Tidbits From the College Gridiron

Well we all know what happened this week, Michigan lost to Appalachian State at the “Big House”. This was the first time a 1-AA team beat a ranked (#5) team. For their efforts, Michigan was rewarded with not being ranked this week. Polls at the bottom of the post. Not to anyone’s surprise, head coach Lloyd Carr said he didn’t prepare his team well enough and will start from scratch to get the Wolverines on track for their game against Oregon.Colt Brennan had a pretty nice game for the Hawaii Warriors on Saturday at the Aloha Bowl. All he did was throw for 416 yards and 6 touchdowns against Northern Colorado. The scary part is that he didn’t play in the second half. That wasn’t the biggest talk though about Brennan. It was his strange hair style.

After a 33-3 ass-whipping by the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis might be under the microscope now. He used all 3 of his quarterbacks, none of whom could do anything against the Tech defense. Today, Weis named true freshman Jimmy Clausen his quarterback. Clausen had actually won the job out of spring practice (never announced) but had surgery to remove bone spurs from his elbow. Now that he is healthy, the job is all Clausen’s.

UCONN’s foe in two weeks, the Pittsburgh Panthers, will be without their starting QB for the next 4-6 weeks. Bill Stull suffered a ligament injury in his right thumb during his first collegiate start. The injury is similar to the one that Louisville QB Brian Brohm suffered last season.

Nebraska Cornhuskers head football coach Bill Callahan was given a 3-year contract extension by the university. Callahan led the Cornhuskers to the Big 12 North title last year and has compiled a 23-15 record in 4 seasons. He has helped put Nebraska football back on the map.

Tom O’Brien is off to a rough start at North Carolina State. The Wolfpack got some bad news when they found out their star running back, Toney Baker, will miss the rest of the season after injuring his knee in Saturday’s 25-23 loss to the University of Central Florida. O’Brien also announced that he will be making a quarterback change and starting Nebraska transfer Harrison Beck instead of the incumbent Daniel Evans. Beck will get the start against O’Brien’s former team, the Boston College Eagles. O’Brien coached the Eagles last season before taking over for Chuck Amato at N.C. State.