All 12 teams were in action this past weekend – let’s review the results in approximate order of importance.
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“I thought we settled down”. But he also lost a fumble, missed a few throws and failed to pitch the ball to Samaje Perine on a play that Stoops said would have gone for 50 yards.
The Cougar defense showed they were not to be intimidated by long Oklahoma plays early on.
The mothership has it right. “So that’s our job to get better”. The second half was where Mayfield’s greed got the better of him.
Meanwhile, P.J. Philip Walker had an absolutely disgusting game for Temple.
Rosen threw three interceptions while working under heavy pressure from a defense led by Myles Garrett. Two were on Temple’s last two possessions, the first of which Army converted for the game-clinching score.
In just over one quarter of work, Smith rushed for 97 yards on 10 carries with a pair of touchdowns. I was just watching the game and Tago went down. Like, a really long time. The Golden Hurricane never looked back, building a 45-7 lead into the fourth quarter. After all, they rebounded from a seemingly disastrous defeat to Texas last October to surge into the College Football Playoff. They probably would have if Maine’s kicker wasn’t so college kicker-y. For better or worse, the Sooners follow their quarterback’s lead.
It arguably was the program’s biggest opener in history, but even that wasn’t enough to sway people into thinking that the Cougs could do anything to be competitive on Saturday.
On if he was happy with the pass rush…
The free beer is over in Orlando as the Knights finally broke their 13-game losing streak.
Here’s another team that didn’t have any problems with their FCS warmup opponent. Senior Will Worth entered and was also effective, scoring on a 7-yard run that gave the Midshipmen a 28-10 lead. This was a mismatch from the beginning: Austin looked lost at times, including one curious sequence in which he mistook two different blockers as ball carriers on the same play.
Oklahoma was shutout for the remainder of the third quarter.
The Cougars win in the Peach bowl past year, made this game count even more. “I came here with the rest of the brigade”. We knew the guy was a good football player. The Cougars took it to Oklahoma, one of the preseason favorites for the national title, with a mixture of offense and an extremely play on special teams. This game was absolutely appalling.
No. 25 Florida 24, MA 7: Quarterback Luke Del Rio threw two touchdowns in his Florida debut, and the No. 25 Gators relied on their defense to survive a scare from MA in the victory on the newly-named Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Heisman Trophy hopeful Leonard Fournette ran for 138 yards on 23 carries, but limped off on his final carry for LSU with less than 2 minutes left. “I’ve just got to get the ball out of my hands instead of scrambling around a little too much or just not taking a chance on them _ trusting what they’re doing and getting it in their hands”.
“I feel helpless”, he said.
New Pirates quarterback Philip Nelson, he of the rather sordid past, was nearly flawless, completing 28 of 32 passes for 398 yards and five touchdowns for debuting Pirates coach Scottie Montgomery.
Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said, “It’s a hard thing because normally you’ve got all those big, lumbering guys that are protectors on the field goal unit and now all of the sudden you’re asking them to become cover guys against a guy that runs 4.3 (40)”.
Western Carolina also had a new starting quarterback, Tyrie Adams, who did not fare as well as Nelson.
Despite who they were facing, the fans didn’t falter and answered the call.
The Wolverines (1-0) did not reveal who would start at quarterback until the game began. In Iowa City, Aaron Bailey threw for 135 yards, ran for 114 more and had two touchdowns as Northern Iowa rallied to beat Iowa State 25-20 and spoil Coach Matt Campbell’s debut with the Cyclones. Only 12 second-half rushing attempts were not.
The last time SMU visited Denton, North Texas retired June Jones with a humiliating 43-6 beatdown. Then factor in a kick-six momentum-changing return for a touchdown – aided by an Oklahoma timeout. He was 9 for 9 for 162 yards and a touchdown in the first half.
Del Rio, a sophomore and the son of Oakland Raiders coach Jack Del Rio, threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Callaway in the first quarter.
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Tulsa tops San Jose St. Between them, those two questionable flags cost Oklahoma 7 points. Tulsa ran for 305 yards, led by D’Angelo Russell with 164 yards and three touchdowns. Andrews catch ended an 8-play, 80-yard drive.
