E-mail Pete Fiutak Follow me … @PeteFiutak You got what you paid for. You wanted to see Arkansas be Arkansas under Bret Bielema, blasting away with a powerful, crushing running game, and it did just that. Even if the Texas A&M defense came up with the big stop in overtime. You wanted to see Kenny Hill be Kenny Hill, keeping his […]
Georgia, get your popcorn ready because every game against a team with a pulse is going to be a track meet. Yes, the Bulldogs have one of the best linebacking corps in the country, and yes, the secondary is settled, and yes, Todd Gurley is from another planet to help grind out the clock and control […]
Vanderbilt (1-3) at Kentucky (2-1) Sept. 27, 12:00, SEC Network Here’s The Deal: In most years, Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky equals the battle for last place in the SEC, but this year, more than ever, this really should be for the No. 14 spot for the loser with a brutally loaded SEC West the best division in football and the East […]
Stanford (2-1) at Washington (4-0) Sept. 27, 4:15, Fox Here’s The Deal: The Pac-12 South has UCLA at Arizona State Thursday night. The North Division is staging its own similarly pivotal game in Seattle two days later. Oregon is the favorite in the North. But the winner of Saturday’s game between Stanford and Washington instantly becomes the Ducks’ biggest […]
Army (1-2) at Yale (1-0) Sept. 27, 1:00 Here’s The Deal: Army needs this, but Yale is good enough to pull off the big win at home. The Bulldogs finally kicked their season off last week hosting Lehigh from the Patriot League, and the offense went ballistic cranking out close to 700 yards in a 54-43 win. Can […]
Fresno State (1-3) at New Mexico (1-2) Sept. 26, 8:00 ESPN2 Here’s The Deal: After a disappointing start to the year, the winner will at least be in the mix for an interesting Mountain West season. Fresno State has been awful after its phenomenal 2013, and with the San Diego State up next, and three of the next […]
TCU (2-0) at SMU (0-3) Sept. 27, 12:00, CBS Sports Network Here’s The Deal: Former Southwest Conference rivals TCU and SMU meet in Dallas for the 94th revival of the Battle for the Iron Skillet. No one knows too much about this year’s Horned Frogs, which have only played twice, handling Samford and Minnesota. They’ve got this test […]
Northwestern (1-2) at Penn State (4-0) Sept. 27, 12:00, BTN Here’s The Deal: A rocky/disastrous start to the season starts over again for a Northwestern team with high expectations and low production with a 1-2 start with little offense and not enough defense at key times. Even so, there were chances to come up with wins against Cal […]
Colorado State (2-1) at Boston College (3-1) Sept. 27, 12:30, RSN Here’s The Deal: Boston College’s fifth of five straight games in the state of Massachusetts could go a long way to determining if it bowls for a second straight year. The Eagles followed up their monumental upset USC by disposing of Maine, 40-10. But BC cannot let […]
Arkansas (3-1) vs. Texas A&M (4-0) in Arlington. Sept. 27, 3:30, CBS Here’s The Deal: The two old Southwest Conference rivals are now into their biggest and most important battle league battle since the 14-0 Aggie win in 1987. This time around, every win in the SEC West is about survival in a division loaded from top to […]
The ten most important things to happen in the history of our great planet – at least this weekend. How will Week Four of your 2014 college football season be remembered in the history books? And so it is written …1. All roads lead to Jameis Leave it to Mr. Winston for finding a way to […]
Sept. 20 at Florida State 23, Clemson 17 OTAnd You Care Because … Florida State survived the absence of Jameis Winston with a fumble recovery late in regulation deep in its own territory to keep the game tied, and then got a 12-yard Karlos Williams touchdown run in the overtime for the win. Clemson had the ball […]
Sept. 18 Auburn 20, at Kansas State 14 And You Care Because … Kansas State missed three field goals and got intercepted in the end zone on a muffed pass, and Auburn needed the help. The Tiger offense sputtered, but it came up with a big touchdown scoring drive late in the first half finished with a 40-yard […]
Sept. 20 Iowa 24, at Pittsburgh 20 And You Care Because … Iowa rallied from an early deficit, and got a game-sealing pick from S Anthony Gair in the waning seconds, to upset Pitt at Heinz Field. The Hawkeyes got sparks on offense from backup QB C.J. Beathard and veteran RB Mark Weisman, whose 1-yard touchdown plunge with […]
Sept. 20 BYU 41, Virginia 33 And You Care Because … BYU remained unbeaten, but not without getting all it could handle from Virginia. The Cougars and the Cavaliers went toe-to-toe for most of the game, but BYU never relinquished a lead it grabbed on a Taysom Hill touchdown run early in the third quarter. Every time […]