Crazy opening week in the NFL/ACC Dumpster Fire

Week 1 of the NFL season has come to a close.  And all we really know is that half the teams are 1-0 and the other half are 0-1.  Are the Chiefs really better than the Chargers?  Are the Colts really that bad up front on both sides?  Will the Jets stumble through the season on offense?  Are the 49ers really not going to live up to the hype?  Are the Cowboys really that stupid?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  What we learn in Week 1 is that we can't really learn much in week 1.  It gets turned up when the games count.  Some teams are ready, some aren't quite yet.  It's a cliche, but it really isn't how you start it's how you finish.  Now the thing to worry about is that if you start very poorly, it may not matter how you finish.  So if your team didn't play well, don't go overboard yet.   Things change throughout the season. 

Before I move on to college football, let's dive into the Cowboys.  Wade, Jason, and staff need to get their heads right.  1st of all, there is never any shame in taking a knee down 3 with 70 yards to go before half.  There is however shame in letting your team think it was imperative that you score and then give up a TD going the other way.  It was one of the worst coaching decisions I have ever witnessed and I was privy to an Texas A&M vs. OU game in which Dennis Franchione forgot how to add.  The Alex Barron holding call was bad, but the play at the end of the 1st half was much more egregious.  Hopefully the Cowboys will get their heads on straight.

Now to college football.  The ACC is an absolute travesty.  James Madison tops Va Tech.  Kansas bounces back after losing to North Dakota St. by topping Ga Tech. Ohio St. dispatched Miami and hardly broke a sweat.  FSU got boat raced by OU ( I was there.  It was horrible.  It was kind of like watching all of the Saw movies at once.)   North Carolina may lose out on a very promising season because of a scandal.  What's left?  Boston College?  Virginia?  NC St?  Duke?  The ACC's season looks as bleak as Kevin Federline's music career. (Yeah folks, a K Fed reference)  These teams need to get better in a hurry or the ACC will be less relevant than the Big East.  And no one wants that.  College Football is better when Miami and FSU are good.  Let's hope this week was just a blip on the radar.

That is all.