#1 Alabama defeats #11 Mississippi State: 38-7 in Tuscaloosa. Alabama QB AJ McCarron hasn’t thrown an interception all season. But are they good enough to go undefeated? Last year, Alabama won the National Championship with the #1 rushing defense, #1 passing defense, #1 total defense and #1 scoring defense. Heading into Week 10, Alabama actually […]
Recap Week 9 Arizona: Cats defeat the #9 Trojans, Make their way back into the rankings (#24)
October 29, 2012 by
Arizona defeats #9 USC, 39-36 in Tuscon. There are a lot of students who just cannot make it through the football games. Their excuses run the gamut including: it’s too hot, I don’t like to stand, the game is too long, etc, etc. As a resident assistant, I talk to my kids (yes, they’re my […]
Recap Week 9: Notre Dame defeats the favored Oklahoma Sooners, 30-13
October 29, 2012 by
#5 Notre Dame defeats #8 Oklahoma, 30-13 in Norman, Ok. A game summary using excerpts from the best summaries: (Chicago Tribune @DavidHaugh) When running back Cierre Wood burst up the middle for a 62-yard touchdown run in the first quarter to stun a red-and-white striped record Sooners crowd of 86,031 into silence, Notre Dame announced […]
Arizona Week 8 Recap: Family Weekend/Washington Rout
October 23, 2012 by
Arizona (4-3, 1-3) defeated Washington (3-4, 1-3) 52-17, at home. Family weekend is met by bittersweet reviews, depending on who you talk to. Those whose parents traveled to campus for a visit spent quality time as a family, but were sad to see them go. Those students from further away whose parents were unable to […]
Arizona State Week 8 Recap: Oregon…Oh, the horror
October 19, 2012 by
ASU (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) fell to Oregon (7-0, 4-0 Pac-12) 43-21 last night at Sun Devil Stadium. Halloween came early to Tempe this year. And by that I mean the terror experienced by Sun Devil fans as we watched Oregon take it to the house. Again, and again, and again. The game started off well […]
Arizona Week 7 Recap: Devil in the Details…51-17 at Colorado
October 12, 2012 by
ASU 51-Colorado 17. The ASU Sun Devils (5-1, 3-0 Pac-12) beat the Colorado Buffaloes (1-5, 1-2 Pac-12) yesterday in front of a Colorado home crowd of 45,161 and a national audience on ESPN. The first half was not as one-sided as people initially suspected, although ASU demonstrated why they were the strong favorite in the […]
Arizona Week 6 Recap vs Stanford: Cats take another loss away from home
October 9, 2012 by
Arizona (3-3) loses to #18 Stanford (3-3) on the road 54-48. After a promising start to the season, the Arizona Wildcats have fallen to 3-3 for the season. While .500 doesn’t seem that bad, taking a closer look at individual games tells the full story. The Wildcats have lost their last three games, all against […]
South Carolina Week 5 Recap: On the road in Kentucky
October 3, 2012 by
South Carolina beats Kentucky in Lexington, 38-17. Road games in the Southeastern Conference are not beauty contests. The South Carolina Gamecocks were a hot mess in the first half and down by 10 points at half time but turned the game around and got out of Lexington with a 38-17 win over the Kentucky Wildcats […]
ASU Week 5 Recap vs Cal: Best way to head into a bye week
October 3, 2012 by
The Sun Devils beat Cal on Saturday in Berkeley, 27-17. ASU was finally successful in its goal of beating Cal on the road, something that hasn’t been done in 15 years. Not only did they manage the win on Cal’s home turf, they also did it in style against a Pac-12 opponent in their last […]
Ohio State Week 5 Recap: Despite the odds, wins at Michigan State
October 2, 2012 by
#14 Ohio State defeated #20 Michigan State 17-6 in East Lansing. Michigan State was a 2.5 point favorite. The Buckeyes took the lead on their first possession and led for the remainder of the game, except for 1 minutes and 44 seconds. And that came as a result of one of worst examples of collective […]
