College Football Saturday: Wisconsin, Alabama Dominant In Prime Time Games

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The top-ranked teams in the AP and Coaches Polls took care of business on Saturday, handling their business convincingly along the way. The marquee matchups of the evening -- Alabama vs. Florida and Wisconsin vs. Nebraska -- weren’t close at all, with the Crimson Tide and Badgers each pounding a worthy foe to cap the night.

Will Alabama move up with a resume-building win? How far will Wisconsin rise with a big win over Nebraska? We’ll find all that out and more on Sunday morning as the newest polls are released.

The extent of Brantley’s injury is still unknown. As you can see above, his right knee took most of the damage, and he clearly favored the leg as he left the field. After reaching the sidelines, he was carted off the field to the locker room.

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Despite what you may have seen, Stanford leads UCLA 14-0 in the second quarter.

Hey, guess who plays LSU next week? At least Driskel got a quick heads-up on SEC football before heading to Death Valley.

There are mistakes in each of these college football graphics from today. See if you can spot ‘em all!

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Jantz, who was 28-of-51 for 251 yards, directed an 86-yard drive that resulted in White scoring a two-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter. After a couple of stalled drives by both teams, Jantz finally found the end zone with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Chris Young.

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Not sure why Utah was such a heavy favorite heading into a Saturday night matchup with the Washington Huskies, but the bookmakers were way off this week. Led by Keith Price, the Huskies pounded the Utes, knocking quarterback Jordan Wynn out of the game and chewing up the Utah offense en route to a 31-14 win.

Utah turned the ball over five times -- many of which occurred in the red zone -- and the Huskies took advantage. Wynn and backup quarterback Jon Hayes each threw an interception, while Price was nearly flawless on the other side of the field, recovering from an early interception to lead Washington to victory.

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↵Actually, Swinney is only capable of ingesting electrolytes through the back of his neck, and regular coach maintenance is the prime duty of every Tigers player. Sad, but true, even if it is farfetched, but his name is “Dabo,” so everything is real.

A whistle blew from another official as other Tide players encouraged the ball all the way down to the other end zone at a leisurely pace. The zebras gathered to announce Florida had called a time out before the play began, though there was no evidence of that. All right.

In more important news: Brantley was injured on the next play, apparently suffering a knee. He left the game, leaving true freshman Jeff Driskel as the only Gators option.

Immediately, Brantley clutched his right knee, staying down on the ground for quite some time before trainers picked him up to help him off the field. Brantley headed straight to the locker room -- halftime was only seconds away -- but was barely able to put weight on his right leg, eventually just holding it in the air while using the trainers as a crutch.

Now the big question: can they avoid pulling a Clemson against Boston College?

Was South Carolina robbed of two seconds at the end of its matchup with Auburn? The Gamecocks appeared to pick-up a first down with two seconds to go, only to see the clock wind down to zero, ending the game. South Carolina protested, but the play was never reviewed as the Gamecocks fell to Auburn, 16-13.

Chuck Dunlap posted a statement regarding the final seconds of the game on Twitter.

The Longhorns special teams were alert on a late second-quarter punt by Iowa State. The punt came at the Cyclones’ own 27-yard line and went just seven yards. Josh Turner returned the ball 34 yards for a touchdown. Kicker Justin Tucker added two field goals in the first quarter.

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Being upset by SMU will make any coach question their sanity, apparently. After his TCU Horned Frogs fell to the Mustangs in overtime, head coach Gary Patterson wondered what the hell he’s doing with his life aloud.