The following game was postponed:
Middle Tenessee State at Florida
Anyhow, on to our scores.
*+x+* GAME OF THE WEEK *+x+*
"You're Invited!" Georgia vs. Florida (at Alltell Stadium; Jacksonville, FL, USA)
To the north is Georgia. To the south is Florida. In Athens, GA, you'll find the University of Georgia. In Gainesville, FL, you'll find the University of Florida. But make the Gators and Bulldogs eye-to-eye on a football field, you got a rivalry, my friend. At one point, Georgia was getting sort of blown out 14-3 at the half. Florida wouldn't score again through the game despite Georgia connecting with a touchdown score to make it 14-10. Then on 4th down inside of two minutes, Georgia was about to get sacked, but (-; )
"One Flew Out the Hokie Nest" Virginia Tech at Boston College
Blacksburg, VA pride is on one sideline, then Chestnut Hill, MA on the other. The VT Hokies are undefeated with their star QB Marcus Vick. Ex-Big East stars, Boston College, aren't going to just let VT blow them out and advance to a BCS Bowl. That's not like that. The Eagles have some work to do to make something happen. For the Hokies, they survive, they can expect a bigtime Bowl Game in the future. VT and BC for Y-O-U. The Hokies kicked two field goals in the First Quarter. Then, BC connected with a touchdown drive that burned VT deep. At this point, it was 7-6 as #13 Boston College was ready to shock the Hokies. Smooth sailing here as the Hokies pull away and... they are 8-0. Are there any volunteers (not talking about Tennessee) willing to take down the Hokies, maybe? Because if not, they'll keep winning- like they did Thursday night, getting it done. (30-10; VIRGINIA TECH)
"Waco Whackos" Texas Tech at Baylor
Texas is for real, Texas Tech was a pretender... at least in the minds of some Texas fans. Texas Tech made their way from Lubbock, TX all the way southeast to Waco, TX to meet the Baylor Bears. The Red Raiders got trampled on when they met Texas. You beat Baylor, you haven't really accomplished anything. You LOSE to Baylor, then you have a lot of explaining to do. For the Lubbock boys, Baylor called in sick, (28-0; Texas Tech)
"The 90 Yards War" UCLA at Stanford
Los Angeles is a magical city. Then too, San Francisco can be quite lovely. But if you want to attend Stanford, you go less than 40 miles south to the city of Palo Alto. Stanford's fight song is called "Come Join the Band." If you love Cardinal football, feel free to join the band. The UCLA boys aren't going to the Rose Bowl, at least in terms of playing the Stanford Cardinal at the beautiful stadium, but they will play at Stanford, bringing Bruin pride- right out of Los Angeles, CA. UCLA was down by a good number, but the Briuns' hearts never died, never gave in, never wanted to have the unbeaten streak ended. So much so, that Overtime was the deciding factor. And in OT, Stanford connected a longish field goal, forcing UCLA to score a TD. Remember something about overtime. If the other team scores and you thrown a pick, the game is over, opposing team wins. A beautiful touchdown grab was made by the men in sky blue and gold as UCLA remains unbeaten. (30-27, OT; California-Los Angeles)
"Buckeye of the Storm" #12 Ohio State at Minnesota
Ohio State took Indiana and converted the Hoosiers into biodegradable material. Minnesota had their problems with Wisconsin. The Buckeyes want to give the Golden Gophers some black eyes. The part all depends on who gets it done. So we play in the MetroDome. The Vikings don't play on Saturday, and besides, there are players who don't need a salary cap or million-dollar endoresements. This is Saturday football, and these two Big Ten schools want to get it on and make it hot. Question is, who was hotter? The Buckeyes won, and improved to 6-2 as the Golden Gophers are now 5-3. (45-31; Ohio State)
"Champaign, Anyone?" #15 Wisconsin at Illinois
Wisconsin can beat Illinois in football AND in basketball. Of course in basketball, this would be an upset if Wisconsin beats the Fighting Illini. In football, Illinois beating Wisconsin will silence their critics. Wiconsin compounded Purdue's horrible season, as Illinois were no stranger to humiliation themselves. (41-24; Wisconsin)
"So Fresno and So Clean" Fresno State at Hawaii/Hawai'i ---RIVALRY GAME---
Fresno, CA isn't exactly an island paradise. What it is, though, is something for America's 50th State to loathe with passion. GTPlanet, the University of Hawai'i in Honolulu, HI is home to the Hawaii/Hawai'i Warriors. There isn't much college sports in Hawaii, but this team is surely talented. Only other institutions with major college sports in Hawaii are the Islanders of BYU-Hawaii, the Chaminade Silverswords, Hawaii Pacific University's Sea Warriors, and the University of Hawaii-Hilo Vulcans (that I know of, anyways). With Hawaii struggling, the #23-ranked Fresno State Bulldogs want to go to Honolulu for three reasons: (1) hit on some of the Hawaiian hotties, (2) go beat bitter rivals Hawaii, and (3) move up the rankings. Okay, so the first one isn't really important, but surely the other two are for Fresno State. Fresno State surfed their way to a victory. They won't wipe out for anybody- not even Hawaii. (27-13; Fresno State)
"Next Door Nemeses" Mississippi at Auburn
Mississippi sucks in football nowadays. Both squads finished well below 0.500 last season. Mississippi State lost a game to the Houston Cougars. Later this year, Mississippi State and Mississippi will meet in the classic Egg Bowl. But the better of the two SEC Mississippi schools, the Ole Miss Rebels had to take a BIG task- knock off Auburn. Now a bigger task- knock off the Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium with as many as 86,063 screaming fans. And yes... all 80K of them are ready to welcome (kick out) the Rebels. Mission failed- and miserably. (27-3; AUBURN)
"Cupcake Points" Utah State at Alabama
I know what you're thinking. The Alabama Crimson Tide will blow out and blow away the Utah State crew. For starters, the Utah State crew are the Aggies. Alabama is no SEC cupcake. Can a cupcake be undefeated in one of the toughest, hard-nosed football conferences in America? Thought so. But just because one team is highly favored over another doesn't mean that Utah State still isn't capable of an upset. Alabama came from a touchdown-less win over Tennessee in an all-defense shootout. Utah State has a chance to go from cupcake to hero. (25-3; ALABAMA)
"Gamecocked and Loaded" South Carolina at Tennessee
Tennessee came up very short in a defensive shootout last weekend. Now they have a chance to give South Carolina a pounding headache. How do you get a headache done in football? Simple. Pound the ball into the end zone, burn the opposing team's secondary deep with a long pass play, anything it takes to make the other team want to call home for their mommas. The Volunteers are still ranked at about #23 heading into this game as Phillip Fulmer's Volunteers meet Steve Spurrier's Gamecocks. The game was a defensive battle, and it's good that Tennessee is limiting their opponents to close-scoring games. Unfortunately, though, this one was even closer as Tennessee lost at home to the Gamecocks in a well-fought match. (16-15; South Carolina)
"Houston, or Bust" Texas at Oklahoma State
Vince Young would love to send his team to Houston. Why so? Not only to be humbled by his own Houston natives, but to be one step closer to the National Championship game at the beautiful Rose Bowl on January 4th, 2006. The Longhorns can't think about Pasadena just yet. They have the boys from Stillwater, OK to worry about. (47-28; Texas)
* Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan plays Northwestern in Evanston, IL. Northwestern upset quite a few teams in recent times, even EMBARRASING Michigan State last weekend with a 49-14 something win. ESPN college football analyst and revered coach, Lou Holtz, was highly disgusted of the Spartans blowout loss to the Northwestern Wildcats. The Michigan Wolverines hope they don't suffer the same fate. If you beat Michigan and Michigan State in one year, you've proven yourself no matter what your record. So, did the purple and white get her done? Michigan's brining the 4-2-5 defense to Northwestern. After punching in a touchdown, Michigan forced a fumble and ran from Truth or Consequences, NM all the way to Atlanta, GA. Somewhat of a coast-to-coast touchdown while not even at the 10 minute mark, and it's 14-0 for the Wolverines! Afterwards, Michigan State fell to Northwestern, but not the Ann Arbor boys. BIG win in this makeshift upset. (33-17; Michigan)
"Nit-Picking the Nittany Lions" Purdue at Penn State
Purdue stinks this year. Penn State looks good this year. JoePa's boys already punched in their tickets to Bowl Game consideration. The Nittany Lions have never looked better. They may not be the second coming of the 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions, but they are doing great, losing only one game to Ohio State. Last year's amazing performance by the Boilermakers seem to be distant memory as this was another big loss to Purdue. And at this point, Purdue isn't going to make a Bowl Game appearance if they don't get it together. (33-15; PENN STATE)
"Lobo Knows Best" Colorado State at New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM is a city I normally can't spell correctly. Meet the talented New Mexico Lobos. This is a sensational squad consisting of great Lobo footballers. north of New Mexico is one of the two boxy states- Colorado. But this is a Mountain West battle, so that usually means two teams upholding the honor of Colorado- Air Force, or Colorado State. The Rams of Colorado State stampeded New Mexico and met the Lobos head-on. Somebody's going down tonight, baby! New Mexico was leading about 20-3 in the first half, so it was a guaranteed blowout, right? Wrong. The Rams rammed it into the end zone, not to mention connecting field goals. So around 12:45 in the 4th, it's 25-25... and game on. After a CSU hookup to the house, NM threw a challenge flag (remember, red flags ONLY in the Mountain West for Instant Replay) on a touchdown. The TD pass was clearly made, and New Mexico lost a timeout. So, two timeouts and under 8 minutes to go, down by 7. They'd run out of gas and let Colorado State win by a holeshot. The Rams made the Lobos say "Damn! We had the win in our hands and blew it! Damn!!!" (35-25; Colorado State)
* North Texas at Louisiana State/LSU
The toughest of the Sun Belt is on a road trip to meet one of the toughest in the SEC. (56-3; LOUISIANA STATE)
* Air Force at BYU
These two have somethig in common. Both of them got OWNED in their respective games. After this game, there was more pwnage, but this was BYU ownage as the BYU Cougars got it done against their Colorado counterparts. They OWNED each other here! (63-42; BRIGHAM YOUNG)
* Iowa State at Texas A&M
Not even the 12th Man saved the Aggies from being beaten by Iowa State's Cyclones. (??-??; Iowa State)
"" Inidana at Michigan State
(46-15; MICHIGAN STATE)
"The Hunt for Redemption" North Carolina at Miami (FL)
The Miami Hurricanes put on the 1960s throwback looks as they sought revenge over North Carolina. The Tar Heels want to upset them again, but this wasn't close as the boys in the throwbacks win another game on the year to go 6-1. They've only lost to Florida State, but have a chance to upset the #3 Virginia Tech Hokies next week. (34-16; MIAMI-FL)
* Cincinatti at Syracuse
One win and five losses. I knew Syracuse isn't a football school, but this is rediculous, ain't it player? Losing sucks. You can't be a jive turkey all season long, so you need to win some games to boost confidence and give yourself a chance. Giving a chance certainly was what the Syracuse Orange want to do as they welcomed the Cincinatti crew. Cincy's Bearcats have seen better seasons, but this is a chance to get a win, take it to the bank, and improve the win portion of their win-loss ratio. As it seemed, Syracuse may as well just prepare for their basketball season as Syracuse's football season is pretty much over at this point. (??-??; Cincinatti)
* Wake Forest at Duke
Duke is SO not football. Even North Carolina is better than them on the gridiron. The Blue Devils are proud to know their basketball team is the preseason #1 team. They have a chance to REALLY (44-6; Wake Forest)
* Oklahoma at Nebraska ---RIVALRY GAME---
What do you know? Two schools hate each other! The Sooners of Oklahoma and Nebraska Cornhuskers have something in common since the 1960s. This year, both teams are unranked. So, both teams stink, but who stunk worse? This year, it was Nebraska. Not having Jason White can be crucial, can it? (31-24; Oklahoma)
"Back That Aztec Up" TCU at San Diego State
The Horned Frogs of TCU feel like $1,000,000 as they made the San Diego State Aztecs feel like $1,000,000... in Monopoly money. (23-20; Texas Christian)
* Central Florida at East Carolina
(??-??; Central Florida)
"Welcome to the Terrapin Dome" Maryland at #10 Florida State
Seminoles welcome a pack of turtles. Tallahassee is the capital of Florida, and the capital of the Seminole Nation. Florida State welcomed the boys from the Washington D.C. area as the Maryland Terrapins wanted to give the 'Noles a Terra-ble loss. That loss didn't happen. Florida State will remain in the Top 10, at least until the next game. (35-27; FLORIDA STATE)
* Southern Mississippi at North Carolina State
(21-17; Southern Mississippi State)
* Colorado at Kansas State
(??-??; Colorado)
* Navy at Rutgers
(31-21; RUTGERS)
* Miami-Ohio at Temple
(41-14; Miami University)
* Arizona at Oregon State
Arizona's Wildcats, led by Mike Stoops, upset the Oregon State Beavers. Basically, any Arizona victory is pretty much an upset unless the opponent is Stanford or Washington. (-; Arizona)
* Toledo at Central Michigan
(21-17; CENTRAL MICHIGAN)
* Akron at Bowling Green
(??-??; Akron)
* Missouri at Kansas
We have two Big XII North teams going at it. As you may well know, the Big XII North isn't as favored nationally as the Big XII South. Regardless of the situation, Missouri came off of a career game vs. rivals Nebraska. After that blowout win, they now wanted to schedule a field trip to the University of Kansas. The Mizzou Tigers met the Big XII's best basketball team, Kansas. Their football team is subpar compared to the nation's biggest powers. Now, if you follow my report, you normally see me type that Baylor is the Kansas of the Big XII South. Well, Kansas is the Baylor of the Big XII North. And if this is true, how Missouri can lose this game to the Jayhawks is absolutely inexcusable. (13-3; KANSAS)
* Ohio at Buffalo
(34-20; Ohio)
* Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette
(??-??, OT; LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE)
"West Meets East" Texas-El Paso at Rice
GTPlanet, one Texas City is far west, while the other is a few hours west of the Texas-Louisiana border in southeast Texas. You already know that I call Houston, TX home, so let's see if Houston's Rice University can get it done against the UTEP Miners and give the Owls their first win. (2?-2?; Texas-El Paso)
* Marshall at Tulane (Tulane plays in Mobile, AL)
Tulane's Green Wave led the Marshall Thundering Herd for some time, but Marshall refused to die. (27-26; Marshall)
* Kent State at Western Michigan
(??-??; WESTERN MICHIGAN)
* Clemson at Georgia Tech
A close game with only one touchdown was just enough to get GT a big win as the Yellow Jackets continue the Clemson Tigers' horrible breakdown of a season. (??-??; GEORGIA TECH)
* Washington State at USC
Did you know that the Trojans are undefeated? Did you know that Washington State has yet to win a Pac-10 game? Did you know the Cougars failed to slow down the Southern California Trojans? Not even Snoop Doggy Dogg in a Southern Cal jersey was a deciding factor in this game as Los Angeles' best team (we'll see who is the REAL pride of Los Angeles on December 3rd when USC and UCLA hit it off) rolls again. (55-13; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)
* Washington at Arizona State
(44-21; ARIZONA STATE)
