College Football Madness - Around the Country

There were plenty of eye-opening plays this weekend throughout college football. Let's take a look at a few, just for fun.

Georgia vs. Auburn: The Hail Mary

By now, every real college football fan and their mother have (has?) seen this play. Still, it doesn't make it any less miraculous. The Bulldogs did everything they could but correctly bat the ball down, and on a 4th and 18 no less.

UCF vs. Temple: The One Hander

This play has catch of the year written all over it. Think about it - not only was the catch amazing, it gave the Knights the win and kept them inside the top 15. This is certainly a play that all 48 fans in the stadium will never forget.

Now we get to some lesser clips, although they are still very noteworthy. These are plays that you probably didn't see on SportsCenter, but still interesting.

Oklahoma State vs Texas: Tip Drill

Check out this catch by Oklahoma State receiver Tracy Moore. Chelf had Moore in double coverage, but somehow it ended up in a touchdown.

If you were able to see it, #17 for the Longhorns actually has the ball go through his hands. The ball then continues to bounce off of his hands, right into the hands of Moore. This should have been Texas ball, but what a great effort by Tracy.

It's also fair to say that after the game, Mike Gundy sealed his title as the best dancing coach in the Big12.

(see video at http://www.pistolsfiringblog.com/mike-gundy-dances-after-osu-win-over-texas)

Alabama vs. MSU: The Hit

This one is pretty self explanatory. 

I don't know about you, but my head hurt from just watching that hit. If I were him, I would have to check my pants after that absolute decimation by #22 Jones.

Northwestern vs Michigan: The Shank/The Kick

Okay, first of all, I have been calling middle and high school games for quite a while now, and I have seen some BAD football. I mean the bad where most of the kids on the field don't know what side of the ball they should be on. And with these types of teams, the poorest phase of all three has to be the special teams. There is nothing "special" about it; I've seen some kids have negative net yard punts. That's where the kid punts the ball behind his head and the pigskin rolls away from the line of scrimmage. But seeing this stuff in college? Is it even possible to see that bad of special teams in college? Well, the Wildcats remind us that anything is possible.

This was a booming seven yard punt that put Michigan in a first down and goal on the Wildcat 10 yard line. 

Needless to say, Coach Fitzy wasn't pleased.

Especially after this spectacular effort by the Wolverines' special teams when they ran onto the field just in time to tie the game.

Another little tidbit about the game - apparently Jack Link's Beef Jerky company is trying to increase publicity by having a guy dressed up as Sasquatch go to games and sit in the stands. 

While this is a very bizarre publicity tactic, they get a solid 10 for creativity. 

OU vs Iowa State: The Hit pt. 2

In all of my years of watching college football, I have seen a couple of strange instances involving stupid college students running across the field to gain personal attention. My favorite of these instances would have to be when Arizona and UCLA were playing a couple of years ago, when a streaking instance ended in a field-wide brawl between the two teams.

While the actual streaking is a great spectacle, my favorite part is watching him/her getting thrown to the ground by police. This one certainly didn't disappoint.

Well, that will wrap this one up, folks. With all of these great (and not so great) plays all around the country, it was just yet another wonderful week of college football.