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Sunday?s Den: Wrapping up a college football Saturday
13) North Carolina 58, Wake Forest 55:
? Demon Deacons led this game 45-27 in third quarter.
? 9-1 Wake gave up 114 points in last two games.
? Total yardage: Wake 615, UNC 546
? Both teams had 110+ yards in penalties. Not a great day for the refs.
12) Army 21, Air Force 14 OT:
? Since 2005, games between the service academies have gone under the total 40 of 50 times, with one push (40-9-1 under).
? Army actually threw a 79-yard TD pass.
? Air Force tied game with FG with 0:23 left.
11) Arkansas 31, Mississippi State 28:
? Miss State missed 39-yard FG at 0:00 that would?ve forced OT.
? Earlier in game, a different MSU kicker missed a 23-yard FG.
? Miss State QB Rogers threw for 417 yards in losing cause.
? This is Mike Leach, after the game:
?Announce this. There?s an open tryout on our campus for kickers. Anybody that wants to kick or walk on and kick at Mississippi State, we?ll hold a tryout any time you can get over there to our building, providing you?re cleared by the NCAA.?
Alrighty then.
10) Clemson 30, Louisville 24
? Tigers outscored Louisville 13-0 in 4th quarter to escape with a win.
? Louisville three TD?s were on plays of 26-23-51 yards.
? Cardinals ran ball for 223 yards, outgained Clemson 397-340.
9) Oregon 26, Washington 16? 1:58 to go, Washington had ball on their own 10-yard line, 4th-and-10, down 24-16. They don?t go for it, they line up to punt- the fans boo, the center snaps the ball over the punter?s head. Safety for Oregon, game over. No bueno.
Washington had only two timeouts left; this coach is incompetent in game management. Huskies are now 4-5; they?ve been a program that has won a lot. Not anymore.
8) Purdue 40, Michigan State 29:
? Boiler QB O?Connell threw for 536 yards. Lot of yards.
? Purdue converted 11-18 third down plays.
? Boilers outgained Michigan State, 594-458.
? Both sides averaged 9+ yards/pass attempt.
7) Upsets of the Week:
? South Carolina (+20.5) 40, Florida 17
? Illinois (+15) 14, Minnesota 6
? Colorado (+12) 37, Oregon State 34, OT
? Eastern Michigan (+9) 52, Toledo 49
? Central Michigan (+9) 42, Western Michigan 30
? TCU (+7.5) 30, Baylor 28
6) Cincinnati 28, Tulsa 20? Bearcats keep winning, but they?re 0-3 ATS in last three games, and apparently that matters to the geniuses who vote in the top 25 poll. Alabama struggled with LSU this week; will people vote them lower because of that? Didn?t think so.
5) TCU 30, Baylor 28:
? QB Morris threw for 461 yards, 2 TD?s in his first start for TCU.
? Morris is yet another former Oklahoma QB; his dad coached SMU, Arkansas.
? Horned Frogs outgained Baylor, 562-393.
4) Illinois 14, Minnesota 6:
? Golden Gophers are 6-3; in two of those losses, they were favored by 31, 15 points, so it is really a disappointing 6-3 record.
3) Memphis 28, SMU 25:
? Mustangs lose second straight game, after a 7-0 start.
? Memphis outgained SMU, 454-323; they were +2 in turnovers.
2) Miami 33, Georgia Tech 30:
? 5-4 Miami won its last three games, by total of 8 points.
? Miami outscored Tech 16-7 in second half.
1) Iowa State 30, Texas 7:
? Texas is 4-5, has lost four games in a row, giving up 37 ppg.
? Last year, Longhorns fired Tom Herman, who was 32-18 at Texas, 4-0 in bowl games.
? Boosters were mad at him; he didn?t win a national title.
? Maybe they should?ve kept Herman.