This morning, while I was ruminating in my mind what might be the biggest games on the day, I did not think very much about Georgia vs. Vanderbilt. Although the Bulldogs were coming off of a big loss to the Missouri Tigers, Vandy was coming off of an even BIGGER loss to the Missouri Tigers. I just couldn't see the upset.
Boy, was I ever wrong!
The Commodores ran the ball with a fury, Austyn Carta-Samuels threw long balls to star wide receiver Jordan Matthews, and the team won in an udder thriller. It was the first win over a Top 15 team for the 'Dores in ages, and it proved that Georgia is no longer a SEC title threat. Georgia has now lost two straight games, one of them to those Mizzou boys....
Yes, Missouri, as we predicted, came across with a large win over the Florida Gators. Maty Mauk, who started his first collegiate game after James Franklin went down with a season-ending injury, had a fine game, and the Florida Gators gave up over 20 points in SEC play for the first time since 2007.
In probably the biggest upset of the day, the Tennessee Volunteers upset South Carolina in Knoxville, in another game which I under thought. I was thinking that South Carolina would take care of business just as they should. Little did I know that Connor Shaw would put in such a horrendous performance for the Gamecocks. Tennessee's star rushing duo of Raijon Neal and Marlin Lane had awesome games, and the Vols stuck around till the end, winning by a last second field goal. With the events today, Missouri is obviously the best team in the SEC East with the rest of the bunch beating upon each other.
Continuing our talk about the wild SEC, Texas A&M LOST to Auburn in College Depot. How? I still haven't figured it out. Every game today seemed to rattle my brain. Auburn completely proved me, and the entire country, wrong. Johnny Manziel was playing through a shoulder injury, but the he mostly played a great game, with him and Mike Evans connecting for 4 touchdowns. But A&M's real problem was their defense. Time after time, Auburn converted on 3rd downs, and Nick Marshall and Co. rallied their troops to an improbable win.
The SEC is still possibly in store for another rocker later on this evening. #6 LSU is currently down 10-0 to the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford, and Mississippi's depleted defense is actually looking quite strong early. Quarterback Bo Wallace is throwing bombs for the Rebs as well.
In the PAC 12, Stanford shocked the living heck out of me today, with a 24-10 win over #9 UCLA. I really thought this was UCLA's year. Stanford was coming off of a loss to Utah in Salt Lake City, while UCLA beat Utah. I just really believed that UCLA would carry on as the biggest threat to Oregon in the conference. Well, it just didn't happen. Stanford's defense, led by linebacker Shayne Skov, made the Bruin's offense look like puny midgets. The Cardinal's star running back, Tyler Gaffney, had a monster game, with 171 yards on 36 carries. Malcolm Jones and the Los Angeles rushing game, however, was worthless, going for a COMBINED 74 yards and no touchdowns. Inconsistency for the Bruins is what ruined their National Championship hopes.
Continuing with our PAC 12 discussion, at halftime, the Washington Huskies are being run out of Tempe against the Arizona State Sun Devils, 29-7. Washington is obviously depressed about their close losses to the Stanford Cardinal and the Oregon Ducks, but this is ridiculous. After this, Arizona State will be 5-2, and in the hunt for a PAC 12 South championship.
In a game in which we chose the underdog, #16 Texas Tech beat the West Virginia Mountaineers in Morgantown. WVU was down 13-3 early due to Davis Webb and the best tight end in the country, Jace Amaro, connecting for some amazing catches. The Mountaineers did put up a valiant fight, but in the end, their offensive line cost them the game, and lost their best player, OT Quinton Spain, to an injury. The 'Eers defense let them down as well, and they lost 37-27, falling to 3-4. Texas Tech, led by young head coach Kliff Kingsbury, is now 7-0 in a year that was supposed to be a rebuilding job.
Finally, Ohio State had too close of a call today against Jake Rudock and the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Hawks came out firing, and their two star tight ends, CJ Fiedorowicz and Jake Duzey, were driving the upset bid. Sadly for Iowa, Braxton Miller kept Ohio State in the game, pulling ahead late to win 34-24. What is obvious now, is Ohio State's national championship hopes are almost evaporated. The BCS committee will not be impressed by all these close wins against mediocre competition. They need a miracle now.
College football never ceases to amaze me. So long for now.
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