Week 6 Recaps

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Same thing this week. Will be hard for me to devote much time this afternoon, Monday and Tuesday. I'll be at an airport Wednesday again so what I don't get done I will try and finish up then. Going to cut them down and go a little quicker.

AAC

Tulsa led 10-0, Houston would battle back to lead 17-13 HT. Tulsa owned the 3rd qrt having the ball for 12+ minutes TOP, but would only score 13 pts to lead 26-17 and left the door open for a H-Town comeback. UH took the lead 27-26 early 4th off a 61y King run and a 8p 64y dive for a FG, then the flood gates opened…Tulsa fumbled at their own 9, UH TD, Tulsa threw INT at their own 23, UH TD…a game Tulsa led by 9 entering the 4th qrt turned into a 41-26 UH win. Tulsa didn’t cash scoring drives when they could, kicking FGs from the 11, 15, 10 and 18. UH only outgained them 477-426 (7.0-4.8). Each team had 3 TOs. UH D had 4 sacks. Tulsa’s Seth Boomer got his first career start and was shaky early as UH dropped a couple of INTs thrown right to them.

UCF scored on their first 3 poss to led 27-10 HT and won 48-20 with SMU scoring a TD with just :36 left. 541-320 TY for UCF (6.8-4.0). Each team lost a TO, 2 sacks for UCF. SMU did fumble at their own 18 and were SOD at the U25, U19 and twice at the S48.

Memphis scored TDs on their first 6 poss of the game until they missed a 51y FG before HT. 31-14 HT. 55-14 F. Mem outgained them 634-327 (10.7-4.5). UConn -4 TOs (14 Mem pts off of). 3 of the UConn TOs occurred on their final 3 consecutive drives of the game. Each team had just 1 sack.

USF only led 20-14 HT, but won 58-42 with UMass’ final TD coming with just :15 left. Cronkrite had TD runs of 76 and 77 yards in a AAC record 302 rushing yards. USF outgained them 574-486 (8.8-5.7). UMass lost 5 TOs (28 pts off of TOs for USF incl a 19 and 8 y TD drive following TOs), USF turned it over twice (once set up a 18y TD drive for UMass). USF D 5 sacks (UMass 2).

Cincinnati led 24-14 HT. They blk’d a punt setting up a 1p 15y TD drive. Tulane only gained 38y on their first 7 drives of the 2nd H. UC outgained them 446-266 (6.1-3.9). UC was -2 TO margin. Tul was 0-4 4th down. UC D 4 sacks (Tul 2).

Temple threw an INT on their first poss, but ECU could do nothing with it and did nothing virtually all game as Temple rolled leading 35-3 HT and winning 49-6. Other than starting in UT terr with that INT, ECU only drove into TU terr twice. That was the only TO of the game. 470-196 TY (6.0-2.9) edge for TU.

 

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ACC

Georgia Tech scored TDs on 9 of 10 possessions, the other was a FG as they demolished Louisville. 210 of LV’s yards and 14 of their pts came in the 14qrt. 66-31 F. 554-483 TY for GT (8.3-7.2). LV -3TOs. GT attempted just 2 passes completing 1 for 12y. GT was 6-of-7 3rd down!

Clemson started a little slow, gaining only 18y on their first 3 poss, but got it going to lead 28-0 HT. WF was only in CU terr twice in the 1st H, once they went backwards and punted from their own terr, the other was set up by a Dortch KO ret, but WF was SOD at C19. WF did manage a FG off a 7p 72y drive 35-3. Then the game really got out of hand with CU getting 64y Choice TD run, 65y Dixon TD run, 52y Dixon TD run. 63-3 F. 698-249 TY (10.0-3.2). Each team had 1 TO, CU D 3 sacks, WF 2 sacks. CU was just 5-of-15 3rd down, WF 5-of-21.

Syracuse led 14-0, but Pitt got a 69y TD run then returned a fumble 35y to tie 14-14 end 1st qrt. Pitt kicked a pair of 50+y FGs to lead 20-14. 20-17 HT. Pitt extended the lead off a 68y TD pass…27-17. Cuse would score 17 unanswered to lead 34-27 early 4th. Some big Hall and Ollison runs allowed Pitt to tie 34-34 mid 4th. Cuse made a 54y FT to take a 37-34 lead with 6min left. Pitt ran 11 of their 12 plays, converted a 4th down and kicked a 45y FG to force OT. 37-37. In OT Pitt scored first, then Dungey’s first play was an INT to seal the Pitt win. 44-37. Pitt outgained them 402-372 (6.0-4.7) with 265y rushing. Each team lost 3 TOs. Each team had 10 pts off TOs. Cuse 55-25% 3rd down. Cuse D 3 sacks (Pitt 2).

NCSt lost 4 TOs, BC lost 1 (fumble inside N05). NCSt fumbled on own 5 (BC got FG), threw INTs on back-to-back drives at the B01 and B21, fumble at B36 and also missed a FGA from the B02. NCSt had amazing 34-12 FD edge and 533-318 TY edge (6.1-6.4). BC had over 200 of their 318y on their final 3 poss and blk’d a punt for TD with 3min left. 28-23 F. After an onside kick NCSt had a 1st down at the B12 and took two knee to kill the clock.

Florida State took early 7-0 lead. Miami tied on a 4th down pass, then UM was sack/fumbled leading to a 42y FSU FG…10-7. A 44y punt ret set up FSU for a 17-7 lead late 2nd qrt. UM was SOD at the F48 with :56 left and FSU got a time expiring 53y FG…20-7 HT. A 74y punt ret TD pushed Noles lead to 27-7 early 3rd! FSU was sack/fumbled leading to a UM 4th down TD pass…27-14. FSU threw INT setting up UM at the F17, one play later it was 27-21 late 3rd. Early 4th FSU had 1st down at M31, but would miss a 43y FG. UM got 32 and 41y passes to take the lead 28-27! Teams exchanged 3-and-outs. UM missed a 28y FG. FSU went 3-and-out again. UM converted 4th down at the F16 and got to the F01 before they took knees to kill the clock. 28-27 F. Miami had 306-200 TY (3.9-3.1) edge. FSU lost 2 TOs, UM lost 1. UM D had 6 sacks, FSU 5. UM 3-of-4 4th down.

 

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Big Ten

Michigan State led 3-0, but Northwestern would lead 14-3 HT. MSU came back to lead 19-14, but NW scored the final 15 pts for 29-19 F. MSU kicked FGs from the N09 and N07. 2 NW INTs set up MSU up for 10 of their pts (drove 9p 30y and 6p 33y after INTs). MSU was SOD at their own 11 and N01 on their final drive. NW did get a 3p 11y TD out of one of those. MSU outgained them 428-381 (5.6-5.7). MSU +1 TO margin. NW ran for just 8 EIGHT yards on 20 att. MSU D 2 sacks (NW 1).

Maryland led 7-3, but Michigan would lead 17-7 HT. It was just 27-14 early 4th qrt, then 35-21 when Mich got a 46y pick-six. Mary scored their final TD with under 2min left….42-21 F. Mich was SOD at Mary24 and kicked short FGs from the Mary 16 and 13. Mich had 24-11 FD edge and 465-220 TY (6.8-4.4). Each team lost 1 TO. Mich D 2 sacks.

Illinois led 24-7 then 24-14 HT. It was 31-14 when RU kicked a 20y FG ,then Epstein got a 41y TD run…38-17 F. ILL had 3 TDs over 40 yards. ILL did have 10 pts set up off TOs (52y of O on those drives combined). ILL only outgained them 419-386 (6.8-5.1). ILL passed for just 89y and rushed for 330. RU threw 3 INTs. RU D 2 sacks (ILL 0). QB AJ Bush returned to action for ILL.

Iowa led 14-0 and 21-7. 28-17 HT. 48-31 F. Iowa D got 4 INTs, but it only led to 3pts, although 2 of them stopped Gopher drives in Iowa terr. Iowa O would turn it over twice in their own territory leading to 14 Minn pts (9 total yards on those 2 “drives”). Iowa outgained them 420-320 (5.3-4.8). Iowa only rushed for 106 (2.7) to Minn’s 86 (2.8). Iowa +2 TO margin. Iowa D 5 sacks (Minn 1).

Indiana led 3-0, but Ohio St took 14-3 lead off two 70+y drives. IU fought back to lead 17-14 on two 70+ drives of their own. 28-20 HT OSU led with 351-317 yard edge. A short pass went 71y TD made it 35-20 early 3rd. IU would get no closer than 35-26. 49-26 F with OSU ending the game at the I14 with OSU taking two knees to kill the final 1min in the game. OSU had 609-406 TY edge (6.6-5.8). OSU D 3 sacks (IU 1). OSU was 3-of-4 4th down, IU 1-of-3. OSU turned it over 3x, IU 2x.

Nebraska only gained 16y on their first two drives, while Wisconsin had 144y on their first 3 drives but only led 6-0. NU finally started moving it, but UW led 20-3 HT. NU got a 75y TD pass to open the 3rd, 20-10. UW went up 34-10 capitalizing off a NU fumble. NU cut it to 34-17, then Taylor ripped an 88y TD run early 4th…41-24. Martinez 7y run capped a 95y NU drive for the 41-24 score mid 4th qrt. UW RB Groshek fumbled at the N44, NU was SOD at the W32, UW punted. 41-24 F. UW ran for 370. NU passed for 407. TY edge for UW 533-518 (7.4-7.6). NU was only 30% 3rd down, UW 50%. Each team lost 1 TO.

 

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Big Xll

WVU led 14-0. KU threw INT at own 28, but WVU gave it back with INT in the EZ (underthrown). KU got some chunk plays through the air leading to a 14-7 game. WVU led 21-7. KU faked a punt, but had to punt a few plays later. Grier threw his 2nd INT in the EZ (tight window, good position by DB), but KU gave it right back, Grier would then throw his 3rd INT in the EZ in the final seconds of the half (double coverage, DB jumped in front of it) 21-7 HT. KU took opening poss of the 3rd for TD…21-14. Grier was sacked/fumbled at the K40. KU punted and WVU had a 28-14 lead end of 3rd. WVU had 1st down at the K24, but had to settle for a 49y FG….31-14. KU was SOD at their own 30 with 3min left leading to a short WVU TD drive…38-14. KU went 75y in 9p for a TD as time expired…38-22 F. WVU 29-16 FD, 509-286 TY (6.4-4.8). WVU lost 4 TOs, KU lost 3. KU D had 5 sacks! (WVU D 3).

Hook ‘Em. Oklahoma got up 7-0, Texas tied, then OU threw INT that UT converted into a FG…10-7. OU tied, then UT had back-to-back 70+y drives for a 24-10 lead. OU cut it to 24-17 HT. UT led 31-17 before Brown caught a 77y TD pass…31-24. OU’s next 3 poss were fumble, punt, punt and UT got a short field TD and an 80y drive for TD to lead 45-24 early 4th qrt. OU would come back on a 6p 54y drive, 67y Murray run and 3p 57y drive….45-45 2:38 left! UT’s final drive got a boost from D PI then Ehlinger ran for 4y on 3rd-and-3. Ehlinger ran for 8y to set up the 40y game winner…48-45. UT did have 10 pts on short field scores following OU TOs. OU -3TOs. OU had 532-501 TY edge (9.2-6.7).

Kansas State led 14-12 HT but Baylor had 313-158 TY edge with 18-8 FD advantage. In the half BU kicked FGs from the 17 and 11, missed two FGs and threw INT at own 29 and INT in the EZ on a trick play. KSt RB Barnes had 138 of the team’s 158 1st H yards. KSt fumbled and BU got a 19y TD “drive”…20-14. Each team missed FGs. KSt scored back-to-back TDs on a 48y Barnes run and a 52y Thompson run…27-20. BU would then score back-to-back TDs to lead 34-27. KSt got chunk plays to tie 34-34 with 4m left. BU went 12p 76y to the K11 and made the game winning 29y FG. 37-34. BU 38-20 FD and 557-468 TY (6.0-7.7). KSt lost 3 TOs, BU lost 2. KSt 4 sacks, BU 3.

ISU was leading 23-21 when they drove 6p 75y right before HT to lead 30-21. OSU scored to open the the 3rd, but ISU would lead 40-28 early 4th. ISU muffed a punt and OSU would soon trail just 40-35. ISU went 3-and-out, but OSU was backed up in own terr and had to punt back 7min left. ISU got a 60y TD pass to extend a 48-35 lead. OSU threw INT then scored TD with :56 left. ISU recovered the onside kick. 48-42 F. ISU 465-415 TY (7.4-5.5). Each team lost 2 TOs. ISU D 16 TFL (school record) w/ 7 sacks! (OSU 4). ISU got a safety early in the game off a mishandled punt snap. Cyclone QB Tr Fr Brock Purdy got first career start and threw 4 TDs and ran for 1.

 

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CUSA

Middle Tennessee State trailed 10-17 HT, but would score 24 unanswered in the 2nd H and win 34-24. Marshall QB Alex Thomson got his first career start and Herd turned it over twice in MTSU terr, once in their own terr and missed a FG. MTSU outgained them 420-382 (5.6-4.3). Mar 47-33% 3rd down and 4-of-4 4th down. Mar -2 TO margin. MTSU 11penalties for 127y. MTSU D 6 sacks, Mar D 5 sacks.

UTSA and Rice each only had 11 first downs and while Rice had 222-178 TY (3.3-3.0) TY edge, the Owls were done in by 5 TOs in the 20-3 final. UTSA got 10 pts directly off of two TOs (a total of minus 6 yards of O on those two scoring “drives”). Rice was also SOD at the UTSA36 and 34. UTSA was 8-of-22 passing for 43 yards. Rice converted just 2-of-15 3rd down and 3-of-6 4th down.

UAB outgained LaTech 365-258 (5.4-4.0). UAB D got 5 sacks (LT 1). And LT was just 2-of-12 3rd down (UAB 33%). LT scored first off an INT to lead 7-0, but they fumbled at U45, missed a FG, fumbled at L47, SOD at L46 and threw an INT at the L40. UAB got 2 short field TDs, but were also SOD at the L24 and L23. UAB wins 28-7.

FAU led 26-7 HT, but ODU cut it to 26-21, then 32-27 early 4th qrt. Singletary had 30 and 44y TDs in the 4th qrt to pull away and win 52-33. FAU also ret’d a KO for TD. ODU was SOD at F13 and threw two INTs near midfield. FAU was SOD at the O46, F44 and O36 (0-for-3 4th down). FAU had 605-508 TY edge (8.4-5.8).

North Texas and UTEP were tied 10-10 HT and NT only won 27-24. NT was SOD at the UTEP30. UTEP threw 2 INTs both in NT territory and missed a FG. UTEP -2 TOs. NT had 428-417 TY edge (6.2-6.8).

 

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MAC

Buffalo ran for 306 yards as Jackson was just 10-20-127-1-0. UB led 17-3 HT then threw an INT in the EZ to open the 3rd qrt. Central Michigan made it 17-10 before UB ripped a 70y TD run. CM threw 4 INTs including 3 on consecutive possessions in the 3rd/4th qrt. UB had 422-340 TY edge (6.2-5.0). CM was 44-33% 3rd down. Poljan replaced Lazzaro. Bulls WR Anthony Johnson was in full uniform but DNP. 34-24 final with the Bulls kicking a couple FGs from the 9 and 10 yard lines. CM missed a FG.

Western Michigan got up 7-0, but would then throw an INT, punt, fumble and punt with minimal yardage gained. Eastern Michigan tied, but WM led 14-10 HT. Eastern Michigan took the 17-14 lead mid 3rd and held WM scoreless in the 3rd qrt (5th straight game EM held an opponent scoreless in ht 3rd qrt). WM made up for that scoreless frame with 13 unanswered and a 27-17 lead. EM drove 16p 84y but missed a 32y FG with 3:26 left. EM go the ball back and scored a TD with :20 left…WM recovered the onside kick. 27-24 F. EM fumbled on their own 38 which WM scored a TD off of and EM was also SOD at the W39 and W23. WM lost 2 TOs in their own terr but EM didn’t score any pts off them. WM was SOD at the E25. WM only had 387-384 TY edge (5.7-4.9) – 169 of EM’s yards were on their last 2 drives. Wiegers started at QB but Glass replaced him and went 15-24-155-1-0 and rushed for 101 on 17att with TD. Wassink 16-27-235-1-1.

Northern Illinois drove for two long TDs in the 1st H. Ball State punted twice from the 50 and fumbled at the N35 before kicking a 26 and 51y FGs. 14-6 HT. NIU extended the lead to 21-6 on another long drive. BSU responded with a 47y FG. 21-9. NIU then threw an INT that BSU returned down to the 3 and 1 play later it was a 21-16 game with 9min left. NIU drove for a 37y FG with 5min left. BSU’s last two drives were SOD at N31 and N35 while throwing in the EZ as time expired (similar to WKU game). BSU had slim 391-370 TY edge (4.1-5.1). Each team lost a TO, BSU D 3 sacks (NIU 2).

Miami Oh scored on 4th down to cap a 17p 71y drive to lead 7-0, then a 9p 78y drive made it 14-0 mid 2nd qrt. Akron finally got it going with a TD and then capitalized off an INT for a 40y FG…14-10 HT. MU fumbled a punt that Akron ret’d for TD giving them a 17-14 lead early 3rd. MU regained the lead with a TD drive and a 27y FG 24-17 late 3rd. A 74y MU TD run made it 31-17. Akron’s final 4 possessions of the game ended in 3 INTs and a fumble all in their own territory allowing for 10 more MU pts off 23y of O. 41-17 F. MU had 422-259 TY edge (5.9-4.1). Akron -3 TO margin. MU D 3 sacks.

Toledo built a quick 17-0 lead scoring a FG on their opening drive, blk’d a punt for a short TD drive and recovered a fumble for another short TD drive. A long drive and a 60y TD run for Bowling Green made it just 17-14. The teams traded TDs then UT was SOD and BG had a FG blk’d. 24-21 HT. BG had 297-238 1st H yard edge. Teams traded TDs again in the 3rd…31-28. UT missed a 32y FG, the teams traded punts with UT downing their’s at the B01. BG punted again from their own EZ and UT ret’d it for TD, but it was called back (second ST ret TD called back by penalty on the day). Regardless UT was in the EZ two plays later…38-28. BG went 3-and-out and UT marched down for a 45-28 lead 5min left. BG was SOD at their own 29 and 2 plays later UT had a 52-28 lead 3min left for their 3rd TD on just 6min of game time. BG got a 42y TD pass, UT recovered the onside kick and UT ended the game at the B22. 52-36 F. UT had 29-20 FD edge, BG had 481-427 TY edge (7.6-6.0). No sacks. BG -1 TO. BG 14pen for 129y.

Kent State opened the game with a 75y TD pass then keyed by 41 and 21 yard runs, Flashes took a 14-0 lead on their second drive. Ohio responded with a TD. Kent threw an INT at the O08, but the DB fumbled it on his return. Teams exchanged punts. Kent converted 4th-and-1 at midfield but fumbled on the play. Ohio then threw an INT at the K08. Kent punted then Ohio converted 4th-and-1 at the K20, but lost a fumble with under a minute left in the 1st H. Kent was able to take that for a 49y FG…17-7 Flashes. Ohio drove into the RZ to open the 3rd, but would fumble again. Kent took that for a 39y FG. 20-7. Ohio cut it to 20-14 with a 59y TD pass. The next possession for Kent was full of penalties on both teams and Kent was able to get a 38y FG out of it. 23-14 late 3rd. Ohio responded with a TD to open the 4th…23-21. Ohio D had an INT taken away by penalty and Kent drove for another short FG…26-21 late 4th. Ohio took their first lead of the game on a 9p 81y drive…27-26 1:28 left. Kent got to midfield, but Barrett’s 2nd down pass was INT’d at the O25 with :30 left to end the game. Kent had 4 consecutive drives end in FGs kicked from the 33, 22, 21 and 11 yard lines. Kent lost 3 TOs. Ohio lost 4 TOs three which were lost in or near the red zone. Kent had 472-414 TY edge (6.6-7.1).

 

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Independents

Notre Dame led 17-16 HT although Virginia Tech had 215-160 TY edge. ND led 10-3 when the punter mishandled the snap leading to a VT FG…10-6. VT D then got an INT and would drive to the N01 with a 1st down, but had to settle for a 22y FG…10-9. VT QB was sacked/fumbled and ND ret’d that 42y for a 17-9 lead. VT scored with just :12 left in the half for the 1 point game. ND would dominate the 2nd H opening with a 97y TD run and scoring TDs on 4 of their first 5 2nd H possessions. VT missed 47y and 52y FGs and punted from midfield twice on their first 4 possessions. For the game VT had slim 441-438 TY edge (5.2-6.5), but ND won 45-23.

Liberty led 7-0 when Calvert was sacked/fumbled setting up a short field TD and the 7-7 tie. New Mexico State would lead 21-7 when they roughed the punter allowing a LU drive to continue for a TD with :57 left in the half. 21-14. A 60y punt return set up LU for a short field TD to tie. 21-21 early 3rd. NMSt retook a 28-21 lead, then Aggie D got an INT with a 53y return leading to a 35-21 lead. LU cut it to 35-28 to end the 3rd qrt. The teams traded TDs early 4th before NMSt ripped a 66y TD run for the 49-35 lead. LU scored with 5min left. LU kicked deep, NMSt punted with 2min left, but LU couldn’t do anything with it. 49-41 F. NMSt more than doubled their season passing average with 402y and 4 TDs. NMSt had 575-518 TY (7.3-5.4). LU -2 TOs (led to 14 Aggie pts off just 55y of O combined for those pts). NMSt D had 5 sacks (LU 1).

MWC

Utah State opened the scoring with a 56y pick-six. Then a 11p 71y drive and a short field TD drive after a BYU fumble made it 21-0. BYU drove for a TD then missed a 43y FGA as time expired in the half. 21-7 HT. USU opened the 3rd qrt with back-to-back 80+y TD drives…35-7. A 46y pass set up BYU for their next TD..35-14 late 3rd. Mangum would later be sack/fumbled and USU took that 9p 51y for TD then BYU was SOD at U46 and USU took that 6p 25y for 47y FG…45-13. BYU scored last with 1min left…45-20 F. BYU had 23-19 FD edge and USU only had a 388-361 TY edge (5.5-5.6). USU ran for 223 (5.3), BYU ran for 39 (2.4). BYU -3 TOs. USU called for 12pen 125y. BYU just 1 of 9 3rd down (USU 42%).

Navy and Air Force did not have a first down in the game until 1min left in the 1st qrt. Navy went 3-and-out 5x in the 1st H. AF avg starting field position in the 1st H was their own 24 with Navy downing two punts inside the A05. Navy had a drive start in AF terr and led 7-0. AF would led 14-7 HT and win 35-7. Navy did not cross midfield in the 2nd H until their final play of the game as time expired! AF starting QB Hammond was knocked out of the game early, but was allowed to return. AF outgained them 399-178 (6.1-3.4) with 17-9 FD edge.

Boise State’s 229 yards was their lowest yardage output since 2012. SDSt won 19-13 on just 267 yards. Boise led 7-3 thanks to a SDSt muffed punt at the S04. It was 7-6 when SDSt got a short TD of their own when Boise backup QB threw an INT ret’d to the B17….13-7. Boise had a 1st down at the S31, but had to punt. 13-7 HT with SDSt having a 131-72 yard edge. Teams exchanged punts before SDSt was stopped 4th-and-1 at midfield, Boise had to punt, but downed it at the S01. Teams exchanged punts with Boise downing the next one at the S05. 3rd string RB Byrd ripped a 72y TD…19-7 early 4th qrt. Boise scored TD with 3m left kicked off deep. SDSt punted and Boise’s final chance was SOD at their own 34. Boise had 16-9 FD edge. SDSt outrushed them 154-51 (3.5-1.4). Rypien threw 3 INTs, SDSt lost 2 fumbles. Each team had 4 sacks.

Both starting QBs were out for New Mexico and UNLV. NM’s Sheriron Jones had a big game, UNLV’s Max Gilliam did not. Jones was 13-20-250-4-0, leading rusher 72y. Gilliam 15-35-123-2-1, sacked 5x. UNLV ran for just 43y, 293y below their season avg. NM got 10 pts off just 27y of O following an INT and a 23y punt in the 1st H, but NM still led 29-0 HT. UNLV did not cross midfield until halfway through the 3rd qrt. NM converted UNLV’s second turnover for a 11y TD “drive”. 50-14 F. NM outgained them 502-166 (6.2-2.7).

San Jose State could do little to nothing on offense in the 1st H and Colorado State led 28-0 HT. SJST would then score the second most pts in a 3rd qrt in MWC history. CSU punted from their own EZ and SJSt started on the C25 for their first TD drive. SJSt’s next drive was kept alive by roughing the passer and they got a 40y pass the next play setting up their second TD. SJSt’s next drive saw a 23y run and a 51y TD pass. CSU’s first play of the next poss was an INT ret’d to the C17 for an easy SJSt TD, then CSU fumbled the ensuing KO recovered into the EZ for a safety and SJSt amazingly led 30-28!!! Unfortunately SJSt couldn’t hold the improbable lead. CSU retook the lead early 4th qrt off a 11p 83y drive…35-30. CSU then got a pick-six…42-30. SJSt was then INT’d in the EZ, 42-30 would be the final. CSU had 391-285 TY edge (5.3-3.7). CSU’s 219y rushing was a season high. Each team threw 2 INTs. CSU D 6 sacks (SJSt 2). There was some question about who would QB CSU this week and Carta-Samuels started and threw 27 of their 29 pass attempts. SJSt RB Nevens saw his first action since week 1 and got 20 carries for 73y.

Nevada QB Ty Gangi was out so Cristian Solano got his first start and went 22-43-195-0-3, 23att-71y. Fresno entered the game averaging 45pts but were held to just 21 and Nevada actually outgained them 327-271 (3.8-5.2) and held a 21-12 FD edge! Each team went 3-and-out 7x. Nevada was SOD at the F35 and F10. Fresno was +2 TO margin. Fresno D 4 sacks.

A lot of rumor and mystery surrounded Cole McDonald’s status leading up the Wyoming – Hawaii game. In McDonald’s place UH’s Tr Fr Chevan Cordeiro got his first career start (Tua Tagovailoa’s backup in high school). WYO drove for a 43y FG, UH was SOD at W04 and fumbled at the W25 before tying on a 39y FG. Rest of the half was punts. 3-3 HT. WYO DE Granderson got a 61y pick-six mid 3rd qrt. Later WYO would punt from their own EZ and after a penalty UH was set up at the W33 and UH would tie 10-10. WYO was SOD at H41. UH punted and WYO had a 1st down at the H11, but settled for a 23y FG to lead 13-10 mid 4th. UH converted 4th-and-1 and a few plays later threw a 38y TD pass to take the lead with just 1min left. 17-13. WYO got as far as the H24, but were sacked and had a false start. From the H35 they gained 21y on their final attempt when time expired. UH 19-13 FD, 304-244 TY (4.6-4.7). The 304y was 191 below UH’s season avg. RY were equal 157-156 after taking sacks into account. WYO RB Nico Evans ran for career high 192y. The teams combined for just 5-of-24 3rd down conversions. UH D 5 sacks, WYO D 4 sacks. UH -2 TOs.

 

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Excellent as usual, mr _ _ sk. How do you compile this great stuff ? Do you analyze box scores ? I think in many cases that you watch a lot of videos. At least that the implication I get at .

 

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Excellent as usual, mr _ _ sk. How do you compile this great stuff ? Do you analyze box scores ? I think in many cases that you watch a lot of videos. At least that the implication I get at .

When I am at home, which I wasn't this week, but almost always am home for Saturdays, I watch as many games a possible...8 TVs then my laptop and ipad can make it 10 and sometimes mute them all and listen to a game on the radio that isn't on.

As fun as that is, atleast for me, it way overloads my memory and I remember almost nothing I saw at noon when it comes time to do a recap because there has been so much I'm trying to take in. Not the best way to study a game, but does make it great for keeping up with everything.

I go to most of the conference websites as a starting point and quickly scan through their recap to see if there is anything of importance for me to take from that. Otherwise I use box scores, mostly the drive charts and then when I am curious on something I read the actual play-by-play. And occasionally if I have a memory of note, I will add something like that.

But I miss alot. Like trick plays are hard to pick up on, how was a pass INT'd, was it deflected and should've been caught or was it a bad throw. And so forth.

I always just kind of went through box scores on my own without taking notes or anything, but then I would forget what I read a couple days later. So me doing this is helpful for me and I am glad that some other people get something out of it.

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SEC

Alabama scored TDs on their first 3 poss, were SOD at the Ark43, and scored on their final 3 poss of the 1st H and led 41-14 HT. Ark’s 14 pts were the most Bama has allowed in the 1st H this season and just the 2nd time in the last 22 games Bama has allowed that many. Ark had their best opening drive of the season, a 9p 30y (ended on sack/fumble at AL41). The possession after Bama was SOD, Ark fumbled that drive at the Bama01. Ark also had two drives of 11p for the first time this year, one in 2nd qrt led to TD, the other in the 3rd qrt led to FG. Bama scored on every poss of the 2nd H including a pick-six. Ark was SOD at their own 45, kicked a 3rd qrt FG and scored on back-to-back TDs to end the game the later coming with just :13 left. 65-31 F. Bama did have 639-405 TY edge (10.8-5.7). Tua was 10-13-334-4-0. Hog RB Rakeem Boyd ran for 102y (6.8) making him the first Ark RB to top 100y vs Bama since McFadden in 2007. Ark -3 TOs. Bama only had 1 sack (7 qbh). Both teams 50% 3rd down.

Missouri – South Carolina was played in heavy rain and saw two weather delays. MU had leads of 17-7 and 23-14 in the 1st H with MU having a 321-149 1st H yard edge. It would be a disastrous 3rd qrt for the Tigers. SC converted a 4th down on their way to an opening 3rd qrt TD…23-21. A critical moment in the game then happened when Crockett appeared to score on a 70y TD run, but replay showed him out at the S11. MU would eventually have a 4th-and-33 from the S34 due to penalties then MU fumbled the punt snap and SC had the ball at the S46 which led to a 42y FG and SC’s first lead of the game 24-23. Next poss Lock was expecting to hit a RB on a screen pass, but the RB fell down and Lock threw the ball to where he was supposed to be and into the waiting arms of an SC defender and SC would get a 12y pick-six! 31-23. MU appeared to recover driving to the S02, but had to settle for a 25y FG, which was missed! The 4th qrt was kinder to MU, they blk’d a punt setting up a 21y TD drive (2pt no good)…31-29 SC led. Next poss, SC fumbled the punt snap leading to a 44y FG giving the Tigers the lead again 32-31 early 4th. SC went back on top with a 42y FG…34-32 6:23 left. Teams traded TOs, then after an hour weather delay MU kicked a 57y FG for the 35-34 lead 1min left. SC would drive 9p 53y to the M16 and made a 33y game winning FG. MU had 490-377 TY (6.0-4.6). MU ran for 286 (6.2) to SC’s 128 (2.7). MU threw 2 INTs, SC lost a fumble. MU was in the RZ 8x, only got 3 TDs, 3 FGs and two empty possessions. SC started Scarnecchia with Bentley injured.

LSU drove 10p 75y for 7-0 lead, then were back in UF terr on their second drive with a 1st down at the F28, but Burrow was sacked/fumbled. LSU outgained UF 121-22 on the first 3 poss of the game for each team. LSU punted from their own EZ and UF was able to tie on a 9p 43y drive. LSU had a 4th-and-1 at the F15 and kicked a 33y FG for the 10-7 lead. UF quickly went 7p 75y on some chunk plays and led 14-10 with 1min left in the 1st H. UF opened the 3rd with a 49y pass, but were INT’d in the EZ next play. The rest of the qrt was punts until LSU made a 42y FG…14-13. LSU got 31 and 47 yard runs from Brossette on their way to a 19-14 lead (2pt no good) early 4th. UF came right back on a 9p 75y drive to retake the lead…20-19 (2pt no good). LSU punted from midfield and downed it at the F04, but Gators were able to drive out to their own 34 and downed their punt at the L12 to flip the field with 2-1/2min left. UF then got a 25y pick-six…27-19. LSU converted 4th-and-19 and got near midfield, but another 4th down pass was INT’d to seal the Gator win. Florida outgained them 391-372 (5.5-5.0). UF ran for 215 (5.0) to LSU’s 180 (4.4). LSU lost 3 TOs, UF lost 1. UF D had 5 sacks (LSU 0). There were combined 8 punts downed inside the 20.

Texas A&M outgained Kentucky 390-178 (5.2-3.6), but needed OT to win 20-14. UK had 11 offensive possessions in regulation and they only crossed midfield on one of them, a 54y TD pass, so they actually did not run an offensive snap in A&M territory until OT! UK led 7-0. A&M was SOD a the K27, scored a TD on a 13p 70y drive, missed a 40y FG, threw INT at the K46, got a 2p 48y drive after a punt and led 14-7 when A&M appeared to have a busted play on 3rd-and-1, a confused Mond was hit and fumbled which UK ret’d 40y to amazingly tie with 4min left. A&M punted, UK got near midfield, but Wilson was sacked back-to-back. In OT UK missed a FG off the crossbar and A&M ran one in. 20-14 F. 21-8 FD edge for A&M. A&M D 6 sacks (UK 4). UK was 2-of-13 3rd down (A&M 41%). Snell 13att-60y, 4rec-18y. Williams 24att-144y, 6rec-72y.

Ole Miss led 21-0 1st qrt and 49-7 HT. In the 1st H ULM did have 3 empty possessions deep into OM territory, SOD at M22, fumble at M03, SOD at M26. OM scored TDs on 9 straight possessions. 70-21 F. OM had 816-427 TY (11.5-5.6). OM D got 5 sacks.

Vanderbilt led 3-0, Georgia got a 75y TD pass. It was just 7-3 mid 2nd qrt when Vandy faced 4th-and-1 at the G14 ,but they were SOD and UGA went down for a 14-3 lead. VU came back down for a 42y FG, but UGA added another TD for the 21-6 HT lead. Dawgs only had a 263-230 1st H yard edge. 4 of VU’s first 5 poss reached UGA terr (FG, punt, SOD G14, FG), VU was a combined 2-of-8 3rd and 4th down in the half. UGA pulled away scoring on their first 4 poss of the 2nd H while VU couldn’t do anything….41-13 F. For the game UGA had 560-321 TY edge (8.6-5.4). Dawgs outrushed them 219-138 (6.4-4.8). No turnovers, 1 sack each.

As expected, offenses struggled between Auburn – Mississippi State. MSU threw an INT setting up a 4p 9y “drive” for a 47y FG, 3-0 AU. MSU tied on a 25y FG. AU had a FG blk’d and MSU took a 6-3 lead. AU fumbled a punt at their own 36 and it took MSU 8p with a 4th-and-goal conversion for the 13-3 lead scoring with :00 on the clock in the half. MSU had a 192-79 1st H yard edge (AU was 0-for-6 3rd down, MSU was 33%). Teams traded FGs to open the 3rd…16-6. AU broke a 41y run, but fumbled into the EZ for a touchback. MSU was SOD 4th-and-1 at A41. AU had 1st-and-goal at the M06, but settled for a 24y FG early 4th qrt…16-9. MSU had a FG blk’d and the return + penalty set AU up at the M43, they would be SOD at the M30. MSU went on a 8p 70y TD drive with Fitzgerald running for two 3rd down conversion, the later a 21y TD run…23-9 2min left. AU had a 1st down at the M19, but were sacked and a 4th down pass was incomplete with :37 left. MSU 418-304 TY edge (5.6-5.2). MSU outrushed them 349-90 (6.1-4.3). MSU lost 1 TO, AU lost 2. MSU D 3 sacks (AU 0).

 

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Sun Belt

Troy scored TDs on their first 3 poss of the game to lead 21-0. Georgia State’s first poss did end on a fumble at the T10. Troy was SOD at the G01, but would get a safety next play…23-0. Troy QB Barker Kaleb was injured in the 2nd qrt and he did not return (revealed yesterday torn ACL). His backup Sawyer Smith is used a lot, but the O wasn’t as effective with him. GSU drove for a 32y FG to end the H. GSU kicked a 28y FG…23-6 3rd qrt. A high scoring 4th qrt would ensue. Troy threw an INT, but GSU fumbled it right back and Troy scored a TD early 4th qrt. 30-6. GSU converted 4th down twice on their way to a TD (2pt no good), 30-12. Troy ripped a 78y TD run…37-12. GSU again converted a 4th down on their way to another TD, 37-20 (2pt good). Troy recovered the onside kick and killed the final 2min. Troy had 554-431 TY (8.9-6.1). Troy ran for 337.

Georgia Southern only outgained South Alabama 394-326 although yards per play was 7.7-4.7. USA was -4 TOs. GSU essentially had two pick-sixes (one led to a 2p 5y “drive") and also benefited from a 39y short field TD drive following a fumble. A 62y KO return created another short field TD drive for GSU. 48-13 F.

Texas State punted on their first 4 poss not crossing midfield while ULL threw INT at the T03, but then scored TDs on 4 straight possesions to lead 28-0 HT. TxSt made it 28-13 in the 3rd before ULL extended the lead to 35-13. TxSt scored to open the 4th qrt…35-20. The teams kept trading TDs…42-27. ULL punted and TxSt was SOD at the L04 with under 2min left. ULL had 557-425 TY edge (7.7-6.2). ULL ran for 327. Tyler Vitt started for TxSt 28-39-296-3-0, leading rusher 92y on 17att.

 

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I just realized I forgot the PAC12, got to run now. If I have wifi later I can get that.

week 1
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-1-recaps.137902/#post-3368186

week 2
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-2-recaps.138087/#post-3374120

week 3
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-3-recaps.138285/#post-3379874

week 4:
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-4-recaps.138460/#post-3386730

week 5:
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-5-recaps.138651/#post-3391976

 

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Getting on airplane no time to proof read.

PAC12

The 1st H between Arizona State and Colorado featured three 13p TD drives, 2 by ASU and 1 by CU. As such, ASU only had three 1st H possessions, scoring two TDs and missing a 52y FG. CU would punt, TD, missed 38y FG, TD…14-14 HT, with FDs essentially even 13-12 and CU running 36 plays for 222y to ASU’s 35 plays for 183y. ASU attempted just 8 passes in the half and ran for 118 (4.37) to CU’s 58 rushing yards (3.6). CU was 2-for-2 on 4th down one of which came on their 2nd TD drive (Shenault direct snap). The 2nd H saw many more punts. ASU got a 40y TD pass to take a 21-14 lead to open the 3rd, CU responded with a 30y TD pass on the ensuing possession…21-21. The next 5 combined poss were punts. CU got a 51y pass down to the A01 where Shenault took a direct snap for the 28-21 lead late 3rd. ASU got a 72y pass down to the C03, but were tackled for short gain, sacked and threw complete for short gain then on 4th down were incomplete in the EZ for a SOD as the 4th qrt began. CU was able to drive out to midfield and punted with 8min left. ASU went 3-and-out and punted with over 7min left, but they would never see the ball again as CU would get 4 FDs and end the game taking knees at the A27. CU had 25-18 FD and 494-367 TY edges (6.3-6.4). No turnovers, CU D 2 sacks. Lavis Shenault was PAC12 O POW with 13rec-127-2TD, 13y rushing w/ 2TDs.

Washington scored late 1st qrt on a 25y TD pass, then UCLA missed a 47y FG and UW made a 26y FG to lead 10-0 early 2nd qrt. Thompson-Robinson was 5-of-5 passing the ensuing poss and UCLA made it 10-7. UW extended it to 24-7 off 11p 74y and 10p 77y TD drives…24-7 HT. UCLA opened the 2nd H with two 3rd down conversions, but would stall and made a 49y FG…24-10. UCLA mixed the run with the pass on their 17p 90y TD drive early 4th qrt to make it 24-17. DTR was 6-of-7 on the drive (5 3rd down conversions). Punts. UW went 12p 81y for TD, but UCLA got a 4th down TD with 1:38 left (DTR again 6-of-7 passing)…31-24; UW recovered the onside kick. UW had 26-20 FD edge and 462-422 TY (5.7-6.5). UW ran for 197 but just for 3.6ypc – UCLA rushed for 150 (5.6). Each team threw an INT, UCLA 2 sacks (UW 0). 38-22 TOP for UW.

Washington State quickly went 3p 75y to open with a 7-0 lead. Oregon State went 3-and-out, but WSU blk’d the punt and fell on it in the EZ for 14-0 lead just 2.5 minutes into the game. OSU answered with a 14p 75y drive, then WSU went 3-and-out. OSU appeared to tie on a 75y TD run, but it was brought back by holding. OSU would punt on that drive, but WSU muffed it and 1 play later Jefferson got his TD that penalty had taken away….14-14. WSU went back up 21-14. OSU converted 4th down at the W42 and had a 1st down at the W16, but had to settle for a 32y FG…21-17 mid 3rd. WSU punted and OSU got a 56y reverse to the W04 and would score 3 plays later to take a 24-21 lead (go Beavs!). WSU would convert 3rd down 3x on their 12p 78y TD drive with just :29 left in the half for the 28-24 HT lead. OSU converted 4th down and would open the 2nd H with a TD (xpt no good) to lead 30-28. WSU converted a 4th down on a drive that featured more runs than passes and Wazzou took a 35-30 lead into the 4th where they scored again to make it a 42-30 game. OSU got a 46y pass and a 15y run and were at the W09 with Jefferson running towards the EZ he fumbled and WSU recovered for a touchback. WSU got some big plays and went 6p 80y to stretch the lead to 49-30 9min left. OSU QB Blount converted a 3rd-and-16 with a gutty 18y run but he was injured on the play and did not return. Enter 3rd string QB Jack Colletto. Colletto converted a 4th down with his legs and were at the W23, but Colletto was sacked. They then had a pass down to the W14, but holding brought it back. It’s now 3rd-and-30. They then had a 37y pass down to the W06, but holding brought it back and then got hit with an unsportsman like after the play and had 4th-and-54 on their won 33 after having 2 plays at the W14 and W09 negated. WSU quickly passed their way to a 56-30 lead 1min left. In the final seconds OSU hit a 23y run and a 40y pass to the W04 where Beavers ran it in with :39 left for the 56-37 F. WSU had just a 530-497 TY edge (8.5-6.5). OSU ran for 276 (5.5). Each team lost a fumble. WSU D 4 sacks. OSU was 5-of-5 on 4th down, WSU 2-of-2.

Cal outgained Arizona 476-265 (6.2-4.5) but lost 4 TOs and were SOD twice in UA territory (once at the A03). Two of those TOs were pick-sixes helping propel Zona to a 24-17 win. UA did lost 2 TOs themselves but led to no Cal scores. Cal also had a 25-13 FD edge and were better on 3rd down 8-of-15 (0-for-2 4th down) to UA’s 5-of-15 (1-for-1 4th down). UA only converted 1 3rd down in the 2nd H. McIlwain got the start for Cal and went the whole way 32-43-315-0-3, sacked 2x. He did run for 20-123-2TD. Tate 15-25-141-1-1, 8att-40y.

Utah led 21-0 with a 100y pick-six and 24-7 HT. Utah extended it to 27-7 to open the 2nd H, but Stanford would score on back-to-back drives to make it just 27-21. Utah would score the final 13 pts with Stanford fumbling on their final 2 poss at the U42 and U36. Stanford outgained them 423-421 (6.0-6.6). Utah +4 TOs. Utah outrushed them 222-42 (5.2-1.5). Utes also had 4 sacks (Stan D 1). Stan just 3 of 11 3rd down.