Oct. 18 South Florida 38, at Tulsa 30 And You Care Because … Down 30-14 midway through the third quarter, USF scored 24 unanswered points on three Mike White touchdown passes to Andre Davis on plays from 15, 15 and 85 yards out, and put the game away on a 28-yard Marvin Kloss field goal. Tulsa seemed to […]
Oct. 18 at Florida State 31, Notre Dame 27 And You Care Because … In a classic, Florida State hung on for dear life as Notre Dame’s last gasp throw into the end zone was intercepted, but not before Everett Golson converted a 4th-and-18 on the final drive and later appeared to have won the game on a […]
Oct. 18 at Minnesota 39, Purdue 38 And You Care Because … In a back-and-forth game full of wild big plays, Minnesota came up with a great second half with several long plays leading the way to a six-yard Mitch Leidner touchdown run, a 37-yard K.J. Maye scoring catch, and two Ryan Santoso field goals including a 52-yarder […]
Oct. 18 Kansas State 31, at Oklahoma 30 And You Care Because … Kansas State got two touchdown passes and a four-yard scoring run from Jake Waters, and the defense bent but held on as Trevor Knight threw three touchdown passes including two in the second half and a 47-yarder to Sterling Shepard in the second. Waters answered […]
Oct. 18 at Florida Atlantic 45, WKU 38 And You Care Because … FAU roared back in the fourth quarter with 17 unanswered points on a Greg Joseph field goal and a four-yard Greg Howell run to tie it, and less than a minute later, after a WKU three-and-out, Jaquez Johnson found Lucky Whitehead for a 61-yard touchdown […]
Oct. 18 Ball State 32, at Central Michigan 29 And You Care Because … Scott Secor nailed a 55-yard field goal with 17 seconds to play as Ball State shocked the Chippewas. Titus Davis caught a 27-yard touchdown pass early in the third for CMU, and helped tie the game up on an eight-yard catch followed up by […]
Oct. 18 San Jose State 27, at Wyoming 20 OT And You Care Because … San Jose State forced overtime on a 50-yard Austin Lopez field goal, and then came up with a four-yard Tyler Winston touchdown catch in the extra frame. Wyoming was stuffed, and the Spartans came away with the win. The Cowboys tied the game […]
Oct. 16 Utah 29, at Oregon State 23 2OT And You Care Because … In the second overtime, Utah came up with the win as Devontae Booker ran for a 19-yard score after Oregon State’s Trevor Romaine missed a field goal attempt. Romine sent it into overtime with a 49-yard field goal as time ran out, and the […]
Oct. 18 Georgia 45, at Arkansas 32 And You Care Because … Arkansas took a 6-0 lead on a one-yard Alex Collins run, but that would be the best thing that would happen to the Hogs all day. The extra point was blocked, and then it was all Georgia as Nick Chubb and the offense ran all over […]
Oct. 18 at South Alabama 30, Georgia State 27 And You Care Because … South Alabama got an 18-yard touchdown catch from Danny Woodson with just over four minutes to play for a 30-27 lead, and the defense held on for the win. The Jaguars got three field goals from Aleem Sunanon and two touchdown passes and a […]
E-mail Pete Fiutak Follow me … @PeteFiutak Not this time. Down 14 with around seven minutes to play, Baylor appeared to have West Virginia right where it wanted, but this time, unlike last week against TCU, there was a little bit of defense. But this game wasn’t about the D; it was about the best quarterback in the game, and […]
E-mail Pete Fiutak Follow me … @PeteFiutak I’m supposed to be more of an observer and an analyst than an unabashed fan, but I love watching Kansas State football when the thing works. I know there’s a hard ceiling on what the program can do without top-shelf talent, but Bill Snyder continues to prove that there really is a place […]
Stanford (4-2) at Arizona State (4-1) Oct. 18, 10:30, ESPN Here’s The Deal: It’s a repeat of last year’s Pac-12 title game and a battle of ranked teams in the desert, both trying to avoid losing traction in ultra-tight divisional races. Stanford and Arizona State are two of the handful of league teams vying for a conference crown. The […]
Washington (5-1) at Oregon (5-1) Oct. 18, 8:00, Fox Sports 1 Here’s The Deal: Stanford or Oregon from the Pac-12 North again, right? Washington heads down Interstate 5 this week determined to turn the division into a three-team race. The Ducks have owned this series lately, administering 10 straight routs, the longest such streak for either side in the […]
Oct. 16 at Pitt 21, Virginia Tech 16 And You Care Because … Tyler Boyd took a pass 53 yards for a score and James Conner ran for scores from 15 and 13 yards out as Pitt never trailed in a key win in the ACC Coastal race. The Panther defense stiffened time and again in the first […]