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Rivalries Are The Best Thing In Sports

Week 13 also known as rivalry week, because of the amount of instate matchups, is always known for having the best games and this year was no exception. This week everything from upsets, to classics, to possibly the greatest and craziest game of all time. This weekend also produced many, many points as defence was almost non existent the whole weekend. Image result for texas a&m lsu

#7 LSU vs #22 Texas A&M is undoubtedly the best game of the year and possibly the best college football game ever. In a stunning 7 overtime shootout, Texas A&M beat LSU 74 – 72 in the highest scoring game ever in college football. A&M was down by 7 with 2 seconds to go and with 0:00 on the clock they scored the game tying touchdown to send it to an overtime thriller. From there another 84 combined points were scored in overtime with the game officially ending when Kellen Mond connected with Kendrick Rogers for the two point play securing the win. If you love defence then this game definitely wasn’t for you as there were so many completely open catches and if it’s anything to do with the score the defence did not show up in College Station. If you weren’t able to watch the game live, I do recommend you go back and watch the highlights for this game as it truly was something special and there might never be another score this high ever again.

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The second biggest game this weekend was “The Game”, between archrivals #10 Ohio State and #4 Michigan. Ohio State was on a 6 game winning streak in this rivalry with Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh having never won “The Game.” Ohio State extended their winning streak in this historic rivalry to 7 games as the trounced Michigan 62 – 39. Michigan came into this game with the #1 ranked defence in the nation but for whatever reason they could not stop Dwayne Haskins and the high scoring Buckeye offence. Michigan were the favorites going in to this game as they had looked super dominate the past couple of weeks and Ohio State was not looking impressive as there defence had just given up 51 points to Maryland. However, something must have changed in the past week and Ohio States defence looked fast and playoff ready. This game does pose a problem for the playoff committee because if Ohio States does go on and win the Big 10 Championship game, it will be difficult to allow them into the playoff with them having a terrible blowout loss to Purdue.

Overall this weekend was a super exciting weekend with contains all the best games of the year. Going forward, next weekend we have all the conference championship games, which will have the biggest impact on who makes it to the college football playoff. Depending on who wins and who loses it could make the choices made by the committee on who gets in either really straight forward or they’ll have to cut a few surprising teams.

Conference Championship Games:

 

Pac-12 Championship Game:

#16 Washington vs #17 Utah

ACC Championship Game:

#2 Clemson vs #24 Pittsburgh

Big 12 Championship Game:

#6 Oklahoma vs #14 Texas

AAC Championship Game:

#9 UCF vs Memphis

SEC Championship Game:

#1 Alabama vs #5 Georgia

Big Ten Championship Game:

#10 Ohio State vs #19 Northwestern

Mountain West Championship Game:

#23 Boise State vs Fresno State

 

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Looks Like Alabama is a Runaway Train

One thing we learned from this weekend was that Alabama is by far the best team in college football. Alabama this weekend had to go into Baton Rouge and face a fierce LSU team on the road in one of the most unforgiving stadiums to play in. However, the deafening crowd soon quieted down after scoring a touchdown 10 minutes into the game. After that, it’s like the wind had left the sails of LSU’s amazing season and they were never able to get their offense going and went on to be shut out 29-0. Alabama looked really well rounded whereas LSU looked good on defence but their offence could not do anything to save their life. LSU only had 12 rushing yards and 184 throwing yards which is nowhere near enough to have a chance against the best team in the nation. Overall, Alabama still convinced us they are the best and LSU now looks on from the outside as they won’t be making the playoff this year.

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Alabama almost has no flaws except for their kicking abilities. Joseph Bulovas, Alabama’s kicker is ranked 74th in the country which is massively lower compared to their other positions. Alabama ranks high in almost everyother category but kicking is not one of them. This could possibly be a problem going forward if they ever get into a close game and they lose because of a couple missed field goals or extra points.

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The rest of the team however, are all on the top of their game and are some of the best in the country. For starters, their quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is the #1 quarterback in all of college football and right now is in firm control of the race for the Heisman Trophy. Quinton Williams (DL) was by far the best player in the LSU game as he posted 2.5 sacks, 7 tackles and 3 assists. Quinton leads a really strong Alabama defence and will most likely be a future star in the NFL. Alabama’s offence would not be complete without their amazing wide receivers and running backs. Jerry Judy ranks #7 in the nation in receiving yards and is surrounded by fellow wide receivers DeVonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle. These guys are used lots in the game as Tua makes it really easy for them to succeed with this near perfect throw. Alabama also has solid ground game as they have a great trio of running backs which they can easily rotate to keeping their legs fresh. Najee Harris, Josh Jacobs and Damien Harris keep the defence on edge as they pose a massive threat where if the defense focuses to much on the quarterback they can easily explode and have a massive gain. This year’s team might be one of the best coach Nick Saban has ever had and that is saying lots as he has won 5 out of the past 9 national championships at Alabama. Only time will tell if another team in the nation will even have a slight chance against them.

My prediction of the week for week 11 will be for the Clemson vs Boston College game. Clemson is looking extremely strong right now after destroying Louisville 77-16 last week and they might be the only team that can compete with Alabama. I expect the game to be a little closer then last weeks game but still Clemson wins, 47-20.

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