The Odyssey wishes to share with you over favorite names among FCS players:

  1. Hercules Mata’afa     The Washington State defensive lineman deserves top billing after last Friday’s epic win over USC.  Mata’afa spearheads an undersized but very active defensive line that has helped the Cougars to field an atypically strong defense.
  2. Finesse Middleton.  The Defensive End for South Alabama must use a hell of a lot of Finesse to compensate for his listed weight of 240.
  3. Soso Jamabo is a starting running back for UCLA.  Sadly, the Bruin running game has been, at best, so-so, the last few years.  We cannot fully blame Soso for being so-so.  UCLA has not had a road grading offensive line in years and, understandably, the past 3 years have featured future NFL QB, Josh Rosen.
  4. Michael Tarbutt.  Two Sundays ago, UConn mounted a fierce rally from a 41-21 deficit to East Carolina to be within 41-38 striking range.  Tarbutt, the UConn field goal kicker, had a chance from 33 yards to force overtime.  After he missed, the Odyssey suspects that Randy Edsall may have wanted to tar his butt.