Tomorrow, Tuesday at 7 PM, the official College Football Playoff Section takes place on ESPN. #1 and #2 are pretty established, but #3 and #4 are unknowns. College Football is an unpredictable game, you really don’t know how the dice are going to land, especially towards the end of the season. I will say this, do not put it past this committee to put two SEC teams in the playoff, even if one of them lose in the conference title game. But enough of that, there is still plenty of football left to play. Let’s take a look at what happened over the weekend.
- UGA vs. Florida (42-7) – The gators were coming into this game with high hopes of winning because of their past dominance in this rivalry. Yet, how do you expect to beat a good team like Georgia when you have no resemblance of an offense? Easy, you don’t! The bulldogs pretty much did anything they wanted against the gators on Saturday. Sony Michel rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns. Nick Chubb rushed for another himself. If the bulldogs do anything specifically great, it’s their run game. Defense looked great as usual too- they held Florida to 66 passing yards and 183 rushing yards. Florida is now without a head football coach as the school has parted ways with Jim McElwain, who was hired to fix the gators broke offense. It’s still broke, folks. It looks like Florida is going to hire THE GUY this time around, and let me just say, they better!
- Penn St. vs. Ohio St. (39-38) – This was the game of the day. Penn St. came into this game as the #2 team in the nation, and in the first half of the game, they looked the part. Saquon Barkely kicked everything off with his 97 yard kickoff return touchdown. Later in the second quarter, Barkley had another 37 yard rushing touchdown to put the Nittany Lions ahead, 21-3. But Urban Meyer had the Lions right where he wanted them. J.T. Barrett threw three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to put the Buckeyes ahead, 39-38. Penn St. could not make a comeback and the Buckeyes prevailed. What a game!
- TCU vs. Iowa St. (14-7) – It think it’s time for the Big XII to start taking the Cyclones seriously. I know am. With TCU going down, Iowa St has now defeated two Big XII teams that were in the top 10. That’s a resume builder. Can the cyclones win out?
- NC State vs. Notre Dame (35-14) – This was a tale of two halves. The first half looked to be a offensive shootout. The second half looked like one team kept going, the other put the brakes on. The Irish rushed for 318 yards against the Wolfpack. An area of concern for NC State is their rush defense, which will play Clemson this Saturday. Time to tighten up if they want to win the Atlantic division. Great win for the Irish. They control their own destiny now.
- Georgia Tech vs. Clemson (24-10) – I’m curious, is this shocking? Paul Johnson is an stubborn coach. He’s a great coach, especially with his X and O scheming, but he has yet to learn to adapt, and it’s hurting his team’s success. Clemson refused to let Tech run any part of their base offense Saturday night. The Clemson defensive front was in the backfield while QB Taquon Marshall was still in the process of starting the play. At what point do you say ” I think we need to do something different?” Clemson looked like a team focused and wanting to more. Look for them to finish strong this season.
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