You know you’re getting into the swing of college football season when there’s a holder’s face burned into the back of your eyelids.
That, the other bad vibes, the good vibes, and—well, that covers all of this, actually—from college football’s Week 3:
Good #10: The ACC Replay Command Center
Televising the conversation between the refs and the replay room is the first positive replay change in years.
Bad #10: The ACC Replay Command Center
The boys in Charlotte buzzed in a review so late last week that referee Gary Patterson quit. Also, why is this command center not sponsored by Cook Out?
Good #9: North Texas
Our friends won 59–10 while AD Jared Mosley did the Stone Cold Steve Austin in the stands. They don’t call ‘em the Nice Green, folks.
Bad #9: Evanston
Fun fact: When you line up Northwestern and Oregon’s logos, they spell out “NO.” Which meant that yesterday, even the scoreboard didn’t want to be there.
Good #8: Vanderbilt
It is so weird to turn on Vanderbilt and expect to watch solid football.
Bad #8: Kansas State
The last time something sunk this bad after leaving Ireland, James Cameron made the highest-grossing movie of all time.
Good #7: The Giants
I know they lost last night, but they didn’t lose Friday night and I really wanted to put Lou Seal on the graphic.
Bad #7: The Giants
“Let’s ride?” More like, “Let’s ride off into the sunset!” (Work in progress. I think there’s a joke here.)
Good #6: The Backyard Brawl
It’s always good. Always.
Bad #6: Virginia Tech
If you missed it, yes, they lost to Old Dominion again.
Good #5: American Tight Ends
Texas A&M tried to outsource their tight end job to Sweden. Thankfully for them, they saw the light just in time.
Bad #5: Luke Fickell
I don’t think he knows what went wrong either.
Good #4: Key & King
This year’s echo of the Leach–Minshew and Orgeron–Burrow romances of yore.
Bad #4: Arch Manning
He got booed against UTEP. That’s hard to do. It’s getting to the point where Peyton & Eli might hold a press conference to disown Cooper.
Good #3: The Kicking Game
The fire drill was probably a terrible idea but 1) Brent Key and 2) this Aidan Birr child kicked the butt out of that thing.
Bad #3: The Kicking Game
I know, I hate missed kicks and holds too, let’s move on.
Good #2: Anthony Rizzo
Sorry, more baseball. The guy had too much fun to ignore.
Bad #2: UCLA
“Bad #2” directly translates to “diarrhea.” Which, coincidentally, UCLA.
Good #1: Gunner Stockton
Every SEC quarterback should be from a town called Tiger.
Bad #1: DJ Lagway
Five is too many picks.
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