USF knocks off #5 West Virginia.

How about those Bulls. No not the Chicago Bulls or the New York Red Bulls, but the the University of South Florida Bulls.

How those a team get out-gained, out-possessed, give up more turnovers and penalties and still win. Well thats what happen this Friday when The University of South Florida upset the #5 team in the nation, West Virginia, 21-13.

West Virginia had twice the amount of yardage than South Florida did. 437 yards to 274 yards. They also had 249 passing yards, which was more than South Florida's 135.

West Virginia had 28 more plays ran than South Florida. South Florida just happened to be the right place, at the right time.

West Virginia running game was no where to be found, both Heisman candidates Pat White and Steve Slaton were flat-out shut down.The Bulls defense look like a spanish rampage, while The Mountaineers offensive line looked tired and old. The Bulls defense forced six turnovers against a top 10 team, not bad for a program that just started 11 years ago.

Next week is the week FAU fans has been waiting for. That's right baby, University of South Florida comes to Fort Lauderdale to face the Owls of Florida Atlantic. I'll be there, and i'll tell you one thing, expect this game to be crazy and suprising. Can FAU continue its trend of last week upsets, let's see. Go FAU.

Gay community accepts Tim Hardaway

Former Miami Heat player, Tim Hardaway was embraced by gay community after homophopic comments made several months ago.

Hardaway's comments were

"Well, you know i hate gay people, so let it be known. i don't like gay people and i don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. i don't like it. He also said he would not want a gay teammate.

The Yes institute in Miami was holding a discussion on how to keep transgender kids safe and out of harms way. When it came to share an idea, out of nowhere, Tim Hardaway raised his hand.

With 40 people, some of them gay and some of them strangers, he talked about the importance of being educated, awared, and knowledgable.

"I just wanted to go in and get educated, that's all. Get educated on what I said and why I said those things,'' Hardaway said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. "I'm working on understanding it now. I'm not really trying to make amends. I've been there trying to get help.''

My question is, why wait several months to go to a meeting like this. Tim Hardaway's comments were unfortunate and repulsive. You don't make a comment and tell a community you hate them, it's just wide of the mark. Humans make mistakes. i don't care if you're a millionare or a middle-class citizen, a remark like this will bring negative connetation to the public eye.
We know this visit to the Yes Institute was just a PR move, it's evident. We know Tim Hardaway wants to resurrect his image, and get back into the NBA.

But those who think that this move was enough, you better think again.

The gay community is a large community, a community who has rights just like everyone else. It will be a long time before Hardaway gains respect from the NBA and the public. The Yes Institute was the first step to fix his persona and to re-establish a relationship with the NBA and its players.

the Dolphins are 0-3, to start of the season.

The Dolphins down 31-14 in the fourth quarter, came back, but lost to Chad Pennington and the New York Jets, 31-28.

Chad Pennington threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another. He showed excitement after he scored his third touchdown of the day. He pumped his chest with his fist to the fans as a show of passion. Last week, he was doubtful to play the this game, but practice during the week and started for the team.

On the other hand, the Miami Dolphins are now 0-3. There's so many questions to be answered. When will former BYU quarterback rookie, John Beck start? When will the offensive line finally protect there quarterback?

One thing is for sure, Trent Green has been a good quarterback thus far. The few mistakes he made, was when he was not being protected by his offensive line. The Dolphins kicking game has been good, with Jay Feely. The talented running game from Leon Wasington and Ronnie Brown has been mediocre.

In all, Miami's offensive has been good, but the defense not's so good.

The Dolphins defense has not been able to stop the run. In there first three games, Miami's rushing defense has allow 100 or more yards to running backs; Clinton Portis, Marion Barber and Thomas Jones.

This week the Dolphins face the Oakland Raiders. Running Back, Lamont Jordan is second in the league with 350 yards rushing. He average's for more than 100 yards a game. Which means this week, Miami's rushing defense has to stop the run. The question is can they?

FAU is now 3-1. A look at FAU's impact players.

What a comeback it was in Denton, Texas, as the FAU Owls rallied back to beat North Texas 30-20. Oh yeah, what a quarterback shootout it was this this week.

FAU Owls quarterback, Rusty Smith and North Texas Mean Green quarterback, Daniel Meager threw for combined 623 yards. The biggest change this year from last year has been the play from the quarterback and defensive back position.

Smith, is in the top 30 in passing touchdown and 18th in passing yardage. You talk about stats, let's talk about his stats. In four games, Smith, has thrown for eight touchdowns and threw for 1,105 yards. He has completed 54 percent of his passes and has a quarterback rating of 139.6.

On the defensive side of the field, Tavious Polo has been a shut-down cornerback for the owls. The freshmen, now leads the nation with six interceptions on the year. In the last two games, Polo, has five interceptions; three against Minnesota and two against North Texas.

"i dont focus on stats", said Polo. "I just want to win, if we win it doesn't matter."

FAU is now in first place in the Sun-Belt conference. Next week, FAU looks to upset the 14th ranked Kentucky Wildcats. Can anyone say... Upset city.

Is FAU getting a stadium?

That's right, Owl fans. According to the Florida Atlantic University web site, the Owls will have a new on-campus stadium in the fall of 2010.

According to the Palm Beach Post, Florida Atlantic University's Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution to move forward with financing and developing a 30,000 seat stadium on the Boca Raton campus.

In other FAU football news. Quarterback Rusty Smith was named USA Today player of the week for his performance against the Minnesota Gophers.

According to FAUsports.com, Smith was also named Sun Belt conference offensive player of the week. Defensive Back, Tavious Polo, won both the Walter Camp and the Sun Belt conference defensive player of the week.

What an amazing week it has been for FAU football. A new stadium and a victory all in one week. In the next three weeks FAU will be playing two top 25 ranked team; Kentucky and University of South Florida.

Cowboys beat Fins...

The Cowboys defense forced five turnovers versus the Dolphins as Dallas defeated Miami 37-20. There were four interceptions and a fumble recovery. Anthony Henry has two, Roy Williams had one and so did Ken Hamlin.


Tony Romo scrambled like Micheal Vick. He average nine yards per run, threw for 186 yards and connected with two touchdowns. Marion Barber, also had a superb game. He rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns. Terrell Owens had 97 yards and a touchdown reception.

According to ESPN, The Dolphins lost thier home opener for the fourth time in five years.

The Cowboys out-rushed the Dolphins by more than 100 yards. Dallas also dominated the clock with more possession time and also forced Miami to more turnovers.

Next Week, Miami Dolphins look for there first win of the season, when they go into play against the New York Jets. The Jets have won the last two meetings between both teams by three points or less.

FAU wins.... beat University of Minnesota

Florida Atlantic University owls forced seven turnovers and combined on 580 offensive total yardage to beat the University of Minnesota golphers.

Rusty Smith threw for 463 yards and five touchdowns. Smith went 27-44, and connected with running backs William Rose and Diivory Edgecomb. Smith, also threw two other touchdowns to wide receivers Lester Jean and Conshario Johnson.

STATSFACT OF THE GAME

FAU never gave away the lead in the entire game.

Smith, had a career high in both passing yardage and touchdowns.

Tavious Polo, defensive back, had three interceptions on the game.

Overall, this game was a offensive shootout. Both teams combined for 1,050 yards and 81 points. This was FAU's first win against a Big Ten conference team in the school's history.

Next week, The owls play the University of North Texas. Players to watch out for next week will FAU quarterback Rusty Smith and North Texas wide reciever Casey Fitzgerald who has 453 yards receiving and 3 touchdowns in just three games.

Dolphins lose safety....add free agents

After losing safety Yeremiah Bell with a torn left Achillies' tendon, The Miami Dolphins signed both free agents Donovan Darius and Lamont Thompson.

Darius, a former Jacksonville Jaguar and a eight year veteran brings leadership and experience to young secondary. He's known for his hard-hitting aggressive style. With second year cornerback Jason Allen, this secondary unit will make the Dolphins a much better passing defensive team.

The Dolphins also added former Tennesse Titans Lamont Thompson. Thompson brings the "in your face" hands on defense. He's physical and will bring a NFL experience cornerback to the team. The Dolphins have to choose between Darius and Thompson. Other options for safety would be Renaldo Hill and Travares Tillman. The Dolphins play there first home against the Dallas Cowboys this sunday.

On a sad note, former Miami Hurricanes and current Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett suffered a severe spinal cord injury. The injury that he suffered will be career ending. There's a possibility he may not walk again, although he did regain movement in his legs and arms. "Doctors are optimistic", according to
Yahoo Sports.

Running and Kicking game helps Skins beat Fins.

With a total of three field goals, which included 39 yard game winning one in overtime, Shaun Suisham, help the Washingnton Redskins to thier first win in the 2007. Clinton Portis had a superb game, rushing for 98 yards and one touchdown. Wide Receiver Antwaan Randel El had a career high 162 yards on five receptions.

Washington ruin Miami head coach Cam Cameron and new quarterback Trent Green debut with thier perspective teams. Green used his new weapons well, when he threw to RB's Jesse Chatman, Ronnie Brown, and WR Chris Chambers for a combine 219 yards and one touchdown.

The Dolphins almost lost the game before the game went into overtime. Jason Campbell threw a hail mary pass, which was deflected by Miami defense and landed on Randel El hands. He was stop at the 3 yard line.


STATFACT
Redskins out-rushed the Dolphins 400-296 (yards).


Redskins had more turnovers.... and still won the game.

The Dolphins struggled on the offensive line with too many penalties. The game was clearly over when the home field team won the coin flip in overtime. The Dolphins defense in overtime looked tired and old, which helped the Redskins pound the ball with its running game, to set up the game winning field goal. The Dolphins lost a key player in safety Yeremiah Bell.

UPSET CITY.... USF defeats 17th ranked Auburn Tigers

After the Appalachian State football program upset Michigan in last week college football season opener, it didn't take long before another upset occured.

Behind quarterback Matt Grothe, The University of South Florida shocked 17th ranked Auburn Tigers 26-23 in overtime. Grothe threw a 14-yard touchdown to Wide Reciever, Jesse Hester Jr. in overtime to silenced the 82,617 fans in attendence.

These are what i call---StatFacts of the day.

• The Bulls defense force five turnovers, and kept the Tigers to 290 total yards.
• The Tigers only gained 2 yards in its overtime possession.
• Delbert Alvarado missed 4 field goals...which would of made the final score 38-23.
• The Bulls out-possessed, out-ranned and out-passed the Tigers.

Since joining the Big East in 2005, USF has beaten three power houses thus far, Louisville, West Virginia, and now an SEC team in Auburn.

Games like these are what makes college sports great. These two examples of upsets only bring recognition and exposure to small schools like Appalachian State and University of South Florida.

It's been two weeks of college football, and what a season it has been thus far. Keep the upset coming babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...................in the words of college basketball analyst Dick Vitale.