Here we go fans. This is what makes college football worth watching on a weekly basis. A bloodbath of epic proportions happened over the course of the last three days.
It all started Thursday night with the Arizona Wildcats taking down the Oregon Ducks in Eugene. The Cats made the Ducks look very beatable and basically beat them using a three man front on defense. Then to add insult to injury for Oregon, they let a player with the name of Scooby strip their quarterback of the ball and temporarily end the Duck National Championship hopes. I say temporarily because of the amount of top 10 teams that went down yesterday.
It starts yesterday with Mississippi State taking down a very good Texas A & M 48-31 behind their quarterback Dak Prescott who threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns. They dominated the Aggies even though Aggie quarterback threw for 365 yards and four touchdowns, but he threw three interceptions and that certainly helped the Bulldogs score the ball. However, that was not the positive thing happening in the state of Mississippi yesterday afternoon.
Enter Ole Miss and their battle with Alabama who was ranked number two. Alabama came into the game with a very good defense, but it was Bo Wallace, the quarterback at Ole Miss that made the difference yesterday. He was making almost every throw that he needed to yesterday. He went 18 for 31and threw for 251 yards and three touchdown passes. With the Mississippi defense intercepting Alabama quarterback Blake Sims late the game the victory became reality for Ole Miss. The celebration was on in the state of Mississippi.
Then came the Utah/UCLA game and that was a hard one to call for me. Utah is better than advertised. Anytime you can go into The Big House in Ann Arbor and win the game you are good. I don't care how good or bad a Michigan team is. Winning in Ann Arbor for a program such as Utah is a big deal and tells a lot of people of how good you just may be. Now going into the Rose Bowl and playing a top eight program like the Bruins is a different can of worms for Utah. However, the Utes got out of the gate quickly by getting up 14-0 on UCLA. In the end the Utes made the plays to set up the end of the game field goal. Brett Hundley had a good game, but in the end, wins matter more than stats, and was not able to lead the team to victory. That was not the only stunner in Los Angeles last night.
Before the Bruins went down, USC had their hearts ripped from their soul. Arizona State, coming off an embarrassing loss to UCLA at home were about to go down in the Coliseum. Enter Mike Bercovici, he was having a fantastic game with his receivers and backs. With little time on the clock Bercovici hits Cameron Smith with a 73 yard touchdown reception. That play was helped that defensive back horribly misplayed the pass. Once the defender misplays the ball, there was nothing but open field for him and he ran to the end zone. USC gets the ball back, runs three up the middle plays that don't go anywhere and is forced to put the ball back. The Trojans were trying to just run the clock out because the Devils had no timeouts left due to some blunders early in the second half. However, the Trojan defense let the Devils put the ball in a position to heave the "Hail Mary" pass into the end zone and into the hands of Jaelen Strong. Strong who was possibly the best player on the field last night caught 10 passes for 202 yards, plus the winning grab at the end of the game. Bercovici had the stat line of the night with 512 yards passing, 5 touchdowns, and no interceptions. He also owned the most important stat of the night... he won.
With this kind of Saturday happening, who knows what happens from here, but it will certainly be entertaining to watch. I for one am looking forward to the rest of the season. I love the chaos.
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