Week 7 gave us more upsets and at the same time some clarity on who belongs at the top. Week 7 also saw some familar faces return to some not so welcome cheers and thrown golf balls? Let’s take a look at this past crazy weekend.
#11 Kentucky 13 #1 Georgia 30– The dogs continued their defensive dominance on Saturday, allowing only 13 points and 51 yards rushing. The dogs also blocked a field goal and extra point. Kentucky moved the ball fairly well, but could not get many sustained drives. Also, they turned the ball over and you can’t do against a great time like Georgia and expect to win. Dogs are off this weekend and their annual cocktail party with Florida next Saturday.
UCF 21 #3 Cincinnati 56– The Bearcats wasted no time taking care of UCF on Saturday. The Golden Knights could not stop Cincy’s ground game, as RB Jerome Ford ran for 4 touchdowns and 189 yards rushing. QB Desmond Riddler wasn’t asked to do too much, throwing for 1 touchdown and 141 yards. But when you have a great run game, you don’t have to throw often. Cincy faces the triple option on Saturday as Navy host the #3 team in the nation.
#5 Alabama 49 Mississippi 9– The Tide got back on track by thumpping Miss St. 49-9 on Saturday evening. Quarterback Bryce Young threw for 4 touchdowns and 348 yards in the air. Alabama’s defense finally played up to their potential, shutting down the bulldogs to -1 yards rushing and picked off Miss QB Will Rogers 3 times. The Tide host Tennessee this Saturday for the annual “Third Saturday in October”.
Other Scores–
#12 Oklahoma St 32 #25 Texas 24 – Cowboy QB Spencer Sanders ran and threw for a pair of touchdowns on Saturday, helping his team defeat the Longhorns in a Big XII slugfest.
#13 Ole Miss 31 Tennessee 26 – This was a really good game that could have gone either way, but a call late in the game caused the fans in Neyland Stadium to lose all sense of reality and decided to throw debris on the field and even hit Ole Miss Coach Lane Kiffin with a golf ball. That’s a new low for UT. This is why you can’t have nice things.
#20 Florida 42 LSU 49 -This season hasn’t gone the way it should for both of these schools, but LSU doesn’t lose at home much. The gators got torched in the air and on the ground. This was a great offensive productive win for the Tigers. Now they have to find a new coach as coach O is stepping down at the end of the season.
Purdue 24 #2 Iowa 7 – The Hawkeyes must have been on a upset high from last week that it carried over to being upset themselves. Purdue was able to score 24 points and gain 464 yards of offense on a very stingy defense. Iowa now has to get it together for the remainder of the season to get to the B1G title game.
Stock Check
Florida– Trending down– You just lost to 3-3 LSU. Also, you couldn’t stop a team who has had an issue scoring all season and you have #1 Georgia on deck! Mullen better get his team together or it could be a down hill slope for the gators.
Texas – Trending down– That’s two games in a row you lost, both to teams from Oklahoma. The Longhorns have got to learn to finish games and play better on defense.
NC State- Trending up– The wolf pack have one loss, and that was to SEC Mississippi St earlier in the season. They have two crucial games coming up- Louisville and Wake Forest. You get by those two games and you can punch your ticket to Charlotte.
San Diego St– Trending up– The Aztecs won in 2OT on Friday, making their record 6-0. They have Air Force next week but after that, there is no big test until the last game which is against Boise St.
Michigan St– Trending up– No one is showing sparty love, so allow me. They’re 7-0 and are paying great football. However, the last 4/5 games will tell us how good they really are( Michigan, Penn St, Purdue, and Ohio St).
Baylor– Trending Up– Times are good in Waco, TX. Only one loss in conference play and the rest of their games are winnable.
Check back later this week for my USC vs. Notre Dame matchup and week 8 games.
