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Five Thoughts: College Football 2013 – Week 9

1. The Hurricanes can now move forward. After over two years of NCAA investigations and self imposed sanctions, the Miami Hurricanes found out that they won’t have any postseason bans and will only lose nine scholarships over the next three seasons. They will also be on probation. All in all, this is a huge win for the Canes because they can now put this scandal behind them and move on. Losing three scholarships per season isn’t a huge deal because the 82 (down from 85) scholarship players they’ll be able to carry on the team is more than the 78 scholarship players they have now anyway. They’ll also be able to recruit better knowing that teams around the country won’t be able to negatively recruit against them. Donna Shalala and Al Golden have to be happy with this outcome.

 

2. Speaking of the Canes… the team hasn’t looked very sharp over the past two games against UNC and Wake Forest, needing last second come from behind touchdowns to win. These two teams aren’t exactly the class of the ACC and if Miami hopes to leave Tallahassee next weekend with a victory, they’ll need a much better showing.

3. This was the week of blowouts and the status quo. Five top ten teams beat their opponents by at least 30 points this weekend and after two straight weeks of crazy upsets, we only saw two. Unranked Duke took out No. 14 Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, 13-10 and No. 21 South Carolina got a big time win over No. 5 Missouri. Other than that, most games went exactly the way you would expect. We had a few close calls but overall, there shouldn’t be a huge shakeup in the rankings.

4. Grambling players came back to the field in a loss. After refusing to play at Jackson State last week and forfeiting, the Grambling State Tigers took their home field against Texas Southern. They blew a 17-7 halftime lead and lost in overtime. The Tigers haven’t won a game all season and have extended their losing streak to 19 games to NCAA competition…13 straight overall.

5. Jayson Carter, the shortest player in FBS, got to play. Carter has a genetic disorder that keeps him from growing, but the Rice sophomore made his debut in a blowout against UTEP when he ran for a one yard gain. Carter is 4-foot-9, 135 pounds and has been on the Owls scout team for three years.
The Queens native handles all things football on KeepingItRealSports.com. Stan attended Holy Cross High School in Flushing, Queens and SUNY Old Westbury. He's spent his post graduate career in different parts of the media, as an editorial assistant, a production assistant and a board operator. He can be followed on twitter @FunnyManStan and routinely performs standup comedy all over New York City.

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