NCAA Football Cupcake Weekend 2010

by James Connelly

You wouldn’t want to have ESPN covering tonight’s  NCAA’s version of Monday Night football to have anything to do with the opening  of Cupcake Weekend, thats for ESPN 3. Considering the teams on hand, Boise St. and Va Tech, both will be going at it hard and it has meaning. Not like the other cupcake games that went on this weekend. NCAA teams always have and will continue to do this every year. NCAA  Powerhouses gotta eat their cupcake before than can really play for something that matters. Its kind of like their version of the NFL pre season which is basically unwatchable. So for most of the top 25 Collegian teams and others get their fun but only for a week, and by the way… it counts. So when Alabama is 10-0 , it means their really 9-0 due to Cupcake weekend. Here are some of the pre season ..errr…, week one cupcake blowouts:

#1 Alabama eats their cake and destroys San Jose State 48-3 and covers the -38 point spread.

#2 Ohio State wallops Marshall 45-7 covers the -28 point spread.

#4 Florida handles Miami (Ohio) 34-12 but actually fails to cover -36 point spread. Jeff Brantly needed the cupcake to sort himself out.

#8 Nebraska tears up Western Kentucky 49-10  and covers a -37.5 point spread, to win their cupcake game.

#13 Miami -45 Florida A&M-0 The Rattlers had no bite .Canes cover the -40 spread

#17 Arkansas allows 3 points against Tennessee Tech 44-3 Fails to cover a -49.5 point spread. Whats the problem here? Can’t you cover a spread?

#20 Florida State gains momentum against Samford 59-6  gets off to a roaring start by covering the -36 point spread. That not Stanford? right?

Tennesee -50 Tennessee Martin-0  Thanks for playing! Heres your Taco Bell voucher.

South Florida – 59 Stony Brook -14 The Bulls survive the 14-14 start, but were eating cake by the 3rd quarter.

Houston-68 Texas State-28 Never heard of Texas State!

Arizona St-54 Portland State-9 Huh?

These are dumb games. I really don’t see a point to this. Why don’t they admit to it and actually play a pre season game, because thats what they are. They are either pre season games or considered to be scrimmages with a scoreboard. They’re free steps toward an undefeated season. If Boise St. beats Va. Tech, it most likely will be another undefeated season for the Broncos.

Opening weekend games that didn’t disappoint:

Pitt -24 Utah 27  OT You had to figure this game would be close,some decent defense and some sloppy Defense, along with  penalties  allowed Utah  to edge the Panthers.

TCU-30 Oregon St-21 good game to watch, but The Quizz wasn’t enough to overcome TCU’s QB Andy Dalton and their run game  that put up 278 yds on the ground. TCU gets to eat their cupcake next week Tennesee Tech.

LSU-30 North Carolina-24 Great game! NC down a few players before the game and then 20 points at the half, fight back and narrowly miss a chance at the end. Never under estimate Head Coach Butch Davis.

Tulsa -49 East Carolina 51 Love these games. Trading touchdowns one after another. Throw in a 35 yard Hail Mary at the end to win! Can’t get enough! ECU Head Coach Ruffin McNeil wins his debut game for his Alma Mater.

Reverse Cupcake game- Jacksonville State 49  Ole Miss-48 2OT. Jeremiah Masoli was allowed to play after appeal, wasn’t enough. Nice going Miss.

Week one Stat Leaders

QB Passing Yards                     Att -Com -Yds

1 T.J. Yates, UNC 46 28 412 2 G.J. Kinne, TLSA 43 28 399 3 Dominique Davis, ECU 46 27 383

Rushing Yards

1. Kendall Hunter, OKST	257
2. Daniel Thomas, KSU	238
3. DeMarco Murray, OKLA	218

Receiving Yards

1. Jheranie Boyd, UNC	221
2. Juron Criner, ARIZ	187
3. DeMarco Sampson, SDSU	179