An incomplete pass to receiver Allen Lazard in the flat and a rush from Mike Warren gave possession back to No. 5 Oklahoma State, but Iowa State stymied the OSU rushing attack – using all three timeouts – and got one last shot. It was the most kickoff-return yards in the Big 12 since Texas’ Fozzy Whittaker had 252 yards against Oklahoma State in 2011. The bigger news was that Albuquerque’s Holly Holm stunned UFC champ Ronda Rousey on Saturday night, but an equally wonderful upset happened when New Mexico got bowl-eligible for the first time since 2007 by winning 31-24 at Boise State after entering as a 30-point underdog. The Longhorns ran just fine against WVU, but it couldn’t hang on to the ball. MI State and MI are next.
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Oklahoma’s fifth consecutive victory was 44-34 over previously undefeated Baylor, which until Saturday night had an FBS-best 20-game home winning streak that included the first 10 games in its riverside campus stadium.
Though it should be noted: The SEC West looks very much like Alabama and a bunch of other teams. If Alabama stays No. 2, you’d rather be No. 4 than No. 3. He had a 201-yard, four-touchdown outing in a win over Texas Tech before pounding away at Baylor.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Ezekiel Elliott ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns for Ohio State. That assumes Temple even plays in the game.
Baylor hadn’t lost at home since 49-21 to TCU on October 13, 2012. Remember that time long ago – last week – when the Big 12 was roiling in crisis, looking at the College Football Playoff Top 25, parsing selection committee chairman Jeff Long’s words and finding reason for grave concern? Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson said Saturday that he expects senior quarterback Trevone Boykin to play in Norman even though Boykin missed the final three quarters of TCU’s win 23-17 win over Kansas with an ankle injury. The Bruins also lost despite holding Washington State’s offense to 288 yards in the first three quarters. Jim Harbaugh and quarterback coach Jedd Fisch have done a tremendous job coaching up Rudock, who completed 33 of 46 passes for 441 yards and a school-record six touchdowns in the Wolverines’ 48-41 double-overtime win over Indiana.
Adams started and ran for 141 yards with Notre Dame rushing leader C.J. Prosise sidelined while recovering from a concussion. Next week, No. 14 MI State visits Columbus, Ohio. “I’ll be good.” But Cook didn’t look himself and completed just 6 of 20 passes for 77 yards with an interception. He took a couple steps to his right, stopped, then moved to the right again.
It was the game of the weekend in college football. “I knew if we were in their shoes we would have scored, too”. The Crimson Tide have won seven straight games. The Tigers host Wake Forest then steps outside the conference to play cross-state rival SC (3-7).
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Perine is putting up his numbers on fewer carries – averaging 16.8 per game – because the Sooners have another quality running back in redshirt freshman Joe Mixon, who’s rushed for 526 yards. A decorated career, someway and somehow, has absorbed a Texas stumble and an eight-hour transportation delay before the Kansas State game to arrive on schedule. When you add the fact this game is in Oklahoma State, I’m very confident the Cowboys will still be unbeten after this game. If they didn’t feel that way, we wouldn’t want them playing at all. This looked like the Pac-12 Game of the Year in the preseason, then it didn’t … and now it just looks like a whole lot of fun.
