With college you almost always have a choice.
And while yesterday's game pitted two teams not quite ready this season for prime time, it was a huge game for the Coastal Division and as such was compelling. With UNC ineligible and Miami down a peg, the Coastal will be up for grabs between the two Techs and UVA. Why this game was scheduled for yesterday and not November is beyond me. But they played last night and the game went to OT. Were there some missteps? Sure. Was it exciting at game's end? Yes.
The biggest off-the-field news in the ACC yesterday was the announcement by Florida State that standout DE Brandon Jenkins (41 tackles, 8 sacks in '11) has been lost for the season with a Lisfranc injury to his left foot. Normally I would feel bad for a program to lose a player of Jenkins's stature in a meaningless win but the third DE for the Noles is Tank Carradine, who contributed 5.5 sacks off the bench last season, and the 4th DE is probably Mario Edwards, the super recruit signed in February. FSU was hoping to overwhelm opposing lines with a deadly combination of talent and depth and losing Jenkins hurts, but if one program could lose a stud DE it was this one.
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