Georgia’s running back Knowshon Moreno is certainly tearing up the field this season. However, if this superstar ever wants to take a break from college football, he might have a fighting chance in men’s high jump in 2012.

Take a look at his technique and judge for yourself.

Heisman, anyone?

At this point, it’s starting to look like Rich Rodriguez’ departure from West Virginia to Michigan didn’t benefit anyone.  His old teammates, the Mountaineers, are 1-2 after losing back-to-back road games against unranked teams.  The Wolverines are also 1-2 and three of their next four opponents are among the top 22 teams in the country; they could easily find themselves 2-5 by the time they play Michigan State. 

While Rodriguez has a bit of an excuse - a spread offense and no quarterback to run it - the Mountaineers have none.  They returned Pat White, a preseason Heisman candidate, along with sophomore RB Noel Devine, who could challenge the Gators’ Percy Harvin for the title of fastest player in NCAA football.
 
Once again, all of the top teams took care of business this week.  The highest-ranked loser this weekend was East Carolina; the would-be Cinderella team got beaten by a touchdown in overtime at North Carolina State.  LSU survived a big scare at Auburn, before a late touchdown pass from their backup quarterback propelled them to the 26-21 victory.
 
Looking ahead to next Saturday, there are a handful of great games on the slate, including three matchups between ranked teams: #24 TCU at #2 Oklahoma, #22 Illinois at #12 Penn State, and the game of the week, #8 Alabama at #3 Georgia. 

Personally, I’m feeling an upset coming for the Bulldogs…check back on Thursday and I’ll break down the game, along with some early-season predictions. 

It’s not much of a secret that the Southeastern Conference has dominated college football for quite some time now.  The SEC is home to the last two National Champions (Florida in 2006 and LSU in 2007), and this year five of the top ten teams in the AP poll: Georgia, Florida, LSU, Alabama and Auburn.  This weekend brings two big SEC rivalry matchups that should begin to clear up this year’s big picture in the conference; #4 Florida plays at Tennessee, who lost their spot in the Top 25 with a defeat at UCLA, and #6 LSU plays at #10 Auburn. 
 
The loser of the LSU and Auburn matchup will most likely be eliminated from National Championship contention, especially in a very strong SEC.  Auburn’s tough front seven will look to pressure inexperienced LSU quarterback Andrew Hatch, a Harvard transfer who won the job when Ryan Perrilloux was kicked off the team during the preseason. 
 
And Florida can’t afford to lose to an unranked team if Tebow and the Gators still have designs on taking home the hardware.  Tennessee, with star running back Arian Foster, opened the season ranked in the top 25, but dropped out after just one week with a loss against Rick Neuheisel’s UCLA Bruins.  Beating Florida on Saturday would certainly vault Tennessee back into the rankings.
 
Georgia and Alabama don’t exactly have fluff games this Saturday playing at Arizona State and Arkansas, respectively.  And things are not going to get any easier, especially for the #3 Bulldogs.  Their two Heisman hopefuls, Knowshon Moreno and Matthew Stafford, get all the best teams in the SEC this season; they will see Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Alabama, and Florida at home, and Kentucky, LSU, and Auburn on the road. Unless a lot changes in the SEC between now and when those games are played, Georgia has the toughest schedule that I’ve ever seen.