#16 UCLA (9-4, 6-3 Pac-12) vs #8 Stanford (11-2, 8-1) at Stanford Stadium: Stanford wins Pac-12 Title 27-24 Stanford kicker Jordan Williamson not only kicked Notre Dame into #1 for the first time in the history of the BCS, but also kicked Stanford into the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1999. And on [...]
#21 Northern Illinois (12-1, 8-0 MAC) vs #17 Kent State (11-2, 8-0 MAC): Northern Illinois Wins MAC Title 44-37 Northern Illinois might have had double the total yards that Kent State had (524 vs 260) thanks in part to their rushing game comprised of Jordan Lynch and Akeem Daniels, who rushed for 160 yds and [...]
Arizona State (7-5, 5-4 Pac-12) beats #24 Arizona (7-5, 4-5 Pac-12): 41-34 in Tucson. A triumphant return: the Territorial Cup trophy comes back to Tempe. The Arizona State Sun Devils beat the University of Arizona Wildcats 41-34 in the Territorial Cup on Friday. In a signature win for Todd Graham’s first season as head coach [...]
Following Week 13, the rankings remained basically unchanged, with a few inevitable changes do to ranked opponents playing one another: Full standings can be found here. 1 Notre Dame 12-0 2 Alabama 11-1 3 Georgia 11-1 4 Florida 11-1 5 Oregon 11-1 6 Kansas State 10-1 7 LSU 10-2 8 Stanford 10-2 9 Texas A&M [...]
I’m just thankful there’s football on this weekend because after Thanksgiving dinner, it gets boring—The College Football Girl’s mother As told by family and friends: I’m thankful for the “Little Giants” overtime win against Notre Dame. To be in the stadium for that game, when no one expected that call. Everyone expected [head coach Mark] [...]
#1, now #6 Kansas State (10-1). LOST to Baylor (5-5): 52-24 in Waco. Fell from 1st place to 6th in the BCS. Baylor came into this game (and is still) un-ranked and with a losing record and not only beat the #1 team in the nation, but absolutely dominated them for 60 minutes. More details [...]
Ohio State (11-0, 7-0 Big Ten) beats Wisconsin (7-4, 4-3 Big Ten): 21-14 (OT) at Camp Randall How Ohio State won: In OT the Buckeyes had the ball first and Carlos Hyde scored on a 2-yard touchdown run. On Wisconsin’s OT possession, the Buckeyes defense held them to a net 4 yards. Christian Bryant had [...]
VS #1 Kansas State (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) loses to Baylor (5-5, 2-5 Big 12): 52-24 in WACO, Texas – “Collin Klein and Kansas State (No. 1 BCS, No. 2 AP) can still get to a BCS game. Getting to the BCS Championship Game is all but lost.” (AP) Baylor came into this game un-ranked, [...]
ASU (5-5, 3-4 Pac-12) lost to USC (7-3, 5-3 Pac-12): 38-17 on Saturday in Los Angeles. If you didn’t see the game on Saturday, you can read a full summary here. Or, if you’ve watched any of ASU’s past four games, it was a variation on a theme. ASU has consistently started strong in the [...]
#4 Notre Dame (10-0) defeats Boston College (2-8,1-5): 21-6 in Alumni Stadium Boston College may be unranked with just 2 wins, but that wasn’t going to stop Notre Dame fans from worrying about this game and remembering 1993. Nineteen years ago, the Irish faced BC at home and were just coming off the game of [...]
