Stanford was the league’s best candidate for a playoff berth, but the 11-2 Cardinal could not rise above undefeated Clemson and three one-loss teams.
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The Cardinal defeated the USC Trojans, 41-22. Both Alabama and Clemson won knocking them out of playoff contention. He plans to hire an offensive coordinator who will call plays, allowing Helton to be “a head football coach and a CEO of a football team”, he said.
“The second half, we came out and played great”, Kessler said.
The sophomore accounted for three touchdowns and amassed 461 all-purpose yards as the Cardinal handed USC and Coach Clay Helton a defeat that dropped USC’s record to 8-5. “In my opinion, he should win the Heisman”. Saturday’s was the kind of performance that wins Heisman trophies.
Throughout the game, yelling and profanities emanating from the USC coaches’ booth in the press box could be heard as McCaffrey stutter-stepped to mid-range gains, broke free for wide-open pass receptions and blazed his way toward the end zone.
The Trojans did try to make it interesting in the third quarter. USC would answer back with a touchdown and pull back within five, but Christian McCaffrey solidified his Heisman candidacy, when he took a Hogan pass 28 yards for a touchdown.
McCaffrey became the fifth player in FBS history with 200 rushing yards and 100 receiving yards in a game. During Sanders incredible season at Oklahoma State, he posted 3,250 yards in 1988. McCaffrey has 3,496 for the season.
“It’s a huge honor”, McCaffrey said. “It’s an extremely exciting feat for me. I’d be remiss if I didn’t tell you how much I love these guys”.
“It’s the only thing that makes sense”, he said.
Tyrone Swoopes threw for 151 yards with a touchdown and ran for a score in his first Texas start since the opener, and the Longhorns held on for a 23-17 victory Saturday that knocked No. 12 Baylor out of Sugar Bowl… Wood missed the extra point.
“Whenever a new Barry Sanders highlight video came out, he would run to watch it”, Lisa McCaffrey said. The heat dissipated during a four-game winning streak, but it returned after OR dominated the Trojans. His defense has been roundly criticized by USC’s demanding fans this season when it struggled against prolific offenses despite its wealth of five-star talent. That setup a 7-yard touchdown by Hogan giving the Cardinals back the lead 20-16. “In his case, we don’t know what that means until we know that what means, then we’ll have a chance to address it”. He’s a special, special football player. And Alijah Holder did a really good job in the second half getting him on the ground. “But our defense bailed us out”.
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Blake Martinez, playing in a bum ankle, then sacked Kessler and caused a fumble on the next possession that Thomas scooped up and ran in for the score that made it 27-16.
Had the failing on the final drive at Northwestern OR the drop at Michigan State not happened, every member of the Pac-12 would have banked in excess of $1M more, the result of everyone bumping up.
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Kessler on the quarterback keeper, rushed for a 12-yard touchdown and the Trojans failed on the 2-point field goal in the fourth.
