Some College Football Squeakers

I got to see some games today. (photos from yahoo)

I started with the Texas-Baylor game (while watching the Illinois-Western Michigan game on the side).

Texas simply had too much for Baylor; the Bears kept it close for about a half but the Longhorns went on to win easily 45-21.

The Illinois-Western Michigan game was close; I picked this one up at the half when Western lead 20-10. They extended the lead to 23-10 but the Illinois defense kept them in it. Eventually Illinois scored on a pass to cut it to 23-17 and the defense came up with a ball strip to thwart a Western thrust.

Eventually, Western Michigan got the ball back; moved it well, and then pinned Illinois back on its own 1 with just under 2 minutes to go.

But after a couple of passes, Illinois hit a 54 yard pass to set up shop at the Western 29 yard line. But the Western defense held Illinois on downs.

Then I watched the Penn State-Iowa game, picking it up with PSU up 13-7. The game went back and forth, with the Nittany Lions defense forcing turnovers to keep Iowa at arm’s length.

They cashed in on a fumble to take a 16-7 lead; Iowa retaliated with a long drive to cut it to 16-14. But yet another turnover lead to a PSU touchdown and a 23-14 lead in the 4′th quarter.

But then Iowa responded with a long drive to cut it to 23-21; they forced a punt but roughed the kicker. But Iowa intercepted a PSU pass and was back in business.

A drive put Iowa in position for a long field goal but a key 3rd down pass put Iowa closer.

The winning field goal came with 1 second to go.

Then I watched the last quarter of the LSU-Alabama game; LSU had just tied it 21-21.

Alabama responded with a long drive to get to a 30 some-odd field goal try, but the kick was low and it got blocked.

So, the game went to overtime with LSU getting the ball first, but Alabama intercepted an LSU pass in the end zone.

Alabama got the ball and drove it in close and won on a quarterback sneak.

Bring on Boston College-Notre Dame and Texas Tech-Oklahoma State. Ok, the latter game has much better teams, but the BC-ND game is very well matched.

Commentator comment: why does Lou Holtz always sound as if he is slobbering and spitting when he talks?

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