Thank you playoff. Thank you!
For all
those people who worried that the playoff would water down the regular season,
I give you week 11. Under the former
BCS, this would have just been a good week of football with only a game or two
that really mattered. Instead, we’ve got
an Ohio State team that resurrected its playoff hopes with a huge win on the road
at Michigan State. Two one-loss teams
from the Big 12 (TCU and Baylor) blew out ranked opponents and in doing so made
the playoff picture much more interesting.
Texas A&M of all teams might have dealt the SEC its biggest blow of
the season with their win over Auburn and the conference’s shot at getting two
teams in might have gone out the window.
After the dust settles on
week 11, we’ll gear up to do it all over again next weekend as we’ll have at
least five games that will have a direct impact on the playoff picture. Buckle your seatbelt!
J.T. Barrett, QB, Ohio State
Barrett was
on our ‘Watch List’ and the Buckeyes
quarterback didn’t disappoint. Barrett
was huge in leading the Buckeyes to a decisive win on the road in East
Lancing. His stat line for the game was
equally impressive going 16/26 for 300 yards and three passing touchdowns. Oh, and he ran for 86 and two scores as
well.
Trevone Boykin, QB, TCU
Boykin might have been a
fringe Heisman candidate up to this point in the season but his performance
against Kansas State should thrust him right into the heat of the race. The TCU quarterback did it all on Saturday,
completing 23 of 34 for 219 and a touchdown and ran for 123 yards and three
scores in the 41-20 romp of the Wildcats.
For the season, Boykin has 3,237 total yards and 30 touchdowns. Not bad for player that was supposed to be
playing receiver this year.
ASU’s Defense
*You could give equal credit here to Everett
Golson who was a big help to the Sun Devils. Todd Graham has done a heck of a job with a
defense that lost nine starters from last year’s team. ASU forced five turnovers in the game- four
INT’s (two pick-six’) and a fumble and harassed Everett Golson and the Notre
Dame offense from start to finish. Notre
Dame was 5-13 on third downs and the second pick-six stifled any chances the
Irish had of a comeback.
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The Bulldogs cruised in this tune-up for Alabama next week.
Jeremy- MSU 42, UT Martin 14
Nick- MSU 45, UT Martin 10
Line: FSU -19, O/U: 55.5
This game wasn’t pretty for FSU who turned the ball over four times the win and advance. A huge game at their South Florida rivals is up next.
Jeremy- Florida State 38, Virginia 17
Nick- Florida State 45, Virginia 20Line: AUB -21.5, O/U: 66.5
The football gods givith and takith away. A&M rises up out of the nowhere to stun Auburn and the SEC West. The Tigers rallied late from a 38-24 fourth quarter deficit but were done in by back to back fumbles.
Jeremy- Auburn 43, TA&M 24
Nick- Auburn 56, Texas A&M 31Line: UO -8, O/U: 60
As predicted, Oregon was in a fight early but the Ducks high-flying offense buried the Utes late.
Jeremy- Oregon
38, Utah 23
Nick-
Oregon 35, Utah 20Line: BAMA -6.5, O/U: 45.5
‘Bama is one of the few teams to beat Les Miles at night in Baton Rouge. The Tide found an offense on the final drive and OT to steal a win the Tigers.
Jeremy- Alabama 23, LSU 20
Nick- Alabama 23, LSU 17Line: TCU -6, O/U: 57.5
This was probably the impressive win of the weekend and inserts TCU smack dab in the middle of the playoff picture.
Jeremy- TCU 30, K-State 27
Nick-
TCU 38, K-State 31Line: MSU -3.5, O/U: 57.5
Ohio State breaths life back into the B1G’s playoff hopes as Urban Meyer gets his first, major win as a Buckeye.
Jeremy- Michigan State 28, Ohio State 26
Nick-
Michigan State 31, Ohio State 30
No. 9 Arizona State 55, No. 10 Notre Dame 31
Line: ASU -2.5, O/U: 59.5Notre Dame found a number of creative ways to literally give Arizona State a blow-out win.
Jeremy- Notre Dame 34, Arizona State 30
Nick- Notre Dame 41, Arizona State 38
Meeh… A week off to heal up and prep for a physical Arkansas trip.
Jeremy- Ole
Miss 41, Presbyterian 17
Nick-
Ole Miss 38, Presbyterian 3
No. 12 Baylor 48, No. 15 Oklahoma 14
Line: OU -5.5, O/U: 73.5OU jumped out to a 14-0 lead… and that was it.
Jeremy- Oklahoma 31, Baylor 27
Nick- Baylor 45, OU 42
Next game- Sat, Nov 15 @ Wisconsin
Line: UCLA -6.5, O/U: 54.5
The Bruins got one of their better wins of the season on Saturday beating the Huskies much worse than the final score shows.
Jeremy- UCLA 27, Washington 26
Nick- Washington 35, UCLA 31
No. 19 Arizona 38, Colorado 20
Line: AZ -16.5, O/U: 69Arizona rallies late to put away Colorado.
Jeremy- Arizona 45, Colorado 24
Nick- Arizona 42, Colorado 17
Line: UGA -10, O/U: 57
Nick Chubb continues to bowl over defenses going for 170 and a touchdown and Hutson Mason chipped in with 174 and four touchdowns through the air. A much needed bounce back for the Dawgs before they welcome Auburn.
Jeremy- Georgia 27, Kentucky 20
Nick- Kentucky 31, Georgia 30
No. 21
Clemson 34, Wake Forest 20
Line: Clem -21, O/U: 42.5
Clemson held
off a very pesky Wake Forest squad, scoring two late touchdowns to overcome
early miscues. The win keeps Clemson at
No. 2 in the Atlantic and ends any hope Wake had of sneaking into a bowl.
Line: DUKE -3.5, O/U: 51
Duke puts Syracuse away with a 17-point fourth quarter in a game that was pretty ugly for three quarters.
Jeremy- Duke 35, Syracuse 24
Nick- Duke 41, Cuse 28
No. 23 West
Virginia 16, Texas 33
Line: WVU -3.5, O/U: 52Texas gets perhaps their best win of the season as they dominate a reeling West Virginia team 33-16. The defense was stout and the ‘Horns are starting to find an identity offensively.
Jeremy- Texas
23, West Virginia 21
Nick-West
Virginia 38, Texas 20
No. 24 Georgia Tech 56, NC State 23
Line: GT -4, O/U: 60.5The Yellow Jackets ran over, around and through the ACC’s worst rush defense racking up 479 yards on the ground.
Jeremy- Georgia Tech 27, NC State 24
Nick- Georgia Tech 34, NC State 30
No. 25 Wisconsin 34, Purdue 16
Line: WIS -17, O/U: 55Purdue was feisty but simply not good enough to beat Melvin Gordon.
Jeremy- Wisconsin 37, Purdue 23
Nick-
Wisconsin 37, Purdue 14
Best of the Rest
Utah State 20, Wyoming 3
Line: USU -6.5, O/U: 45Turnovers and miscues in scoring position cost the Cowboys the game on Friday night. Their bowl hopes might have evaporated as well.
Jeremy- Wyoming 24, Utah State 21
Nick- Wyoming 13, Utah State 10
Minnesota 51, Iowa 14
Line: IOWA -1, O/U: 43.5Iowa falls flat on its face in a game it needed to say alive in the B1G West. Minnesota meanwhile improves to 7-2 and 4-1 in the conference, setting up a huge game against
Jeremy- Iowa 28, Minnesota 24
Nick- Minnesota 27, Iowa 24
Michigan 10, Northwestern 9
Line: Mich -1.5, O/U: 41There are simply no words…
Jeremy- Michigan 27, Northwestern 23
Nick- Northwestern 28, Michigan 24
Kansas 34, Iowa State 14
Line: ISU -3.5, O/U: 54.5BOOM!!! I think they’re still celebrating in Lawrence.
Jeremy- ISU 27, Kansas 23
Nick- ISU 21, Kansas 20
Louisville 38, Boston College 19
Line: L’Ville -3, O/U: 46Solid bounce back for Louisville after last week’s loss to FSU.
Jeremy- Louisville 23, BC 21
Nick- Louisille 20, BC 17
The Final Tally:
Nick- 12/23
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