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I'm watching the USC game, and man I'm surprised to see some of the hits that Caleb is taking. I know he's technically a blocker when he hands it off but it feels like these d-linemen are taking liberties. When the play is away from him and he's in the backfield on his own, it feels like a cheap shot to deck him to the ground.
 

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In college ball they do that to the QB all the time too, the QB isn’t protected the same as the NFL. These guys take a beating.
 

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It took 3 OT but USC survived Arizona while Georgia Tech knocked off Miami. UCLA also knocked off #13 Washington State and Wyoming beat #24 Fresno State in prime time.

As usual for UMass, Toledo steamrolled them 41-24. NC State survived a shootout with Marshall and won 48-41. Louisiana got a big win beating Texas State 34-30. UConn upset Rice and won their 1st game of the season 38-31.

FCS Recap Week 6
- Rhode Island beat Brown 34-30. RB Jaden McKenzie ran for 111 and 1 TD.
- Central Connecticut beat Delaware State 51-44. RB Elijah Howard ran for 257 and 1 TD.
- Merrimack beat Stonehill 45-34. RB Tyvon Edmonds ran for 169 and 2 TD.
- Penn beat Georgetown 42-39. QB Aidan Sayin threw for 254 and 1 TD.
- Fordham beat Lehigh 38-35. QB CJ Montes threw for 382 and 1 TD.
- Stetson beat Presbyterian 28-24. RB Devon Brewer ran for 98 and 2 TD.
- Yale beat Dartmouth 31-24. WR Ryan Lindley was 7-128-1.
- NC Central beat Elon 34-23. QB Davius Richard threw for 171 & 1 TD and ran for 114 & 3 TD.
- Campbell beat Hampton 30-27. RB Darran Butts ran for 124 and 1 TD in the loss.
- Northwestern barely held off Howard 23-20. RB Eden James ran for 177 and 1 TD in the loss.
- UT Martin beat Eastern Illinois 28-27. QB Pierce Holley threw for 359 and 4 TD in the loss.
- Alcorn State beat Grambling 25-24. QB Aaron Allen threw for 248 and 3 TD.
- Richmond beat Maine 42-31. QB Camden Coleman threw for 365 and 6 TD.
- Jackson State beat Alabama A&M 45-30. RB Irv Mulligan ran for 115.
- Western Carolina beat Chattanooga 52-50. RB Desmond Reid ran for 211 and 2 TD.
- Central Arkansas beat SE Missouri State 38-33. QB Will McElvain threw for 397 and 4 TD.
- Youngstown State upset Southern Illinois 31-3. RB Tyshon King ran for 117 and 2 TD.
- Southern Utah upset Tarleton State 27-26. QB Justin Miller threw for 314 and 3 TD.
- Montana beat UC Davis 31-23. QB Miles Hastings threw for 359 and 2 TD in the loss.
- Utah Tech beat Stephen F. Austin 37-31. QB Kobe Tracy threw for 289 and 3 TD.
 
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Crazy game in Stanford/Colorado with Colorado blowing a 29-0 lead over a team that was 1-4. Why they play the games and don't anoint teams in the preseason.
 

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You have to wonder if Coach Prime can even get The Buffs to a bowl game at this point now. Out of their last five games, four are against Top 25 teams. At this point, I can’t really say for sure if they are favored over Arizona.

Granted, in 99% of circumstances, going 4-8 would be considered a moderate success for a first year coach taking over a team that went 1-11 the year but dumb sports pundits will want Coach Prime’s head on a pike.
 

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FCS Recap Week 7
Brown beat Princeton 28-27. QB Jake Willcox threw for 354 and 2 TD.
Davidson beat Butler 35-33. RB Mari Adams ran for 171 and 3 TD.
Monmouth steamrolled Hampton 61-10. RB Jaden Shirden ran for 276 and 4 TD off just 16 carries.
Drake stomped St. Thomas-Minnesota 52-21. QB Luke Bailey threw for 411 and 5 TD.
New Hampshire beat Albany 38-31. QB Max Brosmer threw for 342 and 3 TD.
Richmond beat Rhode Island 24-17. WR Nick DeGennaro was 6-132-2 TD.
Furman beat Samford 27-21. RB Dominic Roberto ran for 128 and 1 TD.
North Dakota rolled North Dakota State 49-24. RB Gavin Ziebarth ran for 156 and 3 TD.
South Dakota beat Youngstown State 34-31. QB Aidan Bouman threw for 369 and 3 TD.
Alabama A&M beat Grambling 45-24. QB Xavier Lankford threw for 127 & 1 TD and ran for 193 and 2 TD.
Eastern Kentucky beat Tarleton State 41-35. RB Braedon Sloan ran for 120 and 3 TD.
Chattanooga beat Mercer 22-10. QB Chase Artopoeus threw for 244 and 1 TD.
Idaho State beat Eastern Washington 42-41. WR Chedon James was 15-206-1 TD.
Montana beat Idaho 23-21. WR Junior Bergen was 5-118-1 TD.
 

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Liberty has moved to 7-0 beating Middle Tennessee. Jacksonville State is 6-2 with their win over Western Kentucky while James Madison is 7-0 after beating Marshall. SMU moved to 5-2 shutting out Temple 55-0.

Several big FCS games today...
#2 Montana State @ #3 Sacramento State is on ESPN2 at 10:30 PM
#4 Furman @ #8 Western Carolina is on ESPN+ at 2:30 PM
#1 South Dakota State @ #12 Southern Illinois is on ESPN+ at 3:00 PM
Lafayette (5-1) @ #15 Holy Cross (5-1) is on ESPN+ at 1:00 PM
Penn (4-1) @ Yale (3-2) is on ESPN+ at 12:00 PM
 

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Today in "Who wants to win the ACC?" where the scores seem made up and the records don't matter, 1-5 UVA defeated the previously undefeated and Top 10 North Carolina Tarheels.
 

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Good get for the American Conference. Army's struggling this season but they've had a good stretch under Jeff Monken for a while since 2016: 8-5, 10-3, 11-2, 5-8, 9-3, 9-4, and 6-6 last year.

"Another complicating factor that had to be worked around is Army’s television deal with CBS Sports to broadcast its home games through the 2028 season. The AAC’s TV deal is with ESPN through 2031-32."

I do like that Army-Navy will be kept as a "non-conference" game for after the conference championship.
 

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FCS Week 9 Recap

Brown beat Penn 30-26 on Friday. QB Jake Willcox threw for 250 and 3 TD.
#21 Lafayette beat Georgetown 35-25. WR Jimmy Kibble was 6-201-2 in the loss.
Holy Cross beat Fordham 49-47 on a game-winning pick 6 and 2 point conversion. QB Joe Pesansky threw for 337 and 3 TD.
Northern Iowa beat Illinois State 24-21. RB Amauri Pesek-Hickson ran for 107 and 2 TD.
#5 Delaware rolled Towson 51-13. QB Zack Marker threw for 307 and 2 TD.
#22 William & Mary beat Monmouth 31-28. RB Jaden Shirden ran for 251 and 2 TD in the loss.
Rhode Island beat New Hampshire 34-28. RB Ja'Den McKenzie ran for 135 and 4 TD.
UPSET ALERT Gardner-Webb beat #14 Tennessee-Martin 38-34. QB Jaylen King threw for 216 and 2 TD & ran for 1 TD.
#17 Chattanooga beat VMI 24-23. RB Hunter Rice ran for 208 and 3 TD in the loss.
#15 North Dakota survived an 0-7 Indiana State 36-33. QB Tommy Schuster threw for 273 and 4 TD.
#1 South Dakota State beat #4 South Dakota 37-3. SDSU had 4 players combine to run for 230 yards.
UPSET ALERT Mercer beat #10 Western Carolina 45-35. QB Cole Gonzales threw for 388 and 5 TD in the loss.
Alabama State beat Alabama A&M 31-16. WR Kisean Johnson was 4-82-1.
#20 Austin Peay beat North Alabama 49-39. QB Mike DeLiello threw for 353 and 6 TD. He tied the school record for TD passes in a game.
Portland State beat Eastern Washington 47-35. RB Jobi Malary ran for 241 and 6(!) TD.
UPSET ALERT #9 Idaho knocked off #2 Montana State 24-21 after MSU missed a late FG to try and tie it.
Northern Iowa beat UC Davis 38-21. RB Angel Flores ran for 80 and 1 TD.
UPSET ALERT Tarleton State beat #18 Central Arkansas 25-23. RB Kayvon Britten ran for 156 and 2 TD.
Eastern Kentucky beat Utah Tech 34-30. QB Parker McKinney threw for 322 and 3 TD.
 

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Coastal Chaos continues as #17 North Carolina loses to 3-4 Georgia Tech for their second loss to a below .500 team in a row.

No one really wants to be the sacrificial lamb to Florida State in the ACC Championship Game, I guess.

Meanwhile my Boston College Eagles are the worst looking 5-3 team of all time. Thankfully, I don't think they have a path to the ACC Championship Game but hey, they did almost beat Florida State...
 

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Coastal Chaos continues as #17 North Carolina loses to 3-4 Georgia Tech for their second loss to a below .500 team in a row.

No one really wants to be the sacrificial lamb to Florida State in the ACC Championship Game, I guess.

Meanwhile my Boston College Eagles are the worst looking 5-3 team of all time. Thankfully, I don't think they have a path to the ACC Championship Game but hey, they did almost beat Florida State...
Look on the bright side, at least UMass beat Army!
 

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Their first season with more than one win since 2018! And they'll probably get at least three potentially even FOUR wins since they still have FCS Merrimack and bumass UConn (who BC couldn't blow out yesterday...) on the schedule.
 

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Toledo improved to 8-1 on the season Tuesday night. On pace to have their best record since 2017 when they went 11-3.
 

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I should’ve put money on Clemson beating Notre Dame.

Notre Dame is always shaky on the road against ACC teams for whatever weird reason and I knew Dabo would have his team fired up to prove Tyler from Spartanburg wrong.
 

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FCS Recap Week 10 - Several upsets this week and a few teams have claimed shares of their division titles, which are key to playoff seeding.
- Duquesne beat Wagner 34-26. QB Darius Perrantes threw for 248 and 1 TD. Duquesne gets a share of the NEC Title with the win.
- Holy Cross beat Lehigh 28-24. RB Jordan Fuller ran for 228 and 2 TD.
- Yale beat Brown 36-17. WR Mason Tipton was 7-123-3.
- FCS UPSET: Colgate beat Lafayette 37-34. QB Jake Stearney threw for 146 and 3 TD.
- Fordham beat Bucknell 27-21. WR M.J. Wright was 7-145-1.
- FCS UPSET: Elon beat Delaware 33-27. QB Matthew Downing threw for 352 and 3 TD.
- Davidson beat Stetson 61-41. RBs Mason Sheron & Mari Adams ran for 254 and 4 TD.
- Hampton beat Maine 42-35. RB Elijah Burris ran for 173 and 4 TD.
- Gardner-Webb beat Bryant 45-44 in OT. QB Jaylen King threw for 160 & 2 TD and ran for 108 and 2 TD.
- Villanova beat New Hampshire 45-33. RB Jalen Jackson ran for 145 and 2 TD.
- Albany beat William & Mary 24-8. RB Griffin Woodell ran for 100 and 1 TD.
- Furman beat Chattanooga 17-14. QB Carson Jones threw for 139 and 2 TD. Furman gets a share of the SoCon Title with the win.
- Florida A&M beat Alabama A&M 42-28. QB Jeremy Moussa threw for 245 and 1 TD.
- South Dakota beat Southern Illinois 14-7. TE J.J. Galbreath was 5 for 51.
- Tennessee-Martin beat Tennessee Tech 44-41 in OT. WR Devonte Tanksley was 7-115-1.
- Illinois State beat Missouri State 36-35. RB Mason Blakemore ran for 125 and 2 TD.
- Alcorn State beat Southern 44-21. QB Aaron Allen threw for 263 and 3 TD.
- South Dakota State beat North Dakota State 33-16. RB Isaiah Davis ran for 106 and 1 TD.
- SC State beat Howard 27-24. RB Jawarn Howell ran for 283 and 3 TD.
- FCS UPSET: Charleston Southern beat Tennessee State 35-21. RB T.J. Ruff ran for 78 and 2 TD.
- FCS UPSET: Nicholls beat Incarnate Word 45-32. RB Jaylon Spears and Collin Guggenheim ran for 293 and 4 TD.
- Austin Peay beat Eastern Kentucky 33-30. WR Kam Thomas was 10-204-2.
- UC Davis beat Portland State 37-23. RB Lan Larison ran for 136 and 3 TD.
- Montana beat Sacramento State 34-7. QB Clifton McDowell threw for 218 and 2 TD.
 
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On the FBS side, Virginia Tech beat BC because BC can't just be really good they have to be mediocre at best. Liberty won and improve to 10-0. James Madison also improved to 10-0 after putting in another request to the NCAA to be eligible for a bowl game/playoffs (I think it's been rejected?). Memphis won in OT & Troy won so both teams are 8-2. New Mexico State has been one of the surprises of the year and are sitting at 8-3 now. In a stunner, San Jose State (5-5) knocked off Boise State (8-2) and Hawai'i (4-7) knocked off Air Force (8-2).

FCS Recap Week 11 Big week for running backs as the weather gets colder, teams lean on ground games to win.
Morgan State beat SC State 20-17. RB J.J. Davis ran for 108 and 1 TD
Merrimack beat Central Connecticut 35-24. WR Donovan Radley was 4-113-2
FCS Upset: Stonehill beat Duquesne 33-28. RB Jermaine Corbett ran for 108
#1 South Dakota State shut out #22 Youngstown State 34-0. RB Isaiah Davis ran for 130 and 1 TD
New Hampshire beat Monmouth 31-24. WR Dymere Miller was 11-333-2 in the loss
Yale beat Princeton 36-28. RB Josh Pitsenberger ran for 131 and 3 TD
#25 Lafayette beat Fordham 24-16. RB Jamar Curtis ran for 204 and 1 TD
Georgetown beat Bucknell in OT 50-47. QB Tyler Knoop threw for 361 and 4 TD
#24 Harvard beat Penn in 3 OT 25-23. QB Jaden Craig threw for 253 and 1 TD
#6 South Dakota beat #10 North Dakota 14-10. WR Carter Bell was 7-126
FCS Upset: Morehead State beat Davidson 47-17. QB Bryce Patterson threw for 240 and 6 TD
Eastern Illinois beat Tennessee State 30-17. RB MJ Flowers ran for 201 and 4 TD
#2 Furman beat VMI 37-3. QB Carson Jones threw for 226 and 4 TD
Richmond beat Elon 38-24. QB Kyle Wickersham threw for 169 & 2 TD and ran for 130 and 1 TD
Prairie View A&M beat Southern 27-21. QB Trazon Connley threw for 184 and 1 TD
Tarleton State beat Abilene Christian 31-30. RB Kayvon Britten ran for 176 and 3 TD
BIG FCS Upset: Weber State beat #4 Idaho 31-29. RB Kris Jackson ran for 84 and 2 TD
FCS Upset: Missouri State beat #15 Northern Iowa 35-16. QB Jordan Pachot threw for 326 and 4 TD
#23 Mercer beat Samford 28-21. RB Carter Peevy ran for 45 and 3 TD
BIG FCS Upset: Howard beat #7 NC Central 50-20. QB Quinton Williams threw for 277 and 3 TD
#12 North Dakota State beat #11 Southern Illinois 34-10. QB Cam Miller threw for 232
Central Arkansas beat Eastern Kentucky 27-24. QB Parker McKinney threw for 377 and 2 TD in the loss
#9 Sacramento State beat Cal Poly 41-30. QB Carson Conklin threw for 313 and 3 TD
#3 Montana beat Portland State 34-10. RB Eli Gilman ran for 97
 

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On the FBS side, Virginia Tech beat BC because BC can't just be really good they have to be mediocre at best.
They're closer to the team that got blown out by Louisville and VTech than they are to a potential 9-3 team that people were talking about earlier this week. They could just as easily be 1-9 as they could 8-2. Their offensive line and running game is good enough to get themselves out of the bottom rungs of the ACC but that's about it. Downside of the five game win streak is it means they'll keep Jeff Hafley for at least another year.

Oh well. I'll personally enjoy the ugly, sleeting Fenway Bowl with BC grinding out an ugly 17-13 win over Rice.
 

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There’s nothing more aspirational in the world than seeing a mediocre college football coach get paid 80 million to get the fuck out.

Congrats to Jimbo Fisher for sucking enough to get that bag.
 
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