Ole Miss tops Alabama and officially bursts the champagne bottle to start the voyage on Nick Saban’s final journey as ‘Bama coach?
Colorado is the next big thing, gonna win the Pac-12 going away?
Clemson won’t lose at home, even to Florida State?
USC quarterback Caleb Williams has no competition for Heisman, and is gonna be the second two-time winner ever?
If he were sitting here, Lee Corso would say his line: Not so fast, my friend.
Alabama’s offense wasn’t anything to write home about for the first half, but Jalen Milroe looked much better, even, than he did against Texas, and the defense was lights-out, holding Ole Miss to 10 points in a 24-10 Crimson Tide win.
Colorado was absolutely trounced by Oregon, 42-6, and I’m here to tell you: it was not that close. At one point, the Buffaloes had -33 rushing yards. The Buffaloes may be comin,’ but they’re not here just yet.
And in that game, Ducks quarterback Bo Nix, already a Heisman candidate in my mind, put the stamp on that letter and mailed it.
In other scores from a busy college football Saturday, the best of the season so far:
No. 2 Michigan trounced previously-unbeaten Rutgers, 31-7 (Rutgers 7-31 Michigan (Sep 23, 2023) Game Recap)
No. 4 Florida State had to go to overtime, but finally took out Clemson, 31-24 (Travis helps No. 4 Florida State snap 7-game losing streak to Clemson with 31-24 overtime victory)
No. 10 Oregon, as mentioned, beat No. 19 Colorado, 42-6 (No. 19 Colorado completely dominated in 42-6 loss to No. 10 Oregon)
No. 11 Utah held off No. 22 UCLA, but by just a touchdown, 14-7 (Dante Moore and UCLA can’t break Utah’s relentless defense in loss )
No. 13 Alabama 24, No. 15 Ole Miss 10, and please, no Jackson Dart memes (Milroe, No. 13 Alabama’s defense prevail 24-10 over No. 15 Ole Miss)
No. 16 Oklahoma (somewhat quietly) remained undefeated, and moved to 4-0, with a 20-6 win over Cincinnati in Cincinnati’s first game as a member of the Big 12 Conference (No. 16 Oklahoma beats Cincinnati 20-6 in Bearcats’ Big 12 debut)
No. 18 Duke is also a quiet 4-0, and blasted UConn, 41-7, in a road game Saturday (Duke football aces road test with dominant showing at UConn )
No. 20 Miami, again, 4-0, put up 24 first-half points in a 41-7 spanking of Temple (Van Dyke throws for 3 TDs, Parrish rushes for 2 scores, unbeaten No. 20 Miami routs Temple 41-7)
Texas A&M isn’t ranked, and had a quarterback injury, but did enough to get by Auburn, 27-10, in the Southeastern Conference opener for both programs (Johnson throws 2 TD passes after Weigman injured to lead Texas A&M to 27-10 win over Auburn)
Also earlier, Kentucky beat Vanderbilt, 45-28, in the SEC opener for both of those teams – the Wildcats are 4-0; Syracuse beat Army, 29-16, and the Orange are 4-0; Troy held off Western Kentucky, 27-24; Marshall beat Virginia Tech, 24-17 – Tech is 1-3, my goodness; TCU beat SMU, 34-17, and coach Sonny Dykes’ Horned Frogs’ only loss is to Colorado in an ultra-close game; Tulsa beat Northern Illinois, 22-14; Toledo beat Western Michigan, 49-31; Georgia Southern spanked Ball State, 40-3; Illinois beat Florida Atlantic, 23-17; Michigan State’s problems continue, and how: they lost to Maryland, 31-9; a week after playing Florida State tight, Boston College lost to Louisville, 56-28; Kansas defeated BYU in BYU’s first-ever Big 12 game, 38-27; West Virginia defeated Texas Tech, 20-13; Old Dominion edged Texas A&M-Commerce, 10-9; Ohio routed Bowling Green, 38-7; and Miami (Ohio) beat Delaware State convincingly, 62-20.
