I fell asleep at halftime of the 8:00 games! That's a first
Let's look back at the latest example of the crazy world of college football:
Brown beats Harvard last week, loses at home to Bryant this week
McNeese beats Weber last week, loses at Houston Christian this week
Penn essentially has TWO 2H possessions on offense
Delaware State leads 17-6 4Q yet loses 17-28 allowing a crushing 55y TD run with 1:08 left
St Thomas blocks TWO punts for TD!
Tennessee Tech missed a 42y FG as time expired allowing South Carolina State to get the win
Lindenwood led 20-7 HT, but Tennessee State outscored them 17-0 2H, Lindenwood lost 3 fumbles including just 2 plays into their final possession with 1min left after the D had gotten them the ball back
The Citadel led 13-0 and 16-3, but Furman went ahead with 1min to go for the 17-16 win
Presbyterian never trailed at San Diego, until the final in OT when the Torres got an 87y scoop-score TD to win!
What is crazier that Portland State had it's home opener on October 5th or the fact that UC Davis never let this game until there were :00 on the clock. They actually never led this game with :00 on the clock the first time around. After driving the length of the filed in the final minute an incomplete pass appeared to hit the ground as time expired in the EZ. But officials decided there should be :01 left and what an important one second that was. With another play UCD caught a TD pass right at the goal line and was tackled short of it, but the official standing right next to the play raised his arms indicating the ball had broken the plane and UCD avoids major upset.
Towson beats William & Mary for the second straight year
Hampton led by 14 twice including halfway through the 4th quarter, but lost in double OT to Rhode Island
A week after Montana allows 49 pts in a win, they allow 55 pts but this time lost to Weber State!
Stony Brook led Villanova 17-14 HT, but Nova outscores them 28-7 2H behind Fr RB David Avit's 183y rushing and 4 TDs on just 13 carries (Freshman yardage record).
Abilene Christian got their first ever win vs a top 5 ranked team in beating Central Arkansas
Western Illinois has now won 2 straight games!
Jackson State led 38-10 HT, they won 45-38
Two late thrillers which I was sleeping for those endings unfortunately: Tarleton led 21-0 early, but Southern Utah would come back to lead 31-28! Tarleton goes down and ties with about a minute left. Then Southern Utah throws an INT at their own 27 with :55 left... Tarleton would miss a 24y FG in the final seconds and they go to OT where Tarleton scores TD first...Southern Utah has to converted a 4th down and then score a TD, BUT the xpt is no good! Idaho State - Cal Poly was also tied late 38-38 but ISU kicks a walk off 24y FG in regulation to get to 3 wins (as many as they had all of last year).
I want to talk more about two games that were key to how things played out for me. Penn at Dartmouth and St Francis at Delaware State were finishing about the same time and I was watching Dartmouth with a 3 pt lead on a what would end up being a 20p 74y 10 minute drive converting 3rd down after 3rd down as I cling to +5.5, +3.5 and ML bets on Penn. It is funny you know because I want Penn to stop them so I can get the ball back and try to win, but then the tipping point comes, 'ok just make this the final don't allow Dartmouth to score'. Well Dartmouth damn nearly did score with a 1st-goal at the 10, Penn only has 1 timeout left. Dartmouth can almost run out the clock...Penn D made 3 tackles between the 1 and the goal line including a 4th down stop with :11 left and it stays a 3 pt game and goes final - thank God! Dartmouth had the ball for 22 minutes in the 2H!
Now the other game I'm sweating - Delware fucking State. +10, +7.5, +7, +5.5 and ML. Looks like a breeze all game. They lost by 11. The critical point is this - it's 17-6 - DSU would've had a 1st down at the SFU 25, but a holding penalty backs them up to the 40. Ok, on 3rd-15 they get a QB run for 33 yards, first down at the 9 yardline, but unsportsmanlike conduct penalty takes that back to the 43. And on 3rd-30 after a 5y run DSU punts. So lead by 11 4Q. SFU hasn't done shit all game. You know it's coming though. They score and get the 2, they get the onside kick, they score again and now lead 21-17! Ok, all the +point bets are still good right? DSU goes 3-and-out and punts with 3min left. And burn clock and use up DSU timeout time for SFU and it is get the hell out of here with this the final for me. But no, I would win no Delaware State bets because on 1st down from the 45 with just over 1min left, SFU can damn near take some knees, they bust a 55y run and go up 28-17 and that's how it goes.
So what else happend?