Week 13 Recap

#1 Alabama 49, Chattanooga 0

In a very, clean Alabamaesque win, the Tide cruised past Chattanooga in their tune up for Auburn. 
Jeremy’s pick- Alabama, 41-3

 

#2 Florida State 80, Idaho 14
Say what you want about the opponents, to the Seminoles it really doesn’t matter if it’s the #3 team in the nation or the #124^th team in the nation, the ‘Noles are on fire.
Jeremy’s pick- Florida State, 56-3

 

#3 Ohio State 42, Indiana 14
Ohio State takes another step closer to going undefeated two years in a row… and still not getting any respect.
Jeremy’s pick- Ohio State, 56-34

 

#4 Baylor 17, #10 Oklahoma State 49
The timing could not have been worse for the Bears.  Oklahoma State has been firing on all cylinders the past few weeks and the Bears took a banged up squad into Stillwater and got pummeled. 
Jeremy’s pick- Oklahoma State, 41-38

 

#5 Oregon 16, Arizona 42
What is the point if you’re not going to the BCS Championship game?  I guess the Ducks are really not interested anymore and given the way they played against Arizona it was pretty obvious.
Jeremy’s pick- Oregon, 47-43

 

#6 Auburn, IDLE
Next game, vs. Alabama

 

#7 Clemson 52, Citadel 6

Clemson blows past the Citadel hoping to capture an at large BCS bid.  A good tune up for South Carolina.
Jeremy’s pick- Clemson, 56-17

 

#8 Missouri 24, #24 Mississippi 10
Missouri just keeps answering the bell.  Week after week the Tigers prove doubters wrong and take one step closer to a shot at Alabama and an unthinkable SEC title.  This was a solid win against a surging Rebel team.
Jeremy’s pick- Missouri, 37-31

 

#9 Stanford 63, Cal 13
No one builds up your confidence more than the Bears.  “Thank you, Cal!” Singed, the Pac 12.
Jeremy’s pick- Stanford, 41-3

 

#11 South Carolina 70, Coastal Carolina 10
Coastal Carolina had more important things to worry about than trying to prove something to SC.  The Chanticleers sat most of their starters knowing that the FCS playoffs are around the corner.  The take away?  It’s time to stop scheduling these matchups, period.  It’s a waste of a week for both teams.
Jeremy’s pick- South Carolina, 45-13

 

#12 Texas A&M 10, #22 LSU 34
John Chavis and the LSU defense have the recipe for stopping Manziel.  The Tigers handed Johnny Football the worst loss of his career and his worst game as a college football player. 
Jeremy’s pick- A&M, 52-45

 

#13 Michigan State 30, Northwestern 6
Another rough game for the Wildcats who are counting down the seconds until this season ends. 
Jeremy’s pick- Michigan State, 37-13

 

#14 UCLA 33, #17 Arizona State 38
This was probably the best game of the weekend.  ASU built up a comfortable 35-13 lead going into halftime, but the Bruins didn’t go away, outscoring the Sun Devils 20-3 in the second half.  The comeback fell just short as ASU locked up the Pac-12 South.
Jeremy’s pick- UCLA, 42-38

 

#15 Fresno State 69, New Mexico 28
Anyone watch this game?  Does anyone really care?
Jeremy’s pick- Fresno, 38-28

 

#16 Northern Illinois 35, Toledo 17
See Fresno vs. New Mexico.

 

#18 UCF 41, Rutgers 17
UCF bounced back from a rough outing last week and pounded a Rutgers squad that has now lost four of their last five games.  With the win, UCF all but locks up the AAC and their BCS Bowl bid.

 

#19 Wisconsin 20, #25 Minnesota 7
Wisconsin is one of the most underrated teams in college football.  The Badgers held the Gophers to 185 yards of total offense and forced three turnovers. 
Jeremy’s pick- Wisconsin, 37-21

 

#20 Oklahoma 41, Kansas State 31
Just when you think Bob Stoops and the Sooners are down and out they go into a streaking Kansas State and pull out an impressive win.  The W moves Stoops past Barry Switzer as OU all-time in wins.
Jeremy’s pick- Kansas State, 24-21

 

#21 Louisville 24, Memphis 17
More of the same from Louisville- after the UCF loss no one cares. 
Jeremy’s pick- Louisville, 37-24

 

#23 USC 47, Colorado 29
USC keeps rolling as they travel to an improved Colorado and get a win.
Jeremy’s pick- USC, 37-17

 

Winners, Losers and Closing Thoughts

Winners

ASU
After a questionable “win” over Wisconsin and losses to Stanford and Notre Dame, I think the nation has been expecting ASU to pull its typical ASU and lose when the chips are on the line.  A trip to UCLA seemed like the prime opportunity for the Sun Devils to mail one in but they played well, took down a very good UCLA team and earned a Pac-12 South title and a shot at a rematch with Stanford.

Stanford

A week ago the Cardinal were on the outside looking in a the Rose Bowl but after whipping up on rival, Cal and Oregon deciding that Rose Bowls are just not worth it, Stanford is back in the Pac-12 title game and based on what they did to ASU in the regular season, should be a favorite to play in the 100^th Rose Bowl Game.

Running backs Ka’Deem Carey and Andre Williams

The two backs had huge weeks to go along with huge seasons.  Both players have carried the load and their teams this season and with the losses of Oregon and Texas A&M and their Heisman candidate quarterbacks, Carey and Williams might finally get a little Heisman pub.  After the Stanford loss, I think Mariota was essentially eliminated but after getting crushed by Carey and the Wildcats last week you can probably cross Mariota off the list completely.

Manziel might be a little tougher to shake as he’s really only had one bad game in two years.  But, the third loss of the season for the Aggies, coupled with his worst game as a college quarterback and Manziel has definitely lost some ground.

It’s doubtful that either running back will get even an invite to New York but another big week for Carey or Williams could force voters to put them on their ballots.

Losers

Oregon
Perhaps now we can stop listening to the incessant belly-aching by Ducks fans about the lack of respect they get on the national level.  Championship teams show up week in and week out, regardless of circumstances.  Before the weekend, the Ducks still had a lot to play for, a Pac-12 North title, a Rose Bowl birth and with a little college football madness, perhaps an outside shot at a BCS Championship.  But apparently, Rose Bowls have become a little too common place the too-big-for-their-britches Ducks and if it’s not for a national title, who cares.  Well, good luck with that whole respect thing.

Louisville

It was pretty clear before the season started that the Cardinals would have to go undefeated and do it in style get any respect from college football fans and media and after the loss to UCF a few weeks ago, Louisville has completely fallen off the radar.  I get the team slipping, but how about quarterback Teddy Bridgewater?  This might be the best quarterback in college football and will surely be one of the top picks in the 2014 draft and they guy isn’t a finalist for a single post season award.  Wow.

 

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