2021 Week 4
September 29, 2021
This past weekend had some great action. It all started when the Appalachian State Mountain Men held off the Marshall Thundering Nerds in a scintillating finish, 31-30. Some people were surprised when an App State running back took a knee late in the game rather than running untouched into the end zone through a Marshall defense that was going to let him score. That's what happens when your running back bet the under and the opponent bet the over.
The Liberty Flames failed to make it two upsets in a row as Syracuse nipped them 24-21. It was a key win for the Orange Testicles. Speaking of revenge games, Temple knocked off the Krauts from Wagner 41-7.
In the SEC LSU pulled out a tight one over the Mississippi State Fighting Pirates, 28-25. But the most notable result in the league was Georgia's annihilation of the Vanderbilt Commodes, 62-0.
The biggest game of the day took place in the Soldier Field Area 51 Stadium, as Notre Dame pulled away late to defeat Wisconsin, thanks to a couple of Irish pick sixes against Badger quarterback Graham Mertz. After the second pick Graham's grandma Ethel threw her bottle of Wild Turkey at the TV and hit Coach Ara in the back of the head. Ara took it pretty well though, he was just happy with the win.
In the Big Ten the most surprising result was Boweling Green's 14-10 upset of Minnesota. Coach PJ better be careful or else he'll be asked to row the boat Henry Hudson style.
In the Southwest Texas doubled up on Texas Tech 70-35. R Kansas went to Jerry's Kids' World and ran over the Aggies. I have to say the SWC looks wide open this year and we had a fine dose of controversy. Southern Methodist knocked off archrival TCU 42-34 at TCU to take possession of the Iron Skull. The SMU players then did one of their notorious Methodist Beelzebubba dances with the skull at midfield and attempted to sacrifice TCU assistant Jerry Kill to their Dark Lord. TCU coaches were not pleased as their postgame ceremonies were disrupted and they were unable to burn their Babtist Pentagram into the field. Somewhere Coach Nick Satan was enjoying all this.
Miami got back on track, blowing out Central Yukon 69-0. It's been a rough year for Klondike football teams.
The biggest game of Saturday evening was Oklahoma's narrow non-conference win over Western Virginia. I'm not sure what's up with the Sooners, they needed a last second field goal and only scored 16 points, which is usually one good quarter for them in the Big 8.
Auburn had a controversial win, 34-24, over Georgia State. The SEC refs ruled a Auburn pass (that bounced off the turf then was booted about 10 yards by an Auburn wide receiver then rolled to a stop a good 15 yards from any player) to be complete. Those Southern refs do funny things when a ranked team is in trouble.
Florida rolled over Tennessee, 38-14. Fortunately my good friend Coach Majors missed the game as he was keeled over even before the game began, as, apparently, were the Volunteers.
In intersectional action, Duke easily beat Kansas 52-33. With all the proposed conference reorganization I'm thinking maybe there could be a football league for basketball schools like the Blue Devils and Jayhawks, and maybe other hoops schools that struggle in football like Syracuse, UCLA, Michigan, and Texas.
The biggest upset of the week was North Carolina State's double overtime win over Clemson, 27-21. Coach Dabo doesn't look as smart now that he no longer has Joey Lawrence Jr. at QB.
Next week conference play starts in earnest, with great games like Ole Southern Miss visiting Alabama, Auburn at LSU, and Ohio State at Rutgers. Talk to you soon!