2018-18 NCAA Football (Week 3)

Games I watched (some of):
(4) Ohio State 40-28 (15) TCU
Gotta admit: I thought TCU was better. The Buckeyes had a defensive spasm in the 3rd where they blocked a punt and picked off a pass, allowing them to clock 3 TD's in like a minute and a half, game changer.  Before that I thought TCU was quite comfortably in control of this game--man, I was really impressed with TCU WR's, they made a lot of great catches. But the Buckeyes did what they needed to do and once they got the lead, they responded and salted the game away. Really good W for the Buckeyes, tough L for TCU.

(12) LSU 22-21 (7) Auburn
LSU got off to a good start, Auburn clawed back to take the lead, LSU engineered a perfect 4th quarter drive to steal the W. Really a good game, if a little uneven. Both teams made plays when they needed to, both played stout D. I was generally impressed with both (though hard to imagine either of them challenging Alabama in the SEC West). Good W for LSU, tough loss for Auburn.

Vanderbilt 17-22 (8) Notre Dame
Vandy had their chance to take this game late--that's gotta be scary for Notre Dame fans! Vandy is a team that is light on talent but usually strong on fundamentals, if you mess around these guys can beat you. So did Notre Dame take this team lightly or are they just not very good? Shaky W for Notre Dame (2nd in a row for them), good effort from Vandy.


Top 25
Handled their business
(1) Alabama, (2) Clemson, (3) Georgia, (4) Ohio State, (5) Oklahoma, (9) Stanford, (10) Washington, (11) Penn State, (12) LSU, (16) Mississippi State, (19) Michigan, (20) Oregon, (21) Miami, (24) Oklahoma State


Got it done but did not impress
(8) Notre Dame (hmmmm....struggled at home to Vandy after struggling at home to Ball State....how is Michigan feeling right now?)


Bad beat
(15) TCU (except for a defensive burst in the 3rd, TCU was more or less better than the Buckeyes)
(7) Auburn (yeah, a conference loss at home is more than a Bad Beat but LSU is better than advertised and this game was pretty even)
(17) Boise State (I dunno, they kinda got run but it was a road game to a good squad, so I'm calling it a Bad Beat)


Not good
(6) Wisconsin (they don't run up the points on people (re: they're suspect on big spreads) but they forgot to score enough to win this one)
(22) Southern Cal (didn't get much going against Texas, not a good look this early in the season)
(23) Arizona State (didn't see it, have no idea what happened)


Hurricane cancellations (stay strong, Carolinas!)
(13) Virginia Tech, (14) West Virginia, (18) Central Florida