College Football Recap

There were easily a half-dozen big games this weekend in college football and a couple of them decisively ended some teams’ national championships hopes. The two perennially overrated teams, Oklahoma and Notre Dame, were both virtually eliminated with their second loss of the season. Oklahoma looked pretty poor once again in getting decisively beaten by Ohio State, who looks like a real contender this year (again). The Oklahoma loss also almost eliminates any hope of a Big 12 team making it to the BCS. Notre Dame lost to its nemesis, Michigan State, 36-28, as its defense once again had trouble stopping either the run or the pass.

Mississippi blew its second three touchdown lead in consecutive weeks in its 48-43 loss to Alabama. It’s hard to blow 3 touchdown leads but the speed with which Mississippi can do it is pretty staggering. It only took under two minutes of play for Alabama to reduce a 24-3 deficit to a one-possession game.

Louisville completely dismantled #2 ranked Florida State 63-20 and its quarterback Lamar Jackson was once again spectacular as he makes a real case for the Heisman Trophy. And #13 Iowa was upset by FCS powerhouse North Dakota State 23-21 on a last second field goal. This is the Bisons sixth FBS victim in recent years, just showing the incredible depth in college football. And it also points up the ridiculousness of the dominance of the Power 5 conferences in bowl selections.

Cliff Kingsbury has always been known for incredibly creative offenses and his Texas Tech team showed a whole new wrinkle against Louisiana Tech with an end-around reverse with a flip to the QB who then throws a screen to the original ball carrier for a 41 yard touchdown. Take a look at the play at 1:16 in tot he highlights.