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College Football 2015: Week 3 Recap | Saturday, 2015 September 26 - 11:11 am |
Michigan wins easily last week but looked sluggish. NCSU continues playing cupcakes. Michigan 28, UNLV 7 A lot of people complained about Michigan's performance against an inferior opponent, particularly Jake Rudock's inaccurate passes. I don't think I agree. Michigan ran out to a 21-0 halftime lead, then spent the second half running into 9- and 10-man fronts just to see if they could. Jake missed a few open passes, but one was a missed read because a defender in his sight line, and another seemed to be the tailback running the wrong route (turning downfield too early on a flare route). So I don't think there's cause for alarm. I will say that Rudock doesn't have the best delivery I've seen. He has a long windup and doesn't have a lot of zip on out routes. But for the most part he seems to have a good grasp of the offense, and it doesn't surprise me when Harbaugh says he's the best quarterback on the team by a large margin. NCSU 38, ODU 14. Yawn. When NCSU starts playing real opponents, I'll have more to say. Other Notable Games It was quite the weekend for upsets and near-misses. #1 OSU looked awful playing against Northern Illinois, squeaking out a 20-13 win. OSU turned the ball over five times and looked lethargic. NIU is a good team, but a #1 team shouldn't struggle like that. #2 Alabama was upset by #15 Ole Miss. Ole Miss dominated most of the game; Alabama made a late comeback but couldn't pull it out. Alabama is still a good team, but clearly not as dominant as they've been in some recent years. #3 TCU beat SMU 56-37, but the game was still in doubt until the fourth quarter. #4 Michigan State beat Air Force 35-21. The game wasn't as close as the score, but Air Force can give anyone fits. #6 USC lost to Stanford 41-31, which is baffling. Stanford just lost to Northwestern and USC was slated to contend for the playoffs. #11 Clemson squeaked by a winless Louisville team 20-17. #9 Florida State beat a pretty good Boston College team 14-0. #23 Northwestern beat Duke 19-10. #13 LSU crushed #18 Auburn 45-21. LSU doesn't have a quarterback, but tailback Leonard Fournette can beat most teams single-handed. #8 Notre Dame beat #14 Georgia Tech 30-22. Notre Dame is playing with sophomore backup quarterback DeShone Kizer, but he's playing well enough that the Irish defense can make up the slack. #10 UCLA beat #19 BYU 24-23. BYU almost had another miraculous win. This game was closer than it should have been, as UCLA's freshman quarterback looked like a freshman, while BYU continued to make wild big plays. BYU is scary but erratic. I'll get into that more in the Week 4 preview. UNC crushed Illinois 48-14. Indiana beat Western Kentucky 38-35; however, they lucked out because Minnesota beat Kent State 10-7 in this week's Worst Win of the Week. Miami beat Nebraska 36-33. Nebraska is cursed this year. Virginia Tech crushed Purdue 51-24. Penn State beat the Rutgers Fightin' Tire Fires 28-3. Iowa beat a pretty good Pitt team 27-24. |
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