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Boston College and Matt Ryan

I have really hated Boston College all season. Gave them zero chance to win at Virginia Tech. For the majority of Boston College's battle against the Hokies, I appeared to be right. Then Ryan led BC to two Heisman-quality scoring drives. If Matt Ryan wins the Heisman Trophy, and everyone seems ready to engrave the trophy now, those touchdown passes will be replayed over and over and over. Two questions that immediately pop into my head:

Is Boston College worthy of the #2 ranking?
In a season where everyone is falling and top-ranked upsets are happening weekly, kudos have to be given to Boston College for winning this game. Even when they were playing awful football, they were still in the football game the entire way. Boston College is very similar to the top-ranked Buckeyes. In fact, there probably should be some debate on which should be #1. The ACC has been more impressive than the Big Ten.

Should Matt Ryan be the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy?
Those 2 drives were amazing. His passes were on the money. If he had played an average game and then finished with those, I would confidently say: Maybe. However, he didn't play average. He played awful. Even with those drives, he finished with under 50% completion percentage, 5.5 yards/attempt, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Those are very Sam Keller-like stats. I'll put him in my Heisman race because it's just asinine not too, but I still don't like him as the best player in college football.

But Matt Ryan is a star QB on an undefeated BCS football team!!?!? How about we compare his season to another QB that fits the same bill (and by no means is/should be in the Heisman discussion):

                                                                                                           

Player	Passing Yards	Comp %	Yards/Attempt	Passing Touchdowns	Interceptions	Passing Efficiency
Matt Ryan	2433	61.0	6.83	19	8	131.48
Todd Boeckman	1799	66.5	8.61	21	8	164.32

Now I would never say Matt Ryan is worse than Todd Boeckman because I think Ryan will become a pretty decent pro. However Todd Boeckman is playing just as well, if not better, than Matt Ryan this season with none of the fanfare.

October 29th Waiver Wire Suggestions

Purdue RB Jaycen Taylor
Iowa RB Albert Young
Colorado RB Hugh Charles
Texas Tech WR Eric Morris
Central Michigan RB Justin Hoskins
UNLV QB Omar Clayton
Tulsa WR Trae Johnson
Oregon TE Ed Dickson
Washington WR Marcel Reese
Georgia RB Knowshon Moreno - one last time
East Carolina WR Jamar Bryant
Connecticut RB Andre Dixon
Rice QB Chase Clement
Rice TE James Casey
N.C. State WR Donald Bowens
Kansas RB/FB Brandon McAnderson
Washington State RB Dwight Tardy
Bowling Green RB Willie Geter
Florida Atlantic TE Jason Harmon
Florida Atlantic WR Cortez Gent
Arizona State RB Keegan Herring
Arizona State RB Dimitri Nance

Injury Report - Week 9

Fresno State RB Lonyae Miller (knee)
Wisconsin RB P.J. Hill (leg)
Virginia QB Jameel Sewell (leg)
Vanderbilt QB Mackenzi Adams (chest)
Arkansas QB Casey Dick (ribs, concussion)
Nebraska QB Sam Keller (shoulder)
UCLA RB Kahlil Bell (undisclosed)
Florida State WR Greg Carr (wrist)
Florida State RB Antone Smith (ankle)
Troy QB Omar Haugabook (hamstring)
MTSU QB Dwight Dasher (knee)
Oregon State RB Yvenson Bernard (shoulder)

October 22nd Waiver Wire Suggestions

Below are some suggestions for your waiver wire pickups for the week of October 22nd. It is important to remember some of these players are only worth a pickup in certain BCS or just leagues using the SEC. Additionally, some players on this list may already be the property of another owner - and this is probably your last shot to pick him up - if they are on waivers.

Connecticut RB Andre Dixon
Clemson WR Aaron Kelly
Georgia Tech RB Rashaun Grant/Jonathan Dwyer (If Tashard Choice is out an extended period of time)
Texas WR Nate Jones
Vanderbilt QB Mackenzi Adams
Wake Forest RB Josh Adams
Wake Forest WR Kenneth Moore
Nevada RB Luke Lippincott
UCLA RB Kahlil Bell
Bowling Green RB Willie Geter
Fresno State RB Ryan Mathews
Kansas State QB Josh Freeman
Virginia RB Mikell Simpson (If Cedric Peerman is out a while)
LSU WR Early Doucet (now healthy)
Colorado State RB Gartrell Johnson
Boise State RB Jeremy Avery (with Ian Johnson out)

October 15th Waiver Wire Suggestions

Below are some suggestions for your waiver wire pickups for the week of October 15th. It is important to remember some of these players are only worth a pickup in certain BCS or just leagues using the SEC. Additionally, some players on this list may already be the property of another owner - and this is probably your last shot to pick him up - if they are on waivers.

TCU QB Andy Dalton
Arizona State RB Keegan Herring
MTSU QB Dwight Dasher
Georgia RB Knowshon Moreno
Pittsburgh QB Pat Bostick
Wake Forest RB Josh Adams
San Jose State WR Kevin Jurovich
Northwestern WR's - Eric Peterman and Ross Lane
Toledo QB D.J. Lenehan
Toledo WR Stephen Williams
Oklahoma State RB Dantrell Savage
Miami, Ohio RB Austin Sykes
Penn State RB Rodney Kinlaw
Wisconsin WR Kyle Jefferson
Kentucky WR Steve Johnson
Air Force RB Chad Hall
Michigan State WR Devin Thomas
Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick

October 9th Waiver Wire Suggestions

Below are some suggestions for your waiver wire pickups for the week of October 9th. It is important to remember some of these players are only worth a pickup in certain BCS or just leagues using the SEC. Additionally, some players on this list may already be the property of another owner - and this is probably your last shot to pick him up - if they are on waivers.

South Carolina QB Chris Smelley
North Carolina RB Anthony Elzy
Marshall RB Darius Marshall
Marshall WR Darius Passmore
Northwestern QB C.J. Bacher
Northwestern RB Omar Conteh
Auburn RB Brad Lester
Duke QB Thaddeus Lewis
Penn State RB Rodney Kinlaw
Georgia RB Knowshon Moreno
Buffalo RB James Starks
Florida State QB Xavier Lee
N.C. State RB Jamelle Eugene
San Jose State WR Kevin Jurovich
SDSU QB Kevin O'Connell
Fresno State RB Ryan Mathews
UTEP QB Trevor Vittatoe
UTEP WR Jeff Moturi
Tulsa WR Trae Johnson
Tulsa WR Brennan Marion

October 1 Waiver Wire Suggestions

Below are some suggestions for your waiver wire pickups for the week of October 1. It is important to remember some of these players are only worth a pickup in certain BCS or just leagues using the SEC. Players like Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno have made this report in previous weeks and while he could easily make this list again, if you haven't picked him up by now in BCS or SEC leagues - he may be the property of another owner.

Southern Mississippi WR Chris Johnson
Boise State WR Jeremy Childs
West Virginia QB Jarrett Brown (if Pat White sits out)
USF RB Jamar Taylor
Central Michigan RB Justin Hoskins
Northern Illinois WR Matt Simon
Ball State RB Frank Edmonds
Mississippi QB Seth Adams (one week option against La. Tech)
Boston College RB Andre Callender
Colorado RB Hugh Charles
Utah RB Darrell Mack
Miami, Ohio RB Cory Jones
Michigan State QB Brian Hoyer
East Carolina RB Chris Johnson
UTEP RB Marcus Thomas
Kansas State WR Jordy Nelson
San Jose State WR Kevin Jurovich
UNLV RB Frank Summers
Nevada QB Nick Graziano
Florida State QB Xavier Lee
MTSU QB Dwight Dasher