20 October 2019

Upsets and Close Calls

All hail the underdog...Georgia Tech, Illinois, BYU and Vandy...and a few others that came close. All this just serves the reminder that no matter how well you think you can predict - you can't.

Upsets
  • Illinois over the best defense in the land.
  • BYU over undefeated Boise State. That was the best 3rd quarter of football BYU has played in a long, long time.
  • Georgia Tech over Miami...in Miami.
  • Vanderbilt pulling off the upset over Missouri when Mizzou was having visions of the SEC-East crown.
Close Calls
  • Kentucky and Georgia scoreless at halftime? OK - there was a torrential rain but the Dawgs looked eerily similar to last week in their 2OT loss to South Carolina. (Maybe they're just holding back for the Florida - Auburn - Missouri - SEC Conference (?) games?).
  • Michigan almost regained some footing by tying up the white out game... but they are gone for good in 2019 if they lose to Notre Dame next week.
  • Washington seemed to have it all sealed up and then Oregon came back. Three losses was not the UW expectation this year.
  • Texas barely held off Kansa - the Mad Hatter is at it again. 
  • South CArolina kept things interesting with Florida hoping to pull off a second upset in as many weeks.
  • And the Sooner Schooner took a tumble - but everyone was OK.
More in Week 9?

Feasibly...
  • Auburn could knock off LSU.
  • Wisconsin could knock off Ohio State.
Not likely but it would make things interesting...


    • Michigan may just have enough stored up anger to pull off a W over the Irish.