Haven’t caught my breath yet but that might be the still lingering effects of Covid. 
What a game. Throat is hoarse. Exhausted, but what a win. Texas still sucks.
Hope you're feeling better after that win.
Congrats to you and Wemmick on a big RRS win.
What a day of football in general. OU-Texas got us going. Ole Miss-Arkansas was a classic also. Iowa-Penn State with late drama. And capped off by ND and Michigan's road escapes and Alabama finally going down, at A&M.
It's a shame A&M had the injury to Haynes King early and couldn't figure it out until tonight really. Only scored 10 points against a terrible Colorado team and against Arkansas. That Mississippi State loss last week will haunt them. Credit Calzada for figuring it out and having the game of his life tonight.
In some ways, this is the best loss (other than to UF) for Alabama. This could've been a Top-10 or even Top-5 game, and an Alabama loss with A&M going undefeated or 1-loss would keep Bama out of the SEC Championship game. But with A&M already at 2 SEC losses, Bama may yet escape and win the division. They've already beaten Ole Miss (might be the second best team in the west) and Florida (difficult cross-over). Auburn doesn't look special, and LSU is a dumpster-fire. Arkansas's on the up and up, but it's probably too early for them to challenge Bama. If only A&M had one more year of Kellen Mond, eh.
Georgia should be the happiest though. They'll be #1, and they just smacked Arkansas and Auburn back to back weeks. Auburn isn't great, but it was a road rivalry game with a bunch of injuries, including Daniels too. No problem, rolled them easily. It's a performance of champions. Bama's O-Line and pass protection in general looked really susceptible with A&M bring pressure from different places. Saban and his coaches will get it right, but bet Kirby wishes his defense could've taken their shot at Bama sooner rather than later.
Penn State controlled that Iowa game until Clifford's injury. That PSU backup QB was overmatched to say the least. Iowa escaped, but they didn't look great. They've got very suspect QB play. Ohio State's heating up again, although the Big Ten East is brutal. OSU doesn't have a conference loss though, so all a go for them.
Elsewhere, in addition to Bama-A&M, the night games of Michigan-Nebraska and ND-VT were terrific also. Nebraska's been playing harder the last few weeks, coming up just short at OU and Michigan State. They blew out a disappointing Northwestern team. I had this tabbed as an upset and Scott Frost getting his signature win on national TV, but once again, Nebraska clutched defeat from the jaws of victory. They battled back behind Martinez's 4 TDs, and after allowing a game-tying field goal, were driving for the win. Then, nightmare. Martinez fumbles, and Michigan kicks the go-ahead field goal. Nebraska gets it to midfield easily but then 4 awful plays, capped off by a desperate heave on 4th and 10 ended all hopes of an upset. What could've been a job-saving signature moment for Frost ends up a shitshow in 32-29 loss. Still, Nebraska will have at least two more marquee games with OSU and then with Iowa at the end of the year. Maybe it'll be for a bowl bid, an upset in a rivalry, and Frost's job on the line in that one. Wow. Michigan, Ohio State, and Iowa all in Lincoln this year. Got to get 1 of those and then a bowl game.
As for Virginia Tech, speaking of coaches on the hot seat who lost 32-29, Fuente and Cornelson the OC are really disliked by the fanbase. And again, just like with Frost, the VT coaching staff had a chance to pull off a big win. Instead, it was horrible coaching at the end. Notre Dame's QB situation was a total mess, but Coan, after being benched, showed some great stuff with a late TD and a wild 2-pt conversion to tie the game at 29. Tech, like Nebraska, has the chance to go ahead, but Cornelson calls a terrible series of plays resulting in a punt. ND marches down the field. On third and short, they're stopped with about 30 seconds left. Fuente waits for almost 10 seconds before stopping the clock. ND makes the field goal, but Tech has only less than 20 seconds to respond.
Both Fuente and Frost could've had big upsets tonight to help salvage their job security, and both their teams threw it away late (bad coaching, bad execution), in 32-29 defeats. Woof. Fuente is in worse shape with his fan base. At least, some fans sound like they want to stick with Frost and continue to see the progress. Tech fans have been really hating on Fuente for a while.
What a day of college football though.
Georgia is your new #1 when the polls come out.
