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GA❌EDAY… Go Bucks! Beat ❌ichigan
September 24th 1994 - The Miracle at Michigan
In an insane turn of events, the Colorado Buffaloes beat Michigan Wolverines 27-26. After being down 26 to 14 as the 4th quarter wound down. Colorado scored two touchdowns in the final 2:16 left in the game.
With six seconds on the clock, Colorado was on their on 2 yard line. Quarterback Kordell Stewart threw a 70 yard pass that bounced (intentionally!) off receiver Blake Anderson into the hands of receiver Michael Westbrook who would catch the ball and land in the end zone.
Westbrook would go on to be picked 4th overall in the 1995 NFL Draft.
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Thefirst rankings from the College Football Playoff committee were released Tuesday evening with some surprises among the top four teams.
At the top are two unbeaten SEC teams in Georgia and Alabama. The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide are in opposite order in major polls. However, committee chairman Kirby Hocutt noted Georgia’s wins against No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 16 Mississippi State as the reason for putting Kirby Smart’s team ahead of the Alabama, which has no wins among teams in the top 25 in the rankings.
A weekend filled with high-profile matchups produced plenty of changes in the Amway Coaches Poll, though once again, the top-ranked team is as it has been all season. Alabama, which had the weekend off, is still the unanimous No. 1.
After that, the shuffling begins. Georgia climbs to No. 2 after dispatching archrival Florida. The Bulldogs appear to be on a collision course with the Crimson Tide in a month for the SEC title. Ohio State, the big winner of the weekend thanks to its comeback win against Penn State, vaults from sixth to No. 3 ahead of Wisconsin. Clemson, which got back on track with a win against Georgia Tech, is back in the top five.
After the crazy results from the previous college football weekend, Week 8 proved comparatively tame. As a result, the Amway Coaches Poll reflects few changes, with the same 25 teams still ranked. The order shifts a bit in places, but not around the top as the first six teams stay put.
Alabama is still the unanimous choice for No. 1 after a workmanlike smothering of struggling Tennessee. Penn State solidified its hold on the second position with a convincing triumph over Michigan. Georgia, which had the weekend off, holds steady at No. 3 with unbeatens TCU and Wisconsin rounding out the top five.
Ohio State, which hosts Penn State next week, remains No. 6. In a minor change, idle Clemson edges ahead of Miami (Fla.) for the No. 7 spot.
There’s at least one week like this every college football season, when a seemingly innocuous slate of games produces a slew of surprises.
Top-ranked Alabama, however, was not among the Week 7 upset victims. The Crimson Tide dispatched Arkansas and are now the unanimous No. 1 team in the Amway Coaches Poll.
The rest of the top five looks considerably different. Penn State, which picked a good week to have a bye, moves up to the No. 2 spot in the wake of Clemson’s loss to Syracuse. The Tigers tumbled to No. 8 as a result. Georgia, which got an early challenge before putting away Missouri, climbs to No. 3. TCU, the last unbeaten Big 12 squad, vaulted into the No. 4 spot ahead of No. 5 Wisconsin.
Some unexpected results in Week 6 shook up the Amway Coaches Poll, though the tremors didn’t reach all the way to the top.
All the ballots had Alabama and Clemson first and second in some order as both teams, though challenged a bit on Saturday, moved a step closer to a third consecutive meeting in the national championship game. The Crimson Tide staved off a rally at Texas A&M to retain the No. 1 ranking with 57 of 65 first-place votes. The Tigers, who took charge early at home and held off Wake Forest, pick up the remaining firsts.
The changes begin after that as Penn State moves up to claim the No. 3 spot. Washington climbs to No. 4 with Georgia rounding out the top five.
The Week 5 results produced little movement in the Amway Coaches Poll as the top teams for the most part held serve.
Alabama easily retains the No. 1 ranking after a 66-3 demolition of Mississippi. The Crimson Tide, who have outscored their first two SEC opponents by a combined margin of 125-3, received 59 of 65 first-place votes.
Clemson, a road winner at then-No. 12 Virginia Tech, stays put at No. 2 with the remaining six first-place nods. No. 3 Oklahoma, which had the weekend off, and fourth-ranked Penn State, an easy winner against Indiana, also maintain their positions. Washington, now the highest ranked Pac-12 member, climbs a notch into the top five.
Amway Coaches Poll: Week 3
Alabama still has a comfortable lead atop the Amway Coaches Poll, but the gap closed a bit following No. 2 Clemson’s impressive performance in Week 3.
The Crimson Tide claimed 59 of 65 first-place votes after handling Colorado State. The defending national champion Tigers received the remaining six, up from two last week, after their dominant win at Louisville.
Amway Coaches Poll: Week 2
Withtop-ranked Alabama largely unchallenged in Week 2, the big question leading up to the compiling of the Amway Coaches Poll centered on who would be No. 2.
The Crimson Tide, of course, retained the No. 1 spot after an easy romp past Fresno State, receiving all but two first-place votes cast this week. The second spot went to defending champion Clemson after a strong defensive performance in a 14-6 triumph over Auburn.
The Tigers claimed the remaining two No. 1 votes and narrowly held off Oklahoma for the second position. The Sooners vaulted three places to No. 3 after their huge road win at Ohio State, avenging a loss on their home field from a year ago.
Southern California, a big winner against Stanford in its Pac-12 opener, reclaimed the No. 4 spot ahead of Penn State, who handled their own business against in-state opponent Pittsburgh.
Alabama strengthened its grip on the No. 1 spot in the Amway Coaches Poll following its impressive performance against Florida State. The Crimson Tide claimed 60 of 65 first-place votes this week.
The rest of the top five looks a bit different with the Florida State loss.
Ohio State retained the No. 2 position. But the Buckeyes picked up only two No. 1 votes, down from five in the preseason poll, after a slow start against Indiana. Clemson, which easily handled a tune-up with Kent State, climbed to No. 3 and retained three first-place nods. Penn State, equally impressive in its opener against Akron, vaulted to No. 4 ahead of Southern California.
The college football season gets underway in earnest Thursday night, and by the end of the weekend more than $70 million will be headed toward schools’ pockets regardless of how many hot dogs are consumed or who wins the game.
Nearly all the games are occurring between teams from different conferences. That means they are not being governed by conference scheduling, but rather by individually negotiated contracts. Usually made years in advance, these deals almost always include an appearance payment to the visiting team – or, in the case of increasingly numerous neutral-site games – a multi-million-dollar payment to each team.
By the time the regular season is over, around $150 million in these so-called “guarantees” will have moved through the college sports financial system, based on schools’ recent financial data and an analysis by USA TODAY Sports of more than 200 contracts for games this season involving teams in the NCAA’s top-level Bowl Subdivision.
A look at payouts for neutral site games and visiting teams
There are only two factors preventing an individual team from finishing undefeated in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
One is statistics: The odds of perfection decrease as more games get added to the road to the national championship — and as illustrated by Alabama in 2016, the last game is always the hardest.
The second is history. In the past decade, just four Power Five teams have completed a perfect season: Alabama in 2009, Auburn in 2010, Ohio State in 2012 and Florida State in 2014.
But finishing the regular season unbeaten? Maybe that’s another story.
ThePreseason Amway Coaches Poll is out!
The time to stop talking about college football and actually start watching it is now less than a month away. But in the meantime, talking will have to do, and the preseason Amway Coaches Poll is always a good place to initiate discussion — or arguments, but we prefer to keep matters polite.
Alabama will enter the campaign with the No. 1 ranking, just as it did a year ago. The Crimson Tide were picked first by 49 of the 65 coaches on this year’s panel. Alabama has been ranked in the top five in every preseason poll since 2009.
From top to bottom, it’s hard to find a more talented roster — maybe at Alabama, but nowhere else. The expectations are high for a reason. But with Urban Meyer, a fifth-year senior quarterback and a change in offensive style, the Buckeyes seem ready to notch yet another College Football Playoff berth.
Biggest games
►Vs. Oklahoma, Sept. 9
►Vs. Penn State, Oct. 28
►At Michigan, Nov. 25
Three players to know
1. CB Kendall Sheffield. The junior-college transfer certainly looks the part of Ohio State’s next first-round defensive back.
2. WR Campbell. While more will be asked of Campbell in the passing game, don’t sleep on his major impact as the Buckeyes’ primary returner
3. DE Nick Bosa. The younger Bosa brother — after his older brother, Joey — is the program’s next all-everything defensive end.
Cody Kirby dancing again!
Cody’s first effort -
http://hothungjocks.tumblr.com/post/70827823905/cody-kirby-getting-down-not-bad-for-a-white
The most important game of the year is coming next weekend: The VMI-Citadel game, where the only two true Military Colleges do battle for the prestigious “Silver Shako.”
Note: KL is not advocating for massive Rat-Knob brawl, no matter how epic and awesome it would be.
Seriously though, don’t do it.
DON’T.
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Happy Halloween! The Coogs took care of business last night at TDECU Stadium for the black-out game vs SMU. Then they topped off the night with a KICK-6 for the win!!
IG photo credit: @espncfb
Sources: Johnny Football and Mike Evans will leave Texas A&M early.
Will either player experience SUCCESS in the NFL?
http://www.rantsports.com/ncaa-football/2013/12/30/johnny-manziel-mike-evans-will-leave-texas-am-aggies-early-for-nfl/
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Every September Playboy Cover | Playboy
Denise Michele, Hope Olson and Lisa Sohm, September 1977
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