Alright, Emerald City! What a weekend, right? Our Hawks just rolled to a 31-7 win over Arizona, making us all feel good. But as great as that felt, I gotta tell you, the college football world is having some seriously wild conversations, and it’s driving me absolutely nuts. We’re talking about pure internet stupidity, folks, and our guy Tom Fornelli, who’s been in this game for two decades, is just as baffled as I am.
Oregon’s Blowout Brought Out The Dumbo Takes
So, Oregon absolutely annihilated Portland State, I’m talking an 84-0 demolition. You’d think that’s a good thing, right? Nah, apparently not. Fornelli saw columns flying around, national and local, including The Wall Street Journal and The Oregonian, calling the win “offensive” or even “cringey” in the headline. Can you believe that? According to some folks, if Oregon barely beats Boise State to start the season, that’s bad. If they get upset and lose on the road to Oklahoma State, that’s even worse. And now, if they win by too much, that’s also bad! Fornelli joked that maybe coach Dan Lanning needs to understand his team is only allowed to win by exactly 17 points. A 14-point win is a failure, but a 20-point win? That’s just indecent. The discourse around this is some of the dumbest stuff Fornelli has seen in his 20 years covering college ball, and honestly, he’s not wrong.
Georgia and Ohio State Keep Stacking Ws
Away from the “too much winning” drama, the power ratings are shifting, but some things remain rock solid. Ohio State is still holding strong at No. 1, even after taking a loss to Texas. Fornelli stuck with them, and they went out and absolutely decimated an overwhelmed Kent State team to take out their frustrations. They’ve got a tougher test this week against Illinois, so we’ll see how that goes. Georgia, meanwhile, moved up to No. 2 from No. 4. Yeah, their schedule has been soft to start the year, no doubt. People will fight that move, but Fornelli makes a good point: how a team plays is usually far more important than who they’ve played. And Georgia has been playing about as well as you could possibly imagine through three games. Nobody is hyping Gunner Stockton for Heisman, but if you compare his numbers to the guys getting all the buzz, they look pretty darn similar. Notre Dame is also sitting up there at No. 3 in the rankings.
Ohio State is going to have to prove they can handle a tougher opponent this week against Illinois. For Georgia, it’s all about keeping up that high level of play even if the opponents aren’t always top-tier. It’s early in the season, but these top teams are already making noise, and it’s gonna be fun to see how it all shakes out!
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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