I tell Ya, Herbie

    It's time for I Tell Ya, Herbie, which is a weekly post- filled with notes from the previous weekend in college football.

I make no promises of being able to do this every week, although that is my intent.

I loved writing "Herbie" two or three years ago when I started it and I just didn't have the time last season but I really want to do it regularly this year.

I Tell Ya Herbie: 

                            I was surprised by Deion Sanders and his Colorado Buffaloes' upset in Fort Worth over the TCU Horned Frogs but I'm not ready to give the Buffaloes too much credit too soon.

I do think they will beat Nebraska handily this week after watching Matt Ruhle's Huskers struggle against Minnesota on offense and they may beat a team or two that will be considered upsets but the offensive line looks questionable and they have depth issues that will cause them to lose one or two surprises as the season moves along.

I Tell Ya Herbie:

                            I wasn't disappointed to see Clemson pounded in their opener by unheralded Duke mainly because I'm not a fan of the pious Dabo Swinney and I'm not going to throw too much dirt on the grave of the Tigers as a national power quite yet but it does seem that Clemson's time as a school that you could place as a top-four team before the season and be right more times than wrong may be winding down.

Swinney's reluctance to change with the times (recruiting, transfer portal, and offensive rigidity) could be beginning to catch up with the Tigers, and losing games like this shows cracks in the foundation.

I Tell Ya Herbie:

                           The Big 12 took a beating in week one with Texas Tech (2 OT Wyoming), TCU (Colorado) Baylor (Texas State), and West Virginia (Penn State) all taking losses.

While West Virginia was a heavy underdog and expected to lose on the road, the other three were big favorites, and only one (Texas Tech) lost on the road, so it's understandable to have some questions about each.

Texas Tech looks the best of the three but they could be 0-2 after this weekend as the Red Raiders are hosting nationally-ranked Oregon, TCU may have defensive issues but no one looks worse suddenly than Baylor, who looked dreadful in their loss to Texas State.

I Tell Ya Herbie:

                            The Power Five team that looks to be in biggest trouble this season?

Arizona State, who not only will be taking a one-year absence from postseason play for recruiting violations under former coach Herman Edwards, might have won the one game for their season.

The Sun Devils barely defeated 1-AA Southern Utah by three points at home and might not be favored in a game for the rest of the season.

I Tell Ya Herbie:

                            Colorado's Travis Hunter is already drawing comparisons to 1997 Heisman winner Charles Woodson of Michigan.

If Hunter remotely approaches the number of snaps that he played in the Colorado opener, he will far exceed the number of Woodson's stats in 1997.

Woodson, who really didn't deserve the award over Tennessee's Peyton Manning, did play both ways but his offensive impact was limited as Woodson caught eleven passes for 231 yards for an excellent twenty-one-yard average and three touchdowns.

Hunter caught eleven passes against TCU alone and defensively made three tackles with a pass defended and an interception.

It is asking a lot for Hunter to play that much all season but should he be able to come even close, Hunter is going to give anyone a run for their money for the Heisman.