Devon Johnson (who we ranked the top player in our state-by-state rankings) smashed into the end zone to give Marshall their first victory ever against a Big Ten team and make Conference USA, the Mountain West, and the American Athletic conferences a combined 5-5 against Power Conferences (see scoreboard below).
Texas A&M ran No. 15 Arizona State off a neutral field as the Pac-12 imploded this weekend. The conference was projected to go 10-2, and instead went 7-5 with stunning losses to Hawaii, Northwestern, and non-FBS Portland State to fall to a distant fifth in the conference rankings.
Down 28-27 on Saturday and with only one second left on the clock, BYU backup quarterback Tanner Magnum threw up a hail mary of 42-yards to receiver Mitch Matthews for the game-winning touchdown to win 33-28 to spoil new Nebraska head
The Charlotte 49ers emerged (1-0 all-time in FBS play) victorious over Georgia State (0-23 all-time) in a battle of perhaps the two worst teams in FBS.
Skai Moore’s late interceptions saved the SEC from a second upset on the opening day of the football season, but the conference still joined the American and Sun Belt as Thursday’s disappointments.
The Ohio State University athletic department released a video of someone set up to wait in the facilities dressed as a dummy football player jumping out and scaring actual players as they walk by. The dummy had more success at bringing down Ohio
College basketball’s win-or-go-home NCAA Tournament rakes in surprisingly fewer viewers than a string of “meaningless” college football bowl games.
The College Football Playoff National Championship will generate more money wagered than any game in college football history.
ESPN analysts Brian Griese and Dave Pasch argued that University of Texas alumni should “get behind” coach Charlie Strong and that some were doubting him for “the wrong reasons” during their coverage of the Texas Bowl on Monday. Griese said
The Liberty Bowl set twitter ablaze at the end of the first quarter as West Virginia fans began to point out that a person on the Texas A&M sideline punched a West Virginia University player in the neck and elbowed another.
The University of Texas Longhorns are once again the most valuable college football team in the nation. Valued with a net worth of $131 million, the team managed to hold onto the top position despite a six percent drop in net worth from 2013.
