Posted on 10/10/2021 9:03:07 AM PDT by blam
Over the last two weeks, 10 teams ranked in the top 15 have lost, including seven in the top 10.
The last time the No. 1 team in the country lost to an unranked team was 2008.
The last time Alabama lost to an unranked team was 2007.
Texas A&M snapped both those streaks and brought true chaos to this college football season.
The Aggies dragged a two-game losing streak into Kyle Field on Saturday night, looking like one of the most disappointing teams in the country.
Then Texas A&M beat the mighty Crimson Tide, scoring almost as many points in a walk-off victory (41) as the Aggies had in three previous games (42) against Power Five opponents.
“We knew the last two weeks that we didn’t play to the best of our ability,” A&M defensive back Antonio Johnson told reporters. “We knew this week was an opportunity.”
A&M’s upset, the biggest victory of Jimbo Fisher’s tenure in College Station and the first over Nick Saban by one of his former assistants in 25 tries, capped yet another thrilling Saturday in a season that is trying hard to make up for the pandemic-plagued mess of 2020.
Saturday afternoon featured back-and-forth offensive outburst between ranked teams in the Big 12 (Oklahoma-Texas) and Southeastern Conference (Arkansas-Mississippi), and a top-five slugest (Penn State-Iowa) in the Big Ten.
At night, No. 14 Notre Dame and No. 9 Michigan needed late field goals to win from behind before Texas A&M topped them all with a stunning upset.
Over the last two weeks, 10 teams ranked in the top 15 have lost, including seven in the top 10.
A 2021 season that so many fans feared would be long march to the same old, same old, with super teams turning the College Football Playoff race....
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I’m not a Georgia fan, but the one player from there that I always respected was and still is Herschel Walker. I hold nothing against him.
Congrats to the Aggies from this Longhorn. At least you guys know how to hold a lead.
CBS now has the four in the playoffs as Georgia, Iowa, Oklahoma and Cincinnati. I can’t imagine the College Football Cartel (tm) allowing Cincinnati into the adults table.
I am calling it now- Mississippi State vs Kentucky in the SEC Championship.
Could happen.
Iowa should be unbeaten to the Big Ten Championship.
I’m still pulling for Arkansas. They are the cinderella team of the year.
I don’t know if I would have gone for two there at the end of the game, though.
I actually watched the Arky Ole Miss game without the announcers and the “drone view” or whatever they call it. It definitely makes you feel more like you are at the stadium.
Go HAWKEYES! Those guys have heart.
You gotta wonder if this means it’s time for Lou to do the right thing and step down.
I finally learned yesterday what the “ANF” on Iowa’s helmets stood for.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!
Yes, “America Needs Farmers”. One of Hayden Frye’s great ideas.
I really have to feel for Scott Frost. I think Nebraska is getting close, they just need to win one of these games. But I would stick with him.
“I really have to feel for Scott Frost.”
Yes, so close to turning the corner at Nebraska. He will git r done eventually.
Legalized sports betting is killing college football.
Whooooooop! Gig ‘em Aggies!
Class of 1981.
Texas A&M beat No. 1 Alabama 41-38 on last-play field goal.
Boomer Sooner!
Gig ‘Em, Aggies!
Cincinnati is replacing the Shorthorns in the Big 12. Looks like a gain for the Big 12 considering football AND basketball.
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