I Tell Ya' Herbie

     It's that time of the week as we list a few notes from the world of college football- I Tell Ya' Herbie.

I Tell Ya' Herbie:

                             Is it time to consider that Miami could finish 12-0 entering the ACC title game?

Maybe, Miami finishes with home games against Duke and Wake Forest and road trips to Georgia Tech and Syracuse, which all seem winnable.

But the Canes are walking a fine line over the last three weeks, defeating Virginia Tech when a Hokies Hail Mary touchdown was overturned, rallied from twenty points down in the fourth quarter to stun a mediocre California team, and outscored Louisville in whoever scores last wins the battle.

Are they a team of destiny? Or are they a team pressing their luck and are on borrowed time?

I Tell Ya' Herbie:

                             The story of the year to this point has to be the Indiana Hoosiers under first-year coach Curt Cignetti, who was hired away from James Madison.

Indiana is now 8-0 and visits Michigan State this Saturday before two games that could be the biggest games for the program in over a half-century (Indiana won the league in 1967 for their only Rose Bowl appearance) home against Michigan and at Ohio State.

However, before we get TOO excited about Indiana, remember this- Indiana has beaten one team with a winning record (5-3 Nebraska) and only one other team (4-4 Washington) is at .500.

I Tell Ya' Herbie:

                             The ACC game of the week last week came early as one-loss Syracuse traveled to undefeated Pittsburgh.

The story wasn't that Pitt trounced Syracuse 41-13 it was the performance of Syracuse quarterback Kyle McCord, the former Ohio State Buckeye, who threw five interceptions and three were returned for Pittsburgh touchdowns.

Some had mentioned before the game that the quarterback Ohio State had jettisoned (McCord) had better statistics than the player they brought in (Will Howard).

No one was mentioning that at the end of this game.

I Tell Ya' Herbie:

                            One thing that conferences mentioned after their expansion was the elimination of divisions to have the "best two teams" play in the conference title game.

What they didn't place into consideration for this decision was how difficult tiebreakers were going to be for bloated conferences and ties between multiple teams without a natural tiebreaker.

It's going to be a real problem for leagues, perhaps as soon as this year and it may take a few years before a move is made but I believe eventually the leagues will return to divisions of some type.

I Tell Ya' Herbie:

                            The shocker last week was unbeaten Liberty suffering their first loss to winless Kennesaw State, which was Kennesaw's first win in Division I.

The loss stunned the Flames, who then lost again Wednesday to Jacksonville State and a team that was attempting to make an argument for being the entry from the Group of Five in the CFP will now be fortunate to make the Conference USA title game.