Plus, examining the panic meter on five teams who have an immediate problem to fix.
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where there have been 1,991 punts at the FBS level but just 20 returned for touchdowns.Some undefeated teams that look strong have to do a little more this week than they’ve been asked to thus far. The Dash examines five teams taking on an enhanced challenge:, but it hasn’t played anybody yet. That will change in East Lansing, Mich.
With opponents ranked Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 11 and 14 remaining on the schedule, Oklahoma’s debut SEC season has the potential to become a complete wreck. Enjoy the revenue, Sooners.Beating a ranked team is great, and the Wolverines did so Saturday by coming back to take down the USC Trojans. But the method is not sustainable—they threw for just 32 yards, with no completions longer than 10 yards.
The South Alabama Jaguars, scorer of 135 points in their last two games, could be a stealth threat Saturday. And then after that comes Ole Miss.The program made no players available to the media after the 70-point humiliation against the James Madison Dukes on Saturday and announced there will be no player interviews this week before playing the rival Duke Blue Devils.
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