Upset Saturday

Saturday, September 5, 2009 was a day of upsets in the sports world. The two most notable upsets occurred in college football and the U.S. Open tennis tournament. Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford and the 3rd ranked Oklahoma Sooners were suppose to win its’ shootout with 20th ranked Brigham Young Cougars, but the Cougars had other plans for the first game in Dallas Cowboys new stadium. Andy Roddick was supposed to make quick work of John Isner but he quickly found out that was not going to happen.

At the U.S. Open, the 5th seeded Andy Roddick ran into a buzz saw by the name of John Isner. Isner played power tennis with barrage of aces to defeat Roddick. With his loss, Roddick is first outright upset of the tournament because many experts had him going deep into tournament play. The 55th ranked Isner has something to cheer about because this is deepest he has gone into a Grand Slam tournament. For his effort, the victorious Isner will face Fernando Verdasco who is the 10th seed in the U.S. Open.

Brigham Young Cougars demonstrated why games are won on the field and not in the headlines. Every football expert and the majority of the fans gave them little chance in the game as I myself did. In their 14-13 victory over Oklahoma Sooners, the Cougars may have dashed the hopes of Sooner’s QB Sam Bradford of becoming only the second person to win two Heisman trophies. Cougars won the first college football game ever played in the new billion dollar home of the Dallas Cowboys and sidelines QB Bradford with a sprained shoulder that will cause him to miss a few games. Cougar’s QB Max Hall won the game with a 7 yard throw to sophomore wide receiver McKay Jacobson and if they play near flawless football for the rest of the season they may be bowling BCS style.

Andy Roddick will have to wait until next year for a chance to win an U.S. Open while Sooners may have a slim chance of getting to back to the BCS Bowl, but it will be a difficult path without the services of the arm of the best quarterback in college football, Sam Bradford. John Isner will have the spotlight until his next match; however, Cougars spotlight will glow as long as they keep winning because they will need a perfect season to be considered a BCS contender. For now, Isner and the Cougars will be the talk of the town for their part they played in the improbable upsets that occurred September 5, 2009 or what I call Upset Saturday.