Nov. 1 Notre Dame 49, at Navy 39 And You Care Because … Notre Dame got all it could handle from the Navy running game, but everything seemed to be fine with a 28-7 lead helped by a 78-yard C.J. Prosise touchdown catch and a five-yard run from Everett Golson. And then Navy too control, taking the lead […]
Nov. 1 UAB 31, at Florida Atlantic 28 And You Care Because … Ty Long hit a 24-yard field goal with two seconds to play to break the 28-28 tie and give UAB the win. The Blazers appeared to have things in hand with a 28-7 lead in the fourth quarter, helped by two Jordan Howard touchdown runs […]
Nov. 1 TCU 31, at West Virginia 30 And You Care Because … TCU rallied late down 31-20 with a six-yard B.J. Catalon touchdown run with over seven minutes left and, helped by a 40-yard pass play to Kolby Listenbee, a 37-yard Jaden Oberkrom field goal as time ran out for the win. West Virginia got up 13-0 […]
Nov. 1 Maryland 20, at Penn State 19 And You Care Because … Brad Craddock hit a 43-yard field goal with 51 seconds to play as Maryland stormed back in the fourth quarter for the win. Penn State scored 13 straight points for a 16-7 lead going into the final frame, with two of Sam Ficken’s four field […]
Nov. 1 Duke 51, at Pitt 48 2OT And You Care Because … In the second overtime, Pitt settled for a 43-yard Chris Blewitt field goal, and Duke answered with a five-yard Thomas Sirk touchdown run for the win. In a back and forth shootout, the Blue Devils got three Anthony Boone touchdown passes and a 12-yard scoring […]
Nov. 1 at Connecticut 37, UCF 29 And You Care Because … Helped by four interceptions, Connecticut shocked UCF with two Chandler Whitmer touchdown passes including plays from 38 and 22 yards away to Noel Thomas, and helped by two Ron Johnson short scoring runs on the way to a 37-21 lead. UCF came up with several big […]
R&L Carriers New Orleans BowlMercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LASaturday, Dec. 20, 11:00 a.m. ET ESPNMountain West vs. Sun Belt No. 2Prediction: San Jose State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Gildan New Mexico BowlUniversity Stadium, Albuquerque, NMSaturday, Dec. 20, 2:20 ET ESPNC-USA vs. Mountain WestPrediction: Houston vs. San Diego State Royal Purple Las Vegas BowlSam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NVSaturday, Dec. 20, 3:30 ET ABCMountain […]
E-mail Rich Cirminiello Follow me … @RichCirminiello You didn’t deserve this one, West Virginia. Considering how the Mountaineers played on Saturday, it’s shocking that the game hinged on a Jaden Oberkrom field goal attempt in the waning seconds. For the first time in over a month, West Virginia played like the team that began the season unranked, with a head […]
E-mail Pete Fiutak Follow me … @PeteFiutak Well, Florida, now what do you do? If you take a really, really, really hard look at Florida over the last two years, yes, you have to excuse 2013 because of all the devastating injuries. A program like Florida’s should have a next-man-up good enough be ready to shine at an SEC level, but still, […]
Notre Dame (6-1) at Navy (4-4) , in Landover, Nov. 1, 8:00, CBS Here’s The Deal: Notre Dame was able to right the ship. It was one of the most lopsided rivalries in college football as the Irish were regulars when it came to beating up Navy, but that started to change just a few years ago. With […]
Oklahoma State (5-3) at Kansas State (6-1) Nov. 1, 8:00, ABC Here’s The Deal: Kansas State was probably under-ranked in the first playoff run at No. 9 – considering its lone loss came to No. 3 Auburn – but it’s doing just fine, winning four straight since the defeat with convincing victories over Texas Tech and Texas and […]
Arizona (6-1) at UCLA (6-2) Nov. 1, 10:30, ESPN Here’s The Deal: It’s a battle of ranked Pac-12 teams, with major South Division implications at stake in the Rose Bowl. UCLA has been a massive underachiever in 2014, typified by last week’s need for double-overtime to defeat 2-6 Colorado. If the Bruins have any designs of rebounding and […]
TCU (6-1) at West Virginia (6-2) Nov. 1, 3:30, ABC/ESPN2 Here’s The Deal: Really, before the season, you thought TCU vs. West Virginia was going to be a really, really big deal in the Big 12 title chase? While this is just the fourth time the two teams have been, the two new guys to the conference have […]
Stanford (5-3) at Oregon (7-1) Nov. 1, 7:30, Fox Here’s The Deal: Now’s your chance, Oregon. You better not mess it up. The Ducks have had to live with the reality that budding rival Stanford has derailed their national championship quests in each of the last two seasons. In 2012, Oregon was unbeaten and heavily-favored, yet lost to the […]
Arkansas (4-4) at Mississippi State (7-0) Nov. 1, 7:15, ESPN2 Here’s The Deal: Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema keeps saying that the program will break its 16-game SEC losing streak when it’s ready. It wouldn’t be any sweeter than to come up with a win over the No. 1 team in the nation to get over the doldrums. The […]