Month: October 2022

Hudson Card connects with Xavier Worthy for a 10-yard touchdown to give the Texas Longhorns a 7-0 lead over the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Bryce Young suffered a sprained shoulder in the second quarter of Alabama’s 49-26 victory over Arkansas on Saturday.

The Jayhawks are 5–0 and set up for a surprisingly big showdown next week. Plus, Wake Forest takes down FSU.

Let’s catch our breath here after a feisty noon window. Kansas won again, this time after Iowa State missed a game-tying field goal attempt late, and is now 5–0 after the 14–11 victory. Jayhawks fans stormed the field, and it sets up what could be the early game of the year in the Big 12 when Kansas hosts TCU next weekend.

It’s such a big deal that the operators put up 5–0 on the big screen in the stadium as fans poured onto the field. They are truly partying like it’s 2007 in Lawrence thanks to the belief second-year coach Lance Leipold has brought to the program. Saturday’s game showed that Kansas can win without much from quarterback Jalon Daniels (7-for-14, 93 passing yards) and the offense, as the low-scoring affair would indicate. It was able to lean on stingy defense to shut down Iowa State’s run game and keep the Cyclones fairly one-dimensional. (ISU coach Matt Campbell will be second-guessed for leaning on a field goal kicker who finished the game 1 for 4.) But these Jayhawks aren’t a fad, and they’re certainly a factor in the Big 12 race moving forward.

MORE: CFB World Challenges AP Voters to Rank Kansas

Meanwhile, Wake Forest was a seven-point underdog to Florida State, and while there aren’t many times that the folks in Vegas get it wrong, they certainly did this time as the Deacons won 31–21 in Tallahassee to knock the Seminoles from the ranks of the undefeateds. 

Much is made and much will be made about Wake Forest’s passing attack, but what shined was its running game late in the proceedings, including on a 18-play, 66-yard drive to effectively ice the game and give Wake the 10-point lead. There were subplots in this game all week, including the Demon Deacons being not entirely pleased this game was being played in Florida at all on Saturday and a muddy travel situation as they tried to work around Hurricane Ian. But they got there, and they’re leaving victorious.

Elsewhere:

• Alabama’s Bryce Young has what coach Nick Saban told CBS is a “sprained shoulder,” which forced him to exit the 49–26 win over Arkansas in the second quarter. Backup Jalen Milroe came in and gave the Tide enough big plays in the run game with running back Jahmyr Gibbs to hold off the Hogs, who looked to be comeback-minded for a bit in the third quarter when they made things close. But Bama shut the door, and it’ll move on to Texas A&M next week.
• Oklahoma State beat Baylor 36–25. Quarterback Spencer Sanders was efficient with the ball, albeit not explosive in the passing game with a 20-for-29, 181-yard day, adding 75 yards on the ground.
• Yeah, there was a pretty big comeback for Ball State.

More College Football Coverage:

• Lane Kiffin Has Ole Miss Rolling On and Off the Field
• Oklahoma Blown Away By TCU as Old Problems Surface
• What We Know—and Don’t Know—About CFP Expansion

Nebraska Cornhuskers’ Casey Thompson Finds Oliver Martin down the sideline for the 34-yard touchdown and gives Nebraska the 7-0 lead over the Indiana Hoosiers.

Bryce Young suffered a sprained shoulder in the second quarter of Alabama’s 49-26 victory over Arkansas on Saturday.

Kansas holds a 5–0 record for the first time since the 2009 season.

Kansas beat Iowa State 14–11 on Saturday, making the Jayhawks 5–0 for the first time since 2009.

After finishing last in the Big 12 standings with a 2–10 record last season, Kansas coming out and winning their first five games was not necessarily expected by college football fans.

But, the Jayhawks continue to prove the critics wrong.

However, Kansas has yet to be ranked in the AP Top 25 this season, even though various schools with losses remain on the list. Could that change after the win over Iowa State? The Week 5 poll will be released on Sunday.

The Jayhawks’ win on Saturday caused an uproar on social media as the college football world begged AP poll voters to give Kansas the recognition some think they deserve.

Kansas will host undefeated TCU (4–0) next Saturday, and college football fans want ESPN’s College GameDay to make the trip to Lawrence, Kan., for the game.

College GameDay will announce its Saturday, Oct. 8 location sometime this week.

More CFB Coverage:

• The Lane Train Is Rolling at Ole Miss, On and Off the Field
• Alabama’s Bryce Young Heads to Locker Room With Apparent Injury
• Lincoln Riley’s Brother Leads TCU Offense in Oklahoma Blowout

With a second driver out with a concussion this year, NASCAR drivers enter Sunday’s race with additional trepidation.

No. 9 Oklahoma State defeated No. 16 Baylor 36-25, marking the Cowboys’ third-straight defeat of the Bears. The Cowboys held the Bears in check, only allowing three first-half points. Oklahoma State’s Jaden Nixon returned the opening second-half kickoff 98-yards for a touchdown. Both teams traded blows in the second half. Blake Shapen threw a costly interception late in the fourth quarter to seal the deal for the Cowboys. Spencer Sanders finished with 181 yards and a touchdown. The Oklahoma State defense forced two Baylor interceptions.

The defensive back is being taken to a local hospital for evaluation as a precaution.

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LSU cornerback Sevyn Banks was injured making a tackle on the opening kickoff against Auburn on Saturday night. 

Banks laid motionless on the ground for several minutes before being put on a stretcher and carted off by the field by medical personnel. He is being taken to a local hospital as a precaution.

According to the ESPN broadcast, Banks reportedly had movement in his extremities, and was responsive and speaking to medical staff on the field while he was being evaluated.

The officiating crew reviewed the play for targeting, and assessed the 15-yard penalty while ejecting the seriously injured Banks from the game.

This is a breaking news story. Stay tuned for updates.