Foul Balls College Football Rankings - Week 3

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Southern Cal	--
2	LSU	--
3	Florida	2
4	West Virginia	1
5	Oklahoma	1
6	Texas	--
7	Ohio State	5
8	California	1
9	Penn State	1
10	South Carolina	4
11	Wisconsin	2
12	Rutgers	1
13	Oregon	4
14	Boston College	7
15	Alabama	11
16	Kentucky	10
17	Clemson	3
18	Louisville	8
19	Virginia Tech	3
20	Texas A&M	4
21	Hawaii	5
22	Georgia	1
23	Missouri	3
24	Michigan State	2
25	Nebraska	12

Dropped Out: Georgia Tech (#15), UCLA (#16), Tennessee (#18), Arkansas (#19), South Florida (#25).

It should be noted that since I was at my sister's wedding on Saturday, I hardly got to watch any football at all. So my ballot this week is probably a bit off since all I have to go on is what I read about each game.

I knocked Georgia Tech, UCLA, Tennessee, and Arkansas out all because they lost. South Florida I took out because their win over Auburn doesn't look as impressive now that Auburn lost to Mississippi State this weekend.

Alabama and Kentucky are new to the poll this week after big wins over Arkansas and Louisville respectively. I doubt I'm the only person who thought Kentucky would beat Louisville this weekend, but it still came as a surprise to most. Get used to hearing the name Andre Woodson in the coming weeks, because he's making the Wildcats a viable threat in the SEC.

I ranked Ohio State the highest among Big Ten teams, because after an impressive victory on the road against Washington, they deserve it. Penn State had some struggles early against Buffalo, and Wisconsin gave up too many points to The Citadel.

As for Nebraska, a 12 spot drop after losing to USC may be a bit much, but that's just how things worked out.

As always, your thoughts and opinions are welcome in the comments.

The NBA Draft Is For Chumps

Some Kentucky basketball fans may notice a familiar face on the bench of the New York Knicks.

It's Randolph Morris, who last week was playing for the Kentucky Wildcats in their loss to Kansas.

So you're probably wondering, how in the hell this is possible? I'll admit I'm not even that sure myself, but it has to do with Morris testing out the NBA draft waters in 2005.

Randolph Morris entered the NBA draft back in 2005 after his freshman season. He did not sign with an agent, and went completely undrafted. Morris was able to return to Kentucky -- after Tubby Smith happened to find the missing paper work a few months later in a desk drawer --the NCAA had him sit out the 2005-06 non-con portion of the season but resume playing for Kentucky...After Tubby Smith left Kentucky for Minnesota, Morris decided to leave for the NBA. The Athletic Director of Kentucky implored him to wait on that decision until the Wildcats had a new coach. Considering Kentucky has indicated that they are not going to rush the decision, Morris apparently saw no reason to wait around to see what happened. He took the money now, though it is not clear when he will be suiting up for games with the Knicks.

Add another point to Isiah Thomas' board. The guy has made himself look like a genius this season after convincing us all he had no idea what he was doing.

Make no mistake about it, Morris was going to be a first round pick in the NBA Draft this summer. Remember, the Knicks don't have a pick in the first round - it belongs to the Bulls as part of the Eddy Curry trade.

Now granted, if the Knicks miss the playoffs and the Bulls magically end up with Oden or Durant, it will kill any positive momentum Thomas has gained, but the odds of that happening at this point are miniscule.

Zeke may turn that ship around after all.