Something is wrong with Andy Dalton.
Arlington Heights 67, Western Hills 0
at #6 TCU 41, #7 Kansas State 20
at Cincinnati 3, Cleveland 24
Marshall 63, at Southern Miss 17
#23 West Virginia 16,
T-Sip ShortdicksTexas 33#20 Georgia 63, at Kentucky 21
Bad enough when one team doubles-up on another.  When one team triples-up…
Told you Georgia was pissed, didn’t I?
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I went to see Heights-Hills Friday night.  Saw all I needed to see by halftime.
Which, probably not coincidentally, was probably all coach Phil Young needed to see, too.  Heights could have easily – and no…I’m not embellishing this whatsoever – easily  hung a hundred or more on Western Hills.  Easily.
I’m serious.  Hills offered damned little resistance to the Yellow Jacket offense Friday night.  Third-and-25 from midfield (thanks to a penalty or two)?  No sweat for quarterback Deion Hair’Griffin – throw a twenty-yard out to wideout Larry Johnson, let him do the rest.  Thirty yards later…yawn, touchdown Heights, yawn.
As it was, they score a field goal in the 3rd and a touchdown in the fourth, and that was it.
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TCU’s victory over K-State was remarkably easy, all things considered.  Never trailed, and the Wildcats only got within seven once.
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This is not your father’s Southern Miss.  (Or the Vicar’s, for that matter)
The Golden Eagles just don’t lose like that.  Not at home, for Cthulhu’s sake.
Damn.  Just, damn.
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Andy Dalton had an NFL QB rating the other night of 2.0
No, I’m not kidding.  Two.  Point.  Oh.
But without any doubt, Dalton was awful. Look at this line and try not to cringe: 10-of-33 for 86 yards and three interceptions. That’s how you get a 2.0 passer rating. Yes, 2.0. It might be the worst performance by an NFL quarterback this season, and an inexcusable one for someone in his fourth year as a starter.
Dalton was horribly inaccurate. He threw into heavy coverage. He held the ball too long and took too many sacks. It was baffling that he wasn’t benched until Jason Campbell finally got in late in the fourth quarter. Dalton has gotten a lot of criticism for playoff failures, and he has regressed since last year. In nine games, Dalton has eight touchdowns and nine interceptions. That’s not good enough for a team that is now 5-3-1 despite some mediocre quarterback play.
I have no idea what the deal is.  If this were Tony “El Choko” Romo, I’d understand; he’s had multiple  games like that.
But Dalton?
OTOH, this could be a good thing.  If Cincinnati dumps him after this year, I know a team that needs a serviceable backup…
This week:  4-2.  Overall:  52-14-1.
The PFW will return Friday, as we discuss how good Heights could possibly be.
Thank you.