The Worst College Football Game On The Planet Was … TCU 56, at SMU 0 And You Care Because … TCU QB Trevone Boykin threw four touchdown passes and ran for two more, finding Deante Gray for scoring plays of 28 and seven yards out and taking off for a 27-yard score and an eight-yard touchdown. SMU turned […]
Sept. 27 Florida State 56, at NC State 41 And You Care Because … NC State appeared to be in control with a 24-7 first quarter lead helped by two terrific touchdown passes from Jacoby Brissett – starting out with a 54-yard pass to Bo Hines on the second play of the game – but Karlos Williams, Jameis […]
Sept. 25 at Oklahoma State 45, Texas Tech 35 And You Care Because … In a wild game with more than 1,000 yards of total offense, Oklahoma State got four touchdown passes and a scoring run from Daxx Garman including a 47-yard play to Blake Jarwin early in the third and a 50-yard play to Tyreek Hill to […]
Sept. 27 Yale 49, at Army 43 OT And You Care Because … Army’s Daniel Grochowski had a chance to win the game in regulation, but missed a 42-yard field goal, and he missed a 25-yard field goal in overtime to leave the door open. Yale came through as Tyler Varga ran for his fifth touchdown on a […]
Sept. 27 Colorado State 24, at Boston College 21 And You Care Because … Facing fourth down with just over a minute to play, Colorado State got a 12-yard Garrett Grayson to Charles Lovell touchdown pass from 12 yards out to complete the rally for the win. BC got out to a 14-0 lead on short touchdown runs […]
Sept. 27 at California 59, Colorado 56 2OT And You Care Because … Jared Goff and Sefo Liufau each threw for 449 yards and seven touchdown passes, but it was Cal’s defense that got the job done late with a goal line stand in the second overtime allowing Bear PK James Langford to hit a 34-yard field goal […]
Sept. 27 Texas A&M 35, Arkansas 28 OT And You Care Because … Texas A&M rallied from down ten in the fourth quarter as Kenny Hill found a wide open Edward Pope for an 86-yard touchdown and tied it up with a 59-yard scoring pass to Josh Reynolds to force overtime. It took one play for Hill to […]
E-mail Pete Fiutak Follow me … @PeteFiutak In theory, this should’ve worked. In theory, if you’re a place like Kansas, and you’re not going to get the Alabama-level five-star prospects coming your way, you need a head coach with a decided schematic advantage who can take whatever players he can get to make the machine go. He’s supposed to be […]
Considering last year’s loss to South Carolina really didn’t matter – Missouri still won the East and had the puck on its stick with a shot at the national title – it’s not like this was really a redemption moment for Missouri QB Maty Mauk, and for a while, it wasn’t even close. Mauk only completed […]
E-mail Pete Fiutak Follow me … @PeteFiutak Oh, by the way, Jameis Winston is really, really good. This isn’t last year’s Florida State team – obviously. This team doesn’t have the same experience and it’s missing the same fire and hunger – as if that’s somehow quantifiable – as the 2013 version that ripped through everything in its path on the […]
E-mail Pete Fiutak Follow me … @PeteFiutak I’m not a fire alarm guy. I don’t believe that a coach’s job should hinge on one game – if a coach needs one specific win to get off a hot seat, you already have your answer. Michigan has its answer. There are certain every-year-win games you can’t lose if you’re a coach of […]
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 […]