MISLEADING FINALS AND BACKDOOR & FRONTDOOR COVERS - Georgia had a 21-12 FD edge vs Arkansas and 513-278 yd edge but UGA (-8) only won by 6. The Dawgs settled for a 31 yd FG and missed a 31 yd FG. Arkansas also got an 18 yd fumble return for a TD in the 1H to lead 14-10. UGA also had a 1st & goal at the 7 but were stopped on 4th & goal at the 1. UGA missed a 46 yd FG and had a 1st & goal at the 8 with 9:12 left when a TD would have given them the cover but they settled for a 24 yd FG and ended the game at the Arkansas 15 taking a knee...
Temple trailed Connecticut 45-17 with 6:09 to play but got a 24 yd TD pass, rec’d the onside kick and added a 6 yd TD pass with 2:51 left for the backdoor cover. Connecticut rec’d the onside kick and ran out the clock ending at the Temple 20...
While it wasn’t a backdoor cover for Northwestern, it was a backdoor push. Wisconsin, despite playing without star DE’s James and Welsh and MLB Cribbs, shutdown NU in the 1H holding QB Basanez to 5 of 18 passing for 34 yds and UW led 24-0 in the 3Q. NU missed a 32 yd FG but drove 68 yds for a TD. They went for 2 which cost them the cover, 24-6. They rec’d the onside kick and drove 49 yds for a TD early 4Q for the backdoor push. After an exchange of punts, UW took over at their own 25 with 7:29 left and went on a 16 play 65 yd drive being SOD at the NU 10 with :20 left. Badger backers would have liked them to have kicked the FG on 4th & 1 but they did not...
N Texas lost starting RB Patrick Cobbs for the season but Jamario Thomas who rushed for 256 yds last week, broke the school and SBC records for the 2nd game in a row with 258 yds vs New Mex St. NMS had scored a TD with 5:03 left but Thomas’ 77 yd run set up a TD with 3:11 left and NT got the frontdoor cover.
BIG GAME ENDING PLAYS - TCU lost starting QB Brandon Hassell and top RB Lonta Hobbs to injury but Tye Gunn and Robert Merrill had plenty of starting experience and stepped to lead TCU to a 34-15 lead. Houston nearly got the backdoor cover getting a pair of TD’s, the last with :02 left in the game but they missed the xp and TCU held on for the cover! On UH’s previous TD, they had missed a 2 pt conversion!...
Tulsa/Nevada went to 3 OT’s but in the 3rd OT NU scored a TD but missed their 2 pt conversion. Tulsa had a shot at the win with a 1st & goal at the 5 but fumbled out of the EZ for a TB and took a tough loss.
KEEPING THE BACKDOOR SHUT - Akron led Ball St 35-10 early 4Q but after giving up a couple of TD’s, the spread was in peril. UA was SOD at the BSU 16 and BSU was SOD at the UA 30 with just 2:48 left. UA was punting with :19 left and their P fumbled the snap at their own 27 but BSU’s pass was int’d in the EZ and ret’d to the 12.
Temple trailed Connecticut 45-17 with 6:09 to play but got a 24 yd TD pass, rec’d the onside kick and added a 6 yd TD pass with 2:51 left for the backdoor cover. Connecticut rec’d the onside kick and ran out the clock ending at the Temple 20...
While it wasn’t a backdoor cover for Northwestern, it was a backdoor push. Wisconsin, despite playing without star DE’s James and Welsh and MLB Cribbs, shutdown NU in the 1H holding QB Basanez to 5 of 18 passing for 34 yds and UW led 24-0 in the 3Q. NU missed a 32 yd FG but drove 68 yds for a TD. They went for 2 which cost them the cover, 24-6. They rec’d the onside kick and drove 49 yds for a TD early 4Q for the backdoor push. After an exchange of punts, UW took over at their own 25 with 7:29 left and went on a 16 play 65 yd drive being SOD at the NU 10 with :20 left. Badger backers would have liked them to have kicked the FG on 4th & 1 but they did not...
N Texas lost starting RB Patrick Cobbs for the season but Jamario Thomas who rushed for 256 yds last week, broke the school and SBC records for the 2nd game in a row with 258 yds vs New Mex St. NMS had scored a TD with 5:03 left but Thomas’ 77 yd run set up a TD with 3:11 left and NT got the frontdoor cover.
BIG GAME ENDING PLAYS - TCU lost starting QB Brandon Hassell and top RB Lonta Hobbs to injury but Tye Gunn and Robert Merrill had plenty of starting experience and stepped to lead TCU to a 34-15 lead. Houston nearly got the backdoor cover getting a pair of TD’s, the last with :02 left in the game but they missed the xp and TCU held on for the cover! On UH’s previous TD, they had missed a 2 pt conversion!...
Tulsa/Nevada went to 3 OT’s but in the 3rd OT NU scored a TD but missed their 2 pt conversion. Tulsa had a shot at the win with a 1st & goal at the 5 but fumbled out of the EZ for a TB and took a tough loss.
KEEPING THE BACKDOOR SHUT - Akron led Ball St 35-10 early 4Q but after giving up a couple of TD’s, the spread was in peril. UA was SOD at the BSU 16 and BSU was SOD at the UA 30 with just 2:48 left. UA was punting with :19 left and their P fumbled the snap at their own 27 but BSU’s pass was int’d in the EZ and ret’d to the 12.
