Arizona State gets a big kickoff return from Bolden and leads 7-3 in Madison. John Clay, the Badgers' big running back, is sitting out. ASU looks fasts vs. the UW power. Deantre Lewis just busted off a 38-yard run.
Threet is slinging it. The Sun Devils are spreading it out and then winning matchups up front. This would be a big upset, and a sobering one with the Ducks traveling to Tempe next week.
Tennessee up early 3-0 vs number 10 Florida early in the second quarter. If that storyline were to develop it helps the Ducks.
Every call is going Wisconsin's way. Sideline interference, block in the back, receiver just out of bounds. The calls were probably right, but will do nothing to reduce Dennis Erickson's legendary paranoia. He was in full-on Bobby Knight mode after the sideline interference call.
Michigan escapes at home versus Massachusetts 42-37, withstanding a furious UMass rally in the fourth quarter. #12 Wolverines host Bowling Green next week. The eight-game conference schedule is a ridiculous inequity in college football. So many teams avoid getting tested at all. Yeah, I know, the Ducks have Portland State today. But that was a fill-in game, they traveled to the SEC last week, and they play nine games in a dogfight of a conference. With nine conference games the conference is guaranteed nine extra losses, which drives down overall records and poll perception. Ultimately the Ducks will line up and play, but I hope one thing that comes out of all the realignment machinations is a nation-wide revamp of scheduling, say the top 64 teams in 8 conferences and non-conference matchups that mean something. I can dream, can't I?
Alabama rolling over Duke 28-3 with Ingram back. Florida gets a TD and leads UT 7-3. USC winning in lackluster fashion over Minnesota 13-7.
ASU 25-yard field goal, and the sea of red becomes very quiet, 10-3 ASU. The Badgers need to respond with a little smashmouth, three yards and a cloud of dust football, an 80-yard drive that gets Threet time to cool off on the sidelines for a long while.
But not every team handles adversity as well as the Ducks do. Nevada 52, Cal 31 last night.
Wisconsin looks s-l--o--w. Even when they break a big play they get caught from behind. An end around gets nothing because it's brutally slow to develop. A shovel pass has a crease but it closes short of the first down. They are a trudging lot, those Badgers.
Ohio State in a yawner over Ohio, 43-7. Pryor 22-29 for 235, 2 touchdowns and 2 picks. That all you got? Against Ohio? The Buckeyes don't leave the comfort of the Horseshoe until October. They have (whoo-hoo) Eastern Michigan next week. Really?
Arizona's offense will look awfully familiar to Duck fans, but it's definitely a passing spread. The Ducks must get some pressure on Threet. He's got a big-time arm, dangerous when unrushed and comfortable.
Nebraska up in the second 21-14 over Washington. I have a quarter riding on this game, the only time in four seasons I have rooted for Jake Locker. We'll see if he has a little Jay Berwanger in him.
Wisconsin tight end Kendricks makes a catch in the end zone with a defender draped all over him and Wisconsin goes in to the locker room ahead 13-10. Look for the Badgers to assert their will in the second half.
Are you kidding me? Wisconsin makes the dumb mistake of kicking deep with ten seconds to play, and the Sun Devils' Middlebrook runs it back 95 yards, a Cameron Colvin agonizing yard from the goal line as time expired. Bad coaching decision by Wisconsin, a narrow escape, and great recovery hustle play by their safety on the return team to save a touchdown. That one play is an incredible game changer, an example of how dumb it is to bet college football. You can't forecast that stuff, the moments that turn games one way or the other.
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