* Florida won 27-3, but one touchdown came off an INT and another after a Vandy slip on a punt that gave the Gators the ball at the 13. Tebow got sacked four times, and Vandy’s starting QB – the backup, Adams – wasn’t sacked once. I think we’re a lot better than what we’ve shown this year, but that doesn’t mean much at 2-8.
* Jahvid Best has probably played his last game of the year after a godawful injury – he was knocked out cold to the point where they cut his jersey off and took him off the field immoblized, with a blanket for shock and an oxygen mask on. How bad was it? Fans from Oregon and USC were logging onto the Cal boards in real time to say how horrible it looked and that they were praying for #4. It looks like he has movement in all extremities, but the concussion – a much worse one than the one last week which wasn’t even caught until Monday – pretty much sticks a fork in his season, and by extension Cal’s. I wouldn’t be too sanguine about Big Game at this point, and I’m pretty sure the Washington game is a loser. Not much left to do at this point, but when the offseason arrives, it’s time for a serious long look at where the Cal football program is and where it’s headed, because the rest of the conference seems to have solved the puzzle.
* Bama has won the SEC West and will play in what is essentially the national championship semi-final against Florida. Better not overlook Mississippi State (I’m not worried about overlooking Auburn). I know I’ve gotten distant from the Crimson Tide in recent years, and it feels awfully bandwagon-ish to be going out in the red cap or the houndstooth now, when they’ve been the third team in the house for so long – but dammit, I just want to be associated with a winner. With Vandy coming back to earth, Cal falling apart, and the Redskins locked into permanent shit-the-bed mode, I just want somebody to give me at least an even shot at a W on weekends. Even Celtic is hitting the wall under Tony Mowbray. But I do have a longer history with Alabama than any other team in sports…