Podcast: Episode 47

How dedicated are we? Both Phil and Tom are down and out with the flu, but we didn't want to postpone an episode of An 'Eye and an 'Eer.

So naturally we had to talk about Brandon Spikes' eye-gouging moment against Georgia, but more importantly the inconsistent discipline being handed out for such incidents (hey folks, Urban Meyer is not he choir boy he plays on TV).

How damaging was Michigan's loss to Illinois for Rich Rodriguez' future in Ann Arbor? His life expectancy may have been shortened from four years to three because of it. RichRod better hope for that sixth win soon and a bowl bid.

How about Oregon's shredding of USC last weekend? Does this mean Boise State could screw up the whole BCS thing? Probably not. But it does mean we could have four or five undefeated teams at the end trying to stake a claim. A couple other tidbits from the show: Phil doesn't see how Ohio State can win at Penn State, while Tom thinks this is the year a player from a non-BCS school could win the Heisman Trophy.

Sucker punch

By now everyone has seen the footage of Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount cold cocking a Boise State player after the Ducks' disappointing and lethargic performance late Thursday night (and early Friday morning).



Apparently if you run your mouth all week talking about avenging last year's loss and then you rush for -5 yards, maybe you just want to hit someone. To be totally fair, it appears the Boise player says something out of line, but Blount's display of sportsmanship can't be tolerated by anyone at Oregon.

What I am totally shocked about is how no one from Boise State's team went after the guy. What restraint. However, Boise's fans looked ready to rumble. Now that would have been interesting.