Team Grades: Week 3
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>With another great week in the books, who passed and failed this weeks' test?
A+:
Troy-After a 41-23 pounding of over hyped Oklahoma State, the Trojans should be well on their way to a Sun Belt title. They did play great for themselves and knocked out a good Big 12 South team. They racked up 562 yards of offense.
Cincinnati-Now becoming a mainstay in the A range, the Bearcats ended last week with yet another dominating performance. They defeated Miami OH 47-10 with 438 yards offensively.
Purdue-I'm usually a Boilermaker skeptic whenever any unnecessary hype gets put on their shoulders (which hasn't happened this year). I love what I'm seeing from Purdue. I love the offense and, more importantly, the defense has stepped it up. Last year, they let Miami OH and Ball State score on them and they also had Indiana State (INDIANA STATE) score 35 points. Curtis Painter had a huge day.
USC-There we go! That's what we're looking for out of USC. The Trojans only won by 18 which doesn't look like a full-scale blowout, but they had their way with Nebraska. Most of those scores came late in the game.
Duke-Hey, give these guys an A+. If you haven't heard, they snapped their 22-game losing streak to, whom else, a Big 10 team in Northwestern. They played pretty well too.
Kansas State-They were only playing Missouri State, but Missouri State has a good offense. They couldn't even hit the 200 yard mark against Ron Prince's defense. Kudos to K-State on the 61-10 victory.
Utah-The Utes closed out their game against UCLA scoring 37 consecutive points. The Bruins gave them 5 turnovers and they never missed an opportunity to win. The stats are pretty close, but the Bruins never capitalized at all and Utah did every time. It came down to execution. I had Utah winning this game before the season started, but after their play due to injuries, I backed off this even being fathomable. This is probably the stunner of the week, but I can't say it enough, UCLA was the most overrated team in the country this year. They will never even see the light of cracking the top 10 this year again.
Nevada-After a slow start to begin the game against Nicholls State, they turned up the heat outscoring them 51-7 after opening the game 10-0 in favor of the Colonels. From what I saw, Nevada was a bit confused by their option game at first but they shut them down afterwards. Nicholls State tried one pass all game (incomplete).
Oklahoma-Yeah, they're playing Utah State...But is this offense unbelievable? Another 600 yard day in the books. Bradford was excellent but he (gasp!) threw an INT! No way. They're in trouble now.
Florida-They thumped Tennessee by 39 points in their 59-20 victory. Who said the Gator defense couldn't play? They kept Tennessee below 300 yards, even in comeback mode. The offense racked up 550+.
Rutgers-The Scarlet Knights only led the Spartans of Norfolk State 3-0 heading into the 2nd quarter. But they did head into halftime up 45-0. I think Ray Rice could've been better against a team like NSU, but I'm sure the fans'll take it. Schiano was criticized by Spartan QB, Casey Hansen for not playing "sportsmanlike" after calling timeouts near the end of the 1st half. You could make a case, but I think the first half is fair game. During a second half of a blowout, you should just keep the ball on the ground and put your 3rd stringers in which is pretty much what happened.
A:
Texas Tech-They beat up pretty good on Rice. Graham Harrell lit them up for 6 TDs. Rice's defense is horrible, but give some credit to Texas Tech's offense. They probably have the best offensive team in the nation. Even so, it's kind of hard to tell by playing SMU, UTEP, and Rice.
Arkansas State-These guys are for real. They sprang upon SMU early for a 21-0 lead after one. They let SMU creep back into it, but the nail in the coffin came in the 4th quarter. They killed SMU with balance in this game. 13 penalties though keeps them from getting an A+.
Missouri-You almost have to feel sorry for Western Michigan's defense. They were supposed to have a pretty good one, but they have one of the worst statistical ones after facing West Virginia, Indiana, and Missouri. The Tigers wound up with 619 yards of offense. People, please, start using "Heisman" and "Chase Daniel" together more often. They are one weird team though. They start by getting a huge lead and then they hit the snooze button for about a quarter. This allowed Illinois, Ole Miss, and Western to get back into the game. This is a disturbing trend that won't work against the likes of Texas Tech or Nebraska.
Florida Atlantic-Does this show how good FAU is or how horrible Minnesota is? Like most of the wishy-washy analysts that never give you anything concrete say, it's a little bit of both. Now, the game wasn't on TV so I couldn't see it (ESPN360), but the Gophers didn't secure the football and that's where this game was lost. Even so, Rusty Smith had a monster day eating the putrid Gopher secondary alive for 463 yards! They also had 117 yards on the ground. This should make for a good Sun Belt race with Troy, FAU, and Arkansas State looking solid at times.
UCF-What a shame. Maybe it was just me, but did anyone else notice that the Texas defender was OUT OF BOUNDS when he "recovered" the fumble from Kyle Israel? It's a shame, because we'll never know what could've happened if UCF responded on that drive. They battled Texas down to the wire with a 35-32 loss, but they couldn't recover the onside kick. UCF is one of the best non-BCS teams out there this season as evidenced by their win over NC State.
Eastern Michigan-Even though Northern Illinois is a very bad team this year, EMU's offense finally got going, which is a promising sign. They out gained Northern Illinois which is pretty impressive considering the dilapidated situation that is Eastern Michigan football. Looks like they'll win two games this year instead of one!
Oregon-The Ducks were awesome, but I saw Fresno State shooting themselves in the foot far too often.
LSU-The Tigers didn't dominate this game as badly as they could have, but anytime you out gain a team 505-90, you're doing something right. Ryan Perrilloux filled in admirably for the injured Flynn and they're going to trust the what-was-a-potential-4-time-Heisman-winner's arm.
Boston College-The Eagles were amazing with a thorough beating of Georgia Tech. The Eagles racked up the yardage compiling 527 of them with 435 of them through the air against Georgia Tech's defense. Very impressive day at the office.
West Virginia-The Mountaineers ran all over Maryland on Thursday. Noel Devine was awesome with 136 yards on 5 carries. Maryland hung with them for a while before the West Virginia running game got rolling. West Virginia finally had a good day on defense.
Air Force-The Falcons didn't look all that great, but I will say that they closed the night on a roll outscoring TCU 20-7. TCU missed a FG and couldn't score in OT. Air Force should be in for a nice season.
A-:
Temple-B.S. If anybody saw the end of this game, they'd be mad as well. The Owls hung in there with heavily favored UConn. This is also coming off of a 42-7 drubbing from Buffalo. As expected, we're going to get these erratic performance all year long due to their extreme youth. But back to that TOUCHDOWN, the Temple WR went up and re-tapped, if you will, his left foot. He was clearly in the endzone. I can understand how the official missed the call on the field because he was so close, but after reviewing it, the ruling should have never stood. The tragic irony of it all? Temple lost the game by 5 points. If it's ruled a TD, pretty much game over. I think there was fewer than 40 seconds on the clock at the time. And it took a gutsy call from Al Golden to do it with the WR reverse pass. What a shame.
Mississippi State-They played okay, but Auburn's great defense shut them down. Of course, the difference, again, was Auburn turnovers. One of the five turnovers went back for a Derek Pegues TD. That's where this game was lost..........again. Auburn is a horrible offensive football team. Regardless, they beat a superior team which gives them an A-.
Iowa State-They defeated their main rival Iowa on a last-second FG. And Culbertson beat the Hawkeyes with his legs, 5 times to be exact. After ISU opened up the game 12-0, you knew Iowa was going to win when they scored 13 points in a row. However, the Cyclones came out on top and this was no fluke. Iowa got outplayed.
Ohio State-These guys took on a solid Washington club and beat them into submission starting in the 2nd half. They forced Locker to toss 3 picks, the turning point of the game also came by way of INT when Locker tried a horrible shovel pass that got intercepted in the redzone. At least they weren't sleepwalking like they were against Youngstown State and Akron.
Ball State-Even though they gave up 521 yards on the ground, Ball State's offense responded in awesome fashion. They pretty much blew Navy away running with the football. Nate Davis also had a nice game and the Cardinals are off to a fast 2-1 start.
Michigan-This is the Michigan football team we're used to seeing. Grind it out on the ground and play great defense. Mallett didn't look good (especially when the unathletic lug tried to catch a WR pass lol), but he did what he had to do as a true freshman. Although I will say they can't beat Penn State playing like they did this week.
Clemson-Cullen Harper is bound to have a great season. He lit up the Purple Paladin secondary with a 16-19 completion rate and 266 yards passing. Also, he tossed 3 TDs. The Clemson ground game never really got going with only 60 yards rushing. They let the Furman offense do waaaaaaaaaay too much.
Kansas-Also starting to find themselves in this spot every week, the Jayhawks of Kansas demolished another MAC West foe in Toledo. Reesing had a nice game even though is completion percentage wasn't all that high. The running game got going for Kansas and that was the difference in the ballgame.
Stanford-The Cardinal rolled on through which, I think is safe to say, a horrible San Jose State team. They dominated big-time with a 343 yard differential. Stanford isn't a horrible team this year, we'll give them that.
Kentucky-While we probably expected a few more points, it was a great shootout. The Wildcats came to play and the homefield advantage pushed them through, upsetting Louisville in Lexington. Andre Woodson hit a Steve Johnson right after an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty pushed the Wildcats back 15 yards. Impressive team, Kentucky is.
B+:
Army-Give the Black Knights some credit for sticking with Wake Forest for a while. Believe it or not, Army did out gain Wake.
Tulsa-They won the game, but they didn't do it with any kind of defense. The offense was spectacular in this game. 454 yards passing came from Paul Smith who, obviously, had a huge day. I give them a B+ for their offensive performance. Their defense didn't do too much because.....
BYU-The Cougars had 694 yards of offense! Wow. Even so, I give both Tulsa and BYU B+'s because of how well the offense slugged it out. For those of you who love shootouts, be mad at yourself for missing this 55-47 win for the Golden Hurricane.
Alabama-Wow. That was a gutsy win for the Crimson Tide. My family is from Arkansas so I'm a semi-Arkansas fan and watching it hurt a little bit. But I couldn't help but be impressed from what Nick Saban's bunch did last night.
Arkansas-Even though they blew it at the end with horrible coverage and two pass interference calls, the Hogs played Bama to a draw. Arkansas had 450 yards to Alabama's 450 yards. Alabama had 2 more first downs than Arkansas did. Each team had the same amount of penalties (although Alabama had more yards tacked on). They were each 7-16 on 3rd downs. TOP was won by Alabama by about 2 minutes. It was a very evenly-matched game and being on the road kept Arkansas from winning the game.
Texas A&M-I guess I have to give the Aggies a B+ for winning by 40 points, but that defense is bad. UL Monroe has a good offense........for a Sun Belt team! Come on, they gave up 215 yards on the ground against Calvin Dawson and Kinsmon Lancaster. Even though he is a great back and even though UL Monroe has the best line in the Sun Belt, A&M shouldn't be pushed around like that. They did get 547 yard of offense though.
Cal-They dominated Louisiana Tech, but they didn't really.........dominate them. If you catch my drift. Louisiana Tech should've been put away faster and easier than they were. It was 28-12 in the 3rd quarter. Maybe the Bulldogs just carried some momentum from the Hawaii game, I don't know.
Louisiana Tech-Give the Bulldogs some credit as well. They came into Berkely, no, not just to view Hippies in the Oak Trees, but they came into play. So far, it looks like Derek Dooley might have something brewing in Ruston. It'll take a while until they play for a bowl game, but he's setting the foundation for some good things (although Jack Bicknell's firing was uncalled for!).
Illinois-Part of their 41-10 win over Syracuse was due to the Orange being downright horrible, but the Illini played pretty well and did what they had to do. Juice made some throws (for once). Tell you what, his ability to complete passes has improved.
Indiana-It took the Hoosiers a little while, but they did finally put Akron away. Kellen Lewis had a big day. He was also the team's leading rusher. This is the best QB that nobody outside Big 10 country has paid any attention to. Their defense wasn't even close to doing well yesterday.
Hawaii-Just another day at the office for Hawaii. Although Colt Brennan probably just lost the Heisman. He needed a huge day against UNLV and he didn't get it. Of course he was playing with a bum ankle, but the Heisman voters don't really pay attention to that stuff. He really does need to turn it up a notch if he is to be a legit Heisman candidate.
Oregon State-Like A&M, they need at least a B+ for winning by 51 points. But what the box score doesn't tell you is that Yvenson Bernard couldn't get going at all. ISU is not a team that should be defending Bernard with ease. Oregon State let the Bengals get 335 yards of offense. The Beavers ran up and down the field on ISU, but Bernard getting stuffed troubles me a little bit.
B:
Houston-The Cougars weren't spectacular, but they got the job done against a sub-par team in Tulane. They did have a 34-3 lead at one point and they won the game 34-10. Case Keenum looks like the guy in charge and he had a solid outing.
Vanderbilt-They beat an average Ole Miss team by 14 in what was a pretty well-played football game. Jackson-Garrison of Vandy ran for 3 TDs and 119 yards on 23 touches. Earl Bennett amassed 50% of Chris Nickson's passing yards. Just a good day for the Commodores.
Memphis-They coasted on past Jacksonville State with a 35-14 win. They had another big day from Martin Hankins but the defense gave up 392 yards, which isn't very promising. This game also had the first female official at the FBS level.
Arizona State-It was a game that you just shrug your shoulders and say, "eh, it was solid." Arizona State is off to a fast start this year sitting at 3-0. They've got a big game next week against Oregon State.
Washington State-The Cougars had a battle on their hands against the Idaho Vandals but they pulled away late. It wasn't anything to brag about, but they got the job done and they're 4 wins away from bowling. Alex Brink had another day at the office.
NC State-These guys got out gained by Wofford, but they get a B for finally getting off of the schneid. Andre Brown had a big day.
Boise State-The Broncos played pretty well and Taylor Tharp didn't lose the game, which a good sign for Boise. Ian Johnson didn't get much going against a tough Wyoming defense. Overall, it was a nice game.
Louisville-The defense shaped up a little bit against Kentucky. The offense didn't play up to their potential. It was a thrilling football game, but again, a missed defensive assignment cost them the W. On the last play, somebody missed their guy and that was the difference.
Southern Miss-The Golden Eagles traded quarters of dominance as they outscored ECU 28-0 in the 2nd and 4th quarters while ECU outscored Southern Miss 21-0 in the 3rd. Jeremy Young ran for 1 yard and a TD giving the Golden Eagles a win in a solid performance.
B-:
New Mexico-They came into Tuscon and defeated Arizona (which should be a common thing this season). The passing game finally came through and, thankfully, they've improved from their opener against UTEP which was a hideous performance.
Arizona-Yeah, I know they lost to New Mexico, but they came back and they played hard in this game. Remember, this grading scale all depends on how teams perform due to expectations and their effort given. Losing the game wasn't a big surprise, even though they did play under their ability. They did give some effort and I saw a team that was really trying to win. The bottom line is that they just need to do the little things better. They're 0-2 vs. the MWC this season.
Virginia Tech-The game wasn't as close as the score indicated, but VT had a tough time putting Ohio away. They turned the ball over twice and Ohio didn't at all which was probably the difference there. Tyrod Taylor had a decent game but Ohio is no ACC defense. Let's keep that in mind.
Ohio-They played decently enough and they hung in there against the Hokies.
Michigan State-Boy, this was the game of missed opportunities. Pitt didn't look that great and Michigan State took advantage of their mistakes. Like I said though, they had some opportunities and they didn't execute.
Akron-I thought Akron played pretty well for themselves. It took Indiana a while to get this pesky team out of the way, but you have to give the Zips some credit.
Virginia-The Cavs finally got some running game going with Cedric Peerman. This was an evenly-played game, but it was nice to see Al Groh's bunch play with a wee bit of enthusiasm.
Kent State-It took the Golden Flashes as while, but they got it going with a 38-7 win over the Hornets of Delaware State. It was only 7-0 at halftime, but Julian Edleman got going and so did Eugene Jarvis. They turned the ball over 4 times, but the defense played well.
New Mexico State-UTEP isn't a very good football team, so this doesn't come off as a surprise at all. Chase Holbrook lit up the Miner secondary. The defense played well enough to give their offense a shot at winning the game. New Mexico State just needs to cash in those yards for more points next time though.
ECU-They played Southern Miss really tight, and that game could've gone either way. It was a solid game from the Pirates.
C+:
Florida State-Ouch. They were 1-13 on 3rd downs! They had the same issue with Clemson. Jimbo Fisher is ticked off and understandably so. FSU's offense is horrible and it all starts with the offensive line. Drew Weatherford is good enough to compete for an ACC title but if you can't block for him, your offense is one-tier better than Notre Dame's.
Nebraska-Can't really blame the Cornhuskers with this one. USC is obviously one of the best teams in the nation, but you'd hope they could hang around a little bit longer. The total yardage wasn't that much different between the two, but USC was up 42-10 at one point.
UTEP-The Miners played New Mexico State pretty tight for most of the game but the couldn't respond to the Holbrook TD pass in the 4th quarter. The Aggies took the lead and UTEP just could've played better than they did.
Pitt-MSU beat Pittsburgh with balance, but the Panthers couldn't get anything going with the passing game. Bill Stull is out and Kevan Smith stepped in and didn't produce. Although to be fair, his WRs didn't help all that much. Rashad Duncan made a lasting impression on me.
Western Kentucky-Not sure if coach Elson smashed the EKU helmet with a hammer or not, but Western Kentucky followed up their demolition of West Virginia Tech with a nice win over the Colonels. Down 3-0 at the half, the Hilltoppers took control of the game and scored 26 points to close it out.
North Carolina-The Tar Heels had almost 400 yards of offense, so whatever Butch Davis is doing is working.
Miami-The Hurricane offense moved the ball but with a degree of ineptitude. Kyle Wright tossed 3 picks and obviously have no answer at QB. The game wasn't really as close as the 23-9 win says it was. The vaunted Hurricane D gave up 264 yards to FIU.
Texas-The Longhorns were average out there yesterday and even though UCF played pretty well, Texas again had some problems putting them away. The fumble recovery never really happened but it took another onside kick recovery to win the game. They need to shape up.
Washington-The Huskies ran into a pretty good Ohio State team, but I was thinking they could put up more of a fight. They turned the ball over 4 times compared to Ohio State's goose egg in that department. I don't think they played up to their potential.
Tennessee-Tennessee figured to put some points on the board against a weakened Florida defense, but that just wasn't the case. They got smoked 59-20 which is a rather disappointing day. But Florida's really good and Tennessee is a bit down this year, so I'll cut them some slack. They couldn't run the ball at all.
Maryland-The Terps got thoroughly dominated, but can you blame them? I was actually pretty impressed with Maryland early on but they just didn't have enough in the tank to beat West Virginia.
Wyoming-It's always tough to beat Boise State on their blue turf, but I don't think they played as well as they could have. They tacked on a late TD and lost 24-14. Taylor Tharp is really bad and I'm surprised that the Wyoming defense didn't make Boise pay for their QB issues. They did a nice job in stopping Ian Johnson though.
San Diego State-Hey, Chuck Long is making some strides at SDSU. Of course Arizona State let up on them a little bit, but if this were last year's team, they'd be smoked about 50-7. Give them some credit, they could find some upsets this year in MWC play.
C:
TCU-Wow. What a disappointment. Is Aaron Brown really that crucial to the team? They did gain over 400 yards, the run defense just didn't come through when the team needed them.
Iowa-Come on. These guys just lost to a team that fell to Kent State and Northern Iowa at Jack Trice Stadium. Strange things happen in rivalry games. They gained 233 yards of offense.
Colorado-Face it, the only reason this game was close was because of FSU's offensive ineptitude. Colorado is a bit inept itself on offense, but I do like Cody Hawkins. He just doesn't have a lot of help around him.
Fresno State-The Bulldogs were a bit disappointing yesterday. After taking on the Aggies and the 12th Man, taking them to triple OT, they got smashed by Oregon. I'm starting to think that last week was a fluke and we're going to be looking at a 5-7 or 6-6 Fresno State team.
Idaho-These guys did some good things against Washington State and they were hanging around for a little while. Nathan Enderle did make some good throws, it seems, but he also misfired 4 times. So far, Idaho has found some things they can build on which is important in Akey's first season.
Navy-The Middies have been one of the more disappointing teams of the season. They were expected to truly be one of the best Navy teams in the Paul Johnson era, but they just don't seem to have "it". Hey, they did get 521 yards on the ground though.
Ole Miss-The Rebels didn't look too sharp against Vandy. The stats don't show that they messed up significantly, they just aren't a good team. But they did give Vanderbilt a run for their money which was expected, so they get a C this week. They had 54 yards rushing.
C-:
Central Michigan-By far, the most disappointing team maybe outside of Michigan. Central last year stood up to Boston College and Kentucky but this year, they got shredded to pieces by Kansas and Purdue. Brian Kelly is probably shaking his head thinking, "Man, I don't think Jones knows what he's doing." That's what I'm doing right now as a Chippewa fan. If Kelly were here, those games would've been much closer. They're a better team than that; Jones has really let the Chippewa faithful down.
Minnesota-I know what you're thinking, "but they lost to Florida Atlantic!" First off, FAU is a solid team (even though that's no excuse for Minnesota). Secondly, keep in mind, a team's effort is a part of this grading scale. Minnesota battled back. They were down 35-14 at halftime. They did this against Bowling Green as well. The game wasn't televised so I don't know what the Minnesota players' attitudes were, but I don't think this team quits and I also think they have a mental blockage of the fact that they're a bad team. They are resilient, but they're bad. Which is the bottom line I guess, but if Brewster can keep this loss from taking the team in the wrong direction, he's doing his job.
Georgia Tech-The Yellow Jackets lost to a dang good football team in Boston College, but I was disappointed by their performance. They're too good to get run over like that offensively. The Yellow Jackets had a bad defensive game. Boston College doesn't have great WRs, but the secondary made it look like the opposite. Tashard Choice was stuffed continually. Maybe I'm being too harsh, but I think they could've played much, much better.
Wake Forest-I think I'm being generous here. Army is one of the worst teams in the FBS and they got out gained. Wake outplayed them a little bit, but the Knights were always within striking distance.
South Carolina-They did beat South Carolina State by 35, but not after 6 turnovers. 3 of those came from Blake Mitchell. They had the same problem in week 1 against UL Lafayette. They seem so lacksidasical against inferior opponents. It wasn't a great performance.
D+:
UConn-The Huskies barely outplayed Temple and got lucky near the end. They need to come out at full force next week against Akron or they'll lose. Akron is better than Temple. Ultimately, it was a sad game for UConn.
Syracuse-The Orange are just really, really bad. Illinois dominated this game from start to finish.
Miami OH-The Redhawks were out gained by 115 yards and they turned the ball over 4 times. Daniel Radabaugh played decent but they are a team decimated by injuries.
Auburn-Brandon Cox got yanked and it still didn't work. Auburn has its work cut out for them. The offense is horrible but give credit to the Tiger defense. They are a special unit; they have no offense whatsoever to work with. They held Mississippi State to 41 yards passing and they still lost.
Northern Illinois-Novak's club has some issues. They were outclassed by Eastern Michigan.
Western Michigan-My personal disappointment of the year (outside of CMU and Michigan). The Broncos have not only lost to Indiana, West Virginia, and Missouri, they were hardly competitive at all. Cubit's got some work to do. Although Tim Hiller threw for 240 yards so I guess that's sort of promising.
UL Monroe-They got blown out by Texas A&M, but the offense was a major plus. Calvin Dawson had a huge day on the ground running for 126 yards on 20 touches.
D:
Tulane-Easy, they got beat up by Houston in a simple win for the Cougs.
Utah State-They were actually pretty competitive at first, but it didn't take long for Oklahoma to take complete control of this game and win 54-3. It's not much of a surprise, but Utah State, with the way they've played against UNLV and Wyoming, could've played it closer. But I guess that's what happens when you're playing one of the best teams in the nation.
Middle Tennessee-Ditto everything about Utah State.
Rice-Yet another trip to the bottom of the Team Grades segment. The Owls have no defense at all. But the offense wasn't bad yesterday with 311 yards.
Florida International-Horrible yet again, but Miami just didn't really care about this game. They knew they were going to win the game when they stepped out onto the field.
Marshall-Any time you lose to an FCS team, you'll find yourself in this range. But instead of getting a D-, I'm going to give Marshall a D for this reason: They came back. It was almost a huge comeback victory because the Thundering Herd headed into halftime down 24-0. They scored 35 points in the 2nd half, but it came to no avail.
D-:
UCLA-Wow, did they play horrible or what? They gave Utah the ball 5 times.
UL Lafayette-It was pretty amazing that they lost to McNeese State by so much. The Cowboys have some defenders that were really effective against the Ragin' Cajun ground game. It also doesn't help that Michael Desormeaux threw 4 picks.
UAB-...............One touchdown against Alcorn State????
SMU-My pick to win the C-USA West? Oh well, forget about it. They have one of the worst defenses at the FBS level. Arkansas State had 516 yards of total offense. Phil Bennett will be gone after this year.
Toledo-Man, these guys are bad.
Northwestern-It's never a good day when you lose to Duke, let's just leave it at that.
San Jose State-Terrible.
Wisconsin-The Badgers should not be struggling with The Citadel. Plain and simple.
Penn State-The Nittany Lions should not be struggling with Buffalo. Plain and simple.
Oklahoma State-The Cowboys should not be struggling with Troy (even though they're pretty good). Plain and simple.
Notre Dame-Wow. Their offensive ability rivals that of Temple's.
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