COLUMBIA, SC – NOVEMBER 23: Head coach Steve Spurrier of the South Carolina Gamecocks watches on during their game against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Williams-Brice Stadium on November 23, 2013 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

The most disappointing college football teams of week two

Posted by TSS Staff on Sep 16, 2015 22:17

We are already headed to the third week of the college football season! Make sure you bookmark our college football page and also take a look at our latest Top 25 poll. In our roundtable yesterday, we discussed three teams that need to right the ship ASAP. TSS associate editors Bart Doan and Terry Johnson join staff writer Kevin Causey as we continue our roundtables by taking a look back at week two…

Question: Which college football team was the most disappointing in week two?

Bart Doan:
On Twitter @TheCoachBart

When you go out into the garage the day before trash day and it’s been 95 degrees for a week, and the bags have been sitting there festering with all of your refuse for at least six days and you take a big whiff … that was Maryland’s performance against Bowling Green in allowing 48 points and getting whipped by 21.
The previous week against Tennessee, Bowling Green couldn’t buy a punt as the Vols did whatever they want. With Maryland, they’re already switching quarterbacks as of this week, the secondary got bull dozed, and the team was just generally awful. There are rocky days ahead for the Terps. Even if they lost this game, you’ve got to be more competitive at home.

Kevin Causey:
On Twitter @CFBZ

I already threw Louisville under the bus yesterday. Auburn and Arkansas seem like too easy of a target. I’m going with South Carolina.

Ever since Connor Shaw left, the Gamecocks just haven’t been the same. He was the heart and soul of the team and they just don’t feel like they have that same scrappy play now that he is gone.

Losing to Kentucky is not embarrassing. Despite having a 5-7 record last season, Kentucky was making strides. What’s disappointing is the Gamecocks had reached the top of the SEC East. They were the team to beat. Then all of a sudden, the rug got pulled out from underneath them.

This is the second straight year the Gamecocks have lost to the Wildcats and in conference play…you simply can’t lose at home. With Georgia on tap this week, the Gamecocks could quickly find themselves in a world of hurt.

Terry Johnson:
On Twitter @SectionTPJ 

I know that most of you are expecting me to say Wyoming, since I wrote about it here and here.

However, the biggest disappointment of week 2 has to be Arkansas. Even the most optimistic Toledo fans — and you know who you are — told me that the Rockets had absolutely no chance at beating the Razorbacks, and immediately changed the topic of conversation to Iowa State.

In other words: fans from both schools expected Arkansas to win this contest easily.

For that matter, so did Bret Bielema, who seemed more worried about Ohio State’s strength of schedule than the Rockets.

Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way. Although the Hogs were able to move the ball up and down the field against the UT defense, they couldn’t score points when they got inside the red zone, managing just three points in five opportunities. In two of those five possessions, Arkansas had first-and-goal inside the Rocket 5, and failed to reach the end zone.

For the team that prides itself on physical play, that’s got to sting.

 

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