Well, That Was Close/Disappointing: ECU, Georgia and Oregon Keep BCS Hopes Alive

ECU Will. Not. Go. Away.

After a fairly unpalatable morning set of games, we had some intriguing matchups this afternoon; Georgia, East Carolina, Oregon, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech -- the latter by default because the ACC is horrible -- all had BCS aspirations heading into the third week of college football.

Four of those teams still do, but it wasn't for a lack of trying to fail.

Georgia needed a last second interception by Chris Smelley (Dugout Name and license plate: SMLLYCOX) to overcome what really is looking like a disturbingly stout South Carolina defense (it wasn't just NC State, we swear!). The 'Cocks held Knoshown Moreno to just 79 yards on 20 carries even though he punched one in, and Matthew Stafford was hardly effective. But the Dogs held on and their BCS chances prevail.

Exciting recap I know, but that's because I spent most of the afternoon watching a shoddy YouTube-like feed of East Carolina squaring off against Tulane. ECU AD Terry Holland had oh-so-generously offered to play the game in Greenville as Ike, et al approached the coast (what a guy, huh?) and Tulane oh-so-obviously declined the invite.

Instead, the Green Wave took the Pirates down to the fourth quarter, with Petey's Pirates needing an interception --> last minute Patrick Pinkney touchdown to put away what might be a pretty underrated Tulane squad. My brother claims the Pirates were injured and Tulane is in fact better than we think, but it could also be that ECU overlooked them. Or isn't as good as we thought. Or got handed a freebie when Tyrod Taylor didn't play them the first week.

Taylor is playing now and he led Virginia Tech to an unranked matchup of the two favorites to win the Coastal Division in the ACC. Which is kind of like a race to senility between Brent Musberger and Lee Corso; amusing, yet painful to watch. Things happened, people did stuff, THERE WAS BEAMER BALL and eventually Paul Johnson kind of messed the bed in the end as the Northern-most Technical University involved in the game won.

Bob Griese is a homer, the Purdue kicker choked, Oregon was excellent on special teams, LeGarrette Blount was LeDominant and Curtis Painter managed exactly ZERO touchdowns in 50 attempts. Also, Kory Sheets looked good. But not good enough.

BCS Hopez Live.