Posted on 11/13/2016 5:07:12 AM PST by C19fan
Ten takeaways from one of those classically sneaky weekends in college football, where the chalk gets erased and the national hierarchy is shattered, one shocking result after another: 1. This was Survive And Advance Saturday, with upsets all over the place for the College Football Playoff contenders. Among the major casualties: undefeated No. 2 Clemson, which had spent much of this season playing with fire, finally self-immolated in a stunning upset loss at home to Pittsburgh, 43-42; No. 3 Michigan, which took a 10-0 lead at Iowa, fell behind 11-10, regained it 13-11 and then lost on a walk-off field goal; undefeated No. 4 Washington, which had played a soft Ten takeaways from one of those classically sneaky weekends in college football, where the chalk gets erased and the national hierarchy is shattered, one shocking result after another:
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And in the meantime Alabama stomped Mississippi State into a mud puddle. I think the fight is going to be for the subsequent spots after Alabama.
Real College playoffs, anyone?
12 conferences; champions all get in; top 4 teams get a bye in round 1.
round 1: 8 teams; 4 games
round 2: 4 winners + bye teams; 4 games
semi-final: 4 teams ; 3 games
college championship: 2 teams.
make sense?
Way to go, Trojans! Beat the Bruins!
The NCAA is busily doing to college football what the NFL has done to pro.
Even though Auburn had a bad day yesterday, I feel they will be Alabama’s toughest competitor toward our goal of another national championship. Roll Tide.
Amazing turn around for the Trojans whom look like Romans. Clay Helton from hot seat to conquering hero.
The bad Sean White showed up in Athens.
How ‘bout those Hawks !
USC actually won 26-13 not 24 -13. There was a safety at the very end.
Trump’s fault!
You heard it here, first, folks!
Roll Tide
...and still need a bit of work on our punctuation, I see...
Too bad Yahoo couldn’t even report the score correctly!
Lol...gotta’ love people who try to insult others, then spell their insults incorrectly. ;-)
Or in this case, PUNCTUATE their insults incorrectly. (too early in the morning yet)
I’m still in denial from TTU missing an extra point that would have sent us to overtime against OSU.
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