Week 9 – Sunday Storylines

Bean Ball – “Oh my God, it’s Jason Bean!”

Against a lot of logic and traditional thinking, led by backup QB Jason Bean, the Kansas Jayhawks upset No. 8 Oklahoma on Saturday by a score of 38-33. What an astounding win for Lance Leipold and company. That’s a statement win. Few believed in the Jayhawks (outside myself), but you love to see these types of upsets. It’s what makes the sport fun.

Broken Beavers – Credit where credit is due. Jedd Fisch and company went against the odds and made life hell for our beloved Beavs. What a victory! Despite very few people being awake to watch this game…I’ll still remember this. Good win for the Cats!

Maserati Marv – Ohio State might be sort of suspect at the quarterback position, but hey man, when you got it, you got it. And I’ll be damned if Marvin Harrison Jr. ain’t got it. That dude is a bona fide star. Heisman potential? You be the judge.

Dawgs gotta eat – Sometimes you’re just bigger, faster and better than your opponent and that’s what we got with UGA-UF. UGA is just in a different stratosphere than the Gators and it showed on Saturday.

Ducks fly together – Oregon heard the noise about the amphibious nature of the Utah offense and took a garden hoe to that nonsense. Bo Nix carved up the Utes and that just sort of settles that. Good on Oregon, they’re still really good and deserve another go at UW for the title. Let’s have it!

Hopeful Huskers – My fingers are bleeding as I type this, but I’m ashamed to admit that Nebraska, against logic and rational thinking, keeps finding ways to win. Today, they took the meat clever to Purdue and look ripe for a run to Indianapolis. I can’t believe it either…it makes no sense.

Brohm-ination – Jeff Brohm off a bye week, man. My guy dialed it up and Louisville made light work of No. 20 Duke 23-0. Pitching a shutout, albeit against a hurt Riley Leonard, still ain’t nothin. Good win for the Cards.

USC-Cal got in the booze cabinet – You want drunk? Well, I present you drunk. Despite a pregame protest (yes, I shit you not), we arrived at an absolute banger of a game. The Trojans had to do a little comeback maneuver, but managed to make plays–and make a crucial stop–when they needed to most. We will temporarily remove USC from Quit Watch for now.

Vols over Cats – Joe Milton and the Tennessee Vols did just enough to outlast Devin Leary and the Wildcats en route to a 33-27 win. Despite my better judgment, maybe Tennessee is still pretty good? Milton didn’t perform but they won on the back of 250ish yards on the ground. Do what you gotta do, I suppose.

Y’all OK? – Hey, Maryland…y’all OK? What the hell, man? You lost to Northwestern?

Very nice from SMU – Rarely do beatdowns make it to the main stage, but here we are. SMU hung a smooth 69! (very nice!) on Tulsa and that deserves a shutout. I bet y’all are regretting that hire now, huh Tulsa?

Pitt Problems – We’ve officially reached the ‘Pat Narduzzi is wrongfully bitching about the roster’ point of the season. I hope you’re happy Pitt fans. I’d be pissed if my coach’s nonsense comments were being quote-tweeted by CURRENT PLAYERS and making the rounds. Tough scene.

Downbad Dabo – NC State beat Clemson 24-17, effectively ending the Tigers’ 10-wins-per-year streak. Tough scene for such a good guy like Dabo. Maybe a down year such as this will encourage him to embrace the modern aspects of the sport.

NIGHT BEES – 635 yards. 348 on the ground…welcome to the resistance Gene Chizik. I spent a good chunk of my summer complaining about how this defense wouldn't be shit, and well when you’re right, you’re right. Tough for Drake Maye. UNC is just another average, bad-defense ACC team. Mega tough.

Rollin’ RedHawks – Despite being down their superstar quarterback Brett Gabbert, the Redhawks used a diet of steady run plays and stiff defense to take down Ohio and grab hold of the MAC East. What a huge win! Not the usual type of stuff with a backup QB…major props for rushing for 188 yards and getting it done on defense.

Troy is back – Despite a bit of early season inconsistency, I’m happy to report that our Jon Sumrall-led Trojans are back. They defeated America’s Team 31-13 and are back in the driver’s seat for the Sun Belt title.

Gundy! – Look, I don’t make the rules but Gundy and the Okie State Cowboys are MF back. They’re 6-2 after a big win against Cincy and look ripe to make life hell for OU next week. Gundy, man. He’s the Boogey Man you just can’t get rid of.

+6.5 Miami OH vs. Ohio – +1 unit

Mississippi State vs. Auburn OVER 43 – -1 unit

Colorado vs. UCLA UNDER 64 - +1 unit