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WOW! Huge win for 25 Missouri on the road in Athens today over 7 UGA, 41-26. To be fair, the dawgs were without the services of five offensive weapons, two starting running backs, and three starting wide receivers, but those guys do not play defense. You toss in four turnovers and you have a recipe for defeat…and that is exactly what the dawgs got (sorry, but as a GT fan, never really upset to see UGA go down in defeat!) Aaron Murray did his best to bring the dawgs back and in the third quarter, outscoring Mizz 10 – 0, it appeared he just might get it done. But Mizz came back, courtesy of some very neatly wrapped gifts from the Bulldogs, two costly fumbles and a very untimely interception. Another interception came as time was running out. (The Tigers lead the nation in interception take aways this year with 13). Missouri is now 6 -0 but faces a serious challenge ahead as starting QB James Franklin went out in the second half with a separated shoulder (he was injured in the game against UGA last year as well, not good karma?). Really bad news is that it is now being reported he will likely miss six weeks, effectively the remainder of the season. Florida comes to Missouri next weekend and then South Carolina will follow. Huge win, but also a huge loss for the Tigers of Coach Gary Pinkel.
In the Red River Rivalry, a shocker! Texas out shoots 12 Oklahoma, 36 – 20 breaking a three game losing streak in this rivalry game. Given the year the Longhorns have been having, this performance came out of nowhere and it truly was a dominating one. Guess Mack Brown has a big smile on his face right now! The old ball coach, Steve Spurrier is smiling right now as well, first South Carolina hammered Arkansas, 52 – 7, Clowney played the whole game, and that UGA-Missouri game outcome makes him happy as well.
10 LSU leads the 17 Gators 14 – 6 early in the 4th quarter, 2 Oregon leads 16 Washington, 21- 7 at the half, and 3 Clemson finally went up on Boston College early in the third quarter, 10 -7…perhaps the Tigers are looking ahead to next week’s BIG game with FSU! Stanford will kickoff at 6:00 pm EST at Utah and Georgia Tech vs. BYU gets underway at 7:00 pm EST.
In tennis news, Roger Federer announced on his website that he and coach Paul Annacone have decided to go their separate ways after three and a half years. Annacone was on board last year when Roger won Wimbledon and regained the number one ranking to set the all time mark for weeks at the #1 position. This year has been very tough for Fed, I believe a bad back has bothered him throughout, and clearly he is not ready to call it a day. Will be very interesting to see if Roger brings someone else in or sticks with longtime coach, friend, adviser, Severin Luthi, the Swiss Davis Cup captain. Clearly, Fed wants to finish the year, make the year end finals in London and go into next year with the intention of making some noise! I am all for it, not ready to see the Federer magic come to an end.
Back later with more football scores!
2 Oregon appears to be headed for a big win over 16 Washington, 45 – 24 with under four minutes left in the game! 5 Stanford is in a battle at Utah, tied 14 – 14. 3 Clemson survived Boston College, 24 – 14 and will be undefeated when 6 FSU comes to Death Valley next Saturday night. 10 LSU over 17 Florida, 17 – 6. GT meanwhile just underway against BYU and already trails 7 – 0. Now tied 7 – 7. Homecoming for BYU and it is not a compliment when you are the “homecoming date” in this sense!
Texas A & M vs. Ole Miss on ESPN at 8:30 pm EST. Stanford and Utah in a battle (Yikes, Stanford trails Utah 21 – 14 in the second quarter) and GT vs. BYU just midway through first quarter.
Final: Utah 27 – Stanford 21! I hate it!!! Big fan of the Cardinals but they were outplayed, had turnovers and failed to convert on 4th down near the goal line with time running out. One of three unbeaten teams to fall…along with Oklahoma and Michigan who went down in a thriller…losing in 4OT to Penn State at Happy Valley…43 – 40. That game was special!
Enjoy your evening and the rest of the action!
