Week 3 doesn’t look very appealing at first glance. There’s only one matchup between the top teams on Saturday, so it’s a great weekend for zapping.
It’s also potentially a great weekend for an upset that no one is expecting. Every year there’s a week or two without many standout games. And more often than not, a week we all thought would be straightforward ends with a shocking result. Will that happen this weekend? We’ll soon find out.
Here’s the afternoon game we’ll be keeping a close eye on on Saturday.
That rivalry continues even though Oregon is now a member of the Big Ten and Oregon State and Washington State are in the Pac-12 wilderness (though they did receive some encouraging news this week). Oregon has dropped from No. 3 earlier in the season to No. 9 thanks to two close wins. The Beavers hope to defeat their hated rivals at home, especially after the Ducks dropped out of the Pac-12.
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LSU wins after the tying kick misses!
South Carolina kicker Alex Herrera narrowly missed a 49-yard field goal that would have tied the game as time expired. What a bitter end for the Gamecocks.
Touchdown, Oregon
The Ducks are on the scoreboard after a masterful opening drive. Jordan James crowns it all with a short TD run.
Touch down, LSU!
The Tigers take the lead on a 2-yard touchdown run by Josh Williams on third down. With just 1:12 left in the game, LSU leads 36-33.
Oregon prevents OSU’s opener
The rivalry game is currently underway in Corvallis, where Oregon State was looking to score first before the following happened:
LSU strives for victory
LSU has the ball and is near the end zone after Kyren Lacy catches the ball for the first and deciding drive with less than two minutes left in the game.
Final score: Missouri 27, BC 21
Brady Cook saves the ball on a crucial third down and the Tigers run out the clock. Missouri survives a scare to win against a top-25 team, Boston College.
So we’re at the two-minute warning in both games. Missouri is trying to run down the clock against BC, while LSU is trailing with the ball against South Carolina.
Put on BC!
Thomas Castellanos finds Kamari Morales for a 38-yard touchdown to cut Missouri’s lead. There are just under 4 minutes left in the game and BC trails 27-21.
FSU loses to Memphis
Florida State’s season got even worse with a home loss to Memphis. Here’s the final play of the game.
Final score: Alabama 42, Wisconsin 10
LSU loses the ball
What a brutal timing for a fumbled snap. The Tigers were trailing in the fourth quarter and Garrett Nussmeier was clearly not prepared for that snap. The Gamecocks kicked it off with a field goal and took a 33-29 lead.
Intercept Mizzou
BC’s Thomas Castellanos makes another miss and Missouri’s Dreyden Norwood falls with
End of the 3rd quarter: Missouri 24, BC 14
The Tigers are up by two possessions as we head into the final quarter. Brady Cook has started to find Luther Burden; the receiver has over 100 yards and a TD so far.
Touchdown, Gamecocks!
Raheim Sanders just ran past the LSU defense for a 66-yard touchdown. Once he was out, he was gone. What a run by Sanders!
Touch down, LSU!
The Tigers took the lead! Garrett Nussmeier found Mason Taylor in the corner of the end zone, who easily passed and caught the ball, giving LSU the lead. The Tigers defeated the Gamecocks 29-7 after the home team took an early 17-0 lead.
LSU touchdown:
Caden Durham finds the end zone again for the Tigers, but he fails to convert the 2-point conversion, leaving them 24-22 behind in Columbia, South Carolina.
Touchdown Alabama
The Crimson Tide capitalize on another Wisconsin fumble and Jalen Milroe scores another touchdown to extend Alabama’s lead, and that pretty much wraps it up at Camp Randall.
LSU stopped at the goal line
The Tigers had a chance at the end zone and potentially could have tied the game, but were stopped by a disastrous fourth down and a short time at the goal line.
Touchdown Wisconsin
With backup quarterback Braedyn Locke at the helm, the Badgers put together a respectable 17-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that was capped off by a pass from Locke to Will Pauling.
