In the main event of a solid Thursday, Baylor held off Kansas State 31-24 behind an ace of a debut performance by freshman quarterback Jarrett Stidham, which impressed everyone on the Internet. All four of Baylor’s touchdowns resulted from him. Kansas State scored two late touchdowns to make the game close, but a Baylor interception in the last minute iced the victory.
Congratulations to Missouri for scoring a touchdown for the first time in over a month
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Elsewhere, Missouri finally scored a touchdown for the first time since October 3, when Steve Spurrier was still a head coach (Mizzou’s offense is b a d) but still lost to Mississippi State 31-13, Western Michigan got to six wins and bowl eligibility with a blowout win over Ball State in Thursday #MACtion, and Arkansas State took the lead in the Sun Belt race with a 40-27 victory at Appalachian State.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. In a world full of spread offenses and forward passes, it’s LSU-Alabama Week, a/k/a MANBALL CHRISTMAS!
If that’s not Manball-y enough for you, there’s always Stanford, which is basically running the goal line set from NCAA 2004 on every play.
Leonard Fournette has some NCAA thing you can ignore. Just weeks after a brief run-in with the NCAA over auctioning a game jersey for charity, the Heisman Trophy frontrunner is in another apparel-related NCAA story. This time, it's the use of a phrase trademarked by his family to sell stuff that he has nothing to do with.
This is LSU’s real crime: An Avengers-themed hype video that makes LSU both the good guys and the bad guys. Patton Oswalt just put his life savings on Alabama out of principle.
The Solid Verbal is back to preview arguably the biggest week of the season-to-date.
So it’s not just a clever title. Our COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMBLING is back to talk about college football gambling. And it’s 4-1 already this week, so you should probably ride that wave.
In this analogy, Missouri is the Washington Generals. Mississippi State went full-on Globetrotters to pin the Tigers at their own goal line.
Is the OSU play where they complain about a pass interference call for 13 years called "The U"? Ohio State installed a field goal return play and appropriately called it "Bama," which is also what Urban Meyer renamed that inside power Ezekiel Elliott ran approximately 44 times in the Sugar Bowl last year.
The real story: Texas coaches search with Yahoo. A Texas assistant accidentally tweeted out his search for ‘KKK’ while trying to link to an article on preparation for life as a Division I football player.
Mark Richt has lost control of this pumpkin. Yes, Georgia should probably fire Mark Richt already. But should Georgia hire a runaway inflatable pumpkin as its next coach? Maybe the pumpkin can replace definitely-not-fired defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt.
Speaking of Mark Richt, USC has righted the ship and set course for a potential Pac-12 South Championship by breaking out that oldest of Georgia traditions: Runnin’ the dang ball.
We’ve almost reached Piesman voting time, and Baylor’s LaQuan McGowan might be the frontrunner.
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