Sparty yes! No. 9 Michigan State beat No. 3 Ohio State at the buzzer 17-14, ending the Buckeyes’ 23-game undefeated run. Was this Mark Dantonio’s best win ever?
Everything to know about Saturday’s college football, which left just 2 undefeated teams
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It was the worst performance by an Urban Meyer offense ever, and it was worse than any UCF, Missouri or Charlotte offensive game this season. Here are some other wild facts about the Buckeyes’ bad day with the ball.
Kicker Michael Geiger had one heck of a time after hitting the game-winning field goal.
Geiger postgame on Spartan Radio: "It was the biggest kick of my life, and I fucking nailed it."
— Tony Garcia (@RealTonyGarcia) November 22, 2015 That means Sparty goes 2-0 against Michigan and Ohio State despite not leading against either with time on the clock.
Spartan fans burnt couches and built snow penises in celebration. Meanwhile, LeBron James owes Draymond Green two cases of wine.
Ohio State drama. Ezekiel Elliott blasted Ohio State's play-calling after the game and said there was "no chance" he would return next year. Zeke might have a point. Cardale Jones also announced he would not be coming back to Columbus. Michigan State tight end Jamal Lyles had some fun with it, tweeting out "#GreatJobCoaches" after the game.
Baylor takes down Oklahoma State with the Bears’ third-string QB. The 45-35 win knocks the No. 6 Cowboys out of the unbeaten ranks and sends the Big 12 into some chaos. The No. 10 Bears won at Stillwater for the first time since 1939: here are some totally real (fake) facts about that!
Houston lost, too. The No. 19 Cougars fell to UConn 20-17, making the Huskies now bowl-eligible. No. 5 Iowa (40-20 over Purdue, clinching the Big Ten West, thanks to tons of pregame snow) and No. 1 Clemson (33-13 over Wake Forest) are the only unbeatens still standing.
LSU’s still struggling. No. 15 LSU’s horrible November got worse after a 38-17 loss to No. 22 Ole Miss, moving the Tigers to 0-3 on the month (their first three-game losing streak of the millennium). Les Miles’s seat was reportedly going to be hot even if the Tigers won the rest of their games.
To be fair, Katy Perry led the Rebels' pre-game cheer by chomping on a corn dog. Ole Miss is now 2-0 with her around.
Oklahoma survives TCU. Baker Mayfield was knocked out for the second half after a helmet-to-helmet hit, but the No. 7 Sooners held on, 30-29. No. 18 TCU went for two to win it at the end of the game (because TCU’s got Baylor on a short week next), but Oklahoma broke up the pass to secure the win.
Big Playoff shakeup coming. Here’s how the day’s results probably affected the Playoff rankings.
Heartbreak for Wisconsin. Three overturned Badger touchdowns, one of which definitely looked like a game-winner (and another with a dubious fair catch call on an amazing punt return), led to a 13-7 win for No. 20 Northwestern over No. 25 Wisconsin. It also led to Badger fans throwing snowballs at refs.
Refs mobbed after Wisconsin-Northwestern by snowballs. pic.twitter.com/eaqsjBuRnE
— Sconnie Sports Talk (@SconSportsTalk) November 21, 2015 The referees weren’t the only targets: Wisconsin cheerleaders had to be evacuated after being pelted by snowballs.
Another quality day of Harbaughin’. Jim Harbaugh got so dang angry during No. 12 Michigan’s 28-16 win against Penn State that he took off his jacket to properly express his feelings. He came through with another quotable moment after the game, too.
#ThanksFrank. Virginia Tech lost in overtime to No. 17 North Carolina in Frank Beamer’s final home game, but the players carried him off the field anyway.
#ThanksFrank pic.twitter.com/m4V30J67L6
— #ThanksFrank (@VT_Football) November 21, 2015 Virginia Tech basketball coach Buzz Williams ditched his suit for a T-shirt honoring Beamer during his team's win against VMI.
NOVEMBERT has been conquered. A late blocked field goal gave Mississippi State a 51-50 win against Arkansas. A FAN FIGHT broke out after the game, and Dan Mullen danced, too.
FCS > SEC. The Citadel (!!!) knocked off South Carolina, and the Gamecocks might be the fifth-best team in the state. No. 2 Alabama beat its FCS opponent, but the SEC Network made sure to let you know it was a top-10 matchup. In the “technically FBS” side of things, No. 8 Florida just barely beat Florida Atlantic.
Elsewhere in the top four. No. 4 Notre Dame survived Boston College despite injuries and five turnovers, moving to 10-1.
Stanford rolls in the Big Game. 35-22, clinching the Pac-12 North keeping the No. 11 Cardinal’s slim Playoff hopes alive. The band dressed up again, this time saluting Mad Max, while the Cardinal’s massive jumbo formation was pure Stanford.
Washington State has won eight games for the first time since 2003. All eyes will be on QB Luke Falk, who was carted off with injury.
Individual feats of excellence:
- Florida State safety Derwin James, who jumped like 4 feet in the air for an effortless, one-handed catch in pregame.
- 300-pound Kentucky defensive tackle Cory “Poop” Johnson, who reeled in a highlight interception for his second Piesman-eligible play.
- 297-pound Miami defensive tackle Ufomba Kamalu, who stiff-armed a Georgia Tech player the heck out of his way.
- An unnamed ESPN producer, who cut away from a furious Mississippi State fan just a nanosecond before a giant cuss bomb.
- North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora, who dabbed to set up the dabbiest ACC title game that ever dabbed.
- Kansas State’s Glenn Gronkowski (yes, Rob’s brother), who threw a Tebow-esque jump pass.
- Clemson lineman Daniel Stone, who proposed to his girlfriend on the sidelines at Senior Day (she said yes)!
- This cat, who should win the Heisman.
- Indiana’s special teams unit, which executed a perfect surprise onside kick against Maryland.
- Famed Minnesotan Dilly Bar Dan, who wore shorts in 20-degree weather.
- Miami’s plane banners people, who are still flying coach opinions.
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