The loaded Week 7 slate did not disappoint across college football.
The banner game of the day between No. 7 Washington and No. 8 Oregon lived up to every bit of the pregame hype, with the Huskies prevailing at home, 36–33, thanks to some timely throws by star quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and some questionable game management decisions from Oregon coach Dan Lanning.
Elsewhere, No. 21 Notre Dame dominated No. 10 USC, 48–20, in South Bend, as the Fighting Irish defense forced five Trojans turnovers.
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Author: Michael
BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU’s notorious Tiger Stadium is known as a legendary, dangerous weapon of record volume for the home team.
On Saturday night, the No. 22 Tigers really didn’t need the 102,321 loud, boisterous, mostly crazy Cajuns all that much. LSU took a 17-0 lead in the first quarter and coasted to a 48-18 win over Auburn in front of a capacity crowd.
No, LSU didn’t need a small earthquake to register on the school’s seismograph in the Geology Department. That actually happened after an LSU touchdown beat Auburn, 7-6, in the final moments here in 1988.
The 2023 Pac-12 football season appears destined to be remembered as a supernova: an instance of an institution reaching its fullest form before violently burning out.
With the looming departure of 10 of its 12 members to the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12, seemingly every team in the conference has brought its A-game. Even its lower-division teams have shown flashes—take Stanford’s comeback win over Colorado Friday night—and Washington’s triumph over Oregon on Saturday was a national game of the year contender.
Notre Dame had a brutal three week stretch leading up to its game against USC, but the Fighting Irish didn’t let the loss last week affect them tonight. In what felt like the first true test for Caleb Williams and the Trojans, they suffered their first loss of the season, 48-20.
This was the sixth straight loss for USC in South Bend, while Notre Dame faced its fourth straight ranked opponent.
Questions surrounding USC have been running rampant since barely surviving against Arizona last week, and Sam Hartman, along with the Notre Dame defense answered them tonight.
Ducks coach Dan Lanning, whose three failed fourth-down attempts backfired, said he has only himself to blame for Saturday’s loss in the rivalry game against the Huskies.
Caleb Williams and the Trojans were looking to sharpen some things up. Instead, all of their problems were on full display as he threw three interceptions en route to an ugly loss.
SEATTLE — Dan Lanning is the guy who takes a card in blackjack with 18 showing. Then he’s surprised when he busts the hand. Over and over and over.
There is aggressive coaching, which is very much in vogue. And then there is foolhardy coaching. Lanning has crossed the Rubicon into recklessness.
The Oregon coach has become the fourth-down dunce of college football, repeatedly going for it when a kick—a field goal, a punt, just send out the kicking team, Dan—would be the smarter play.
Boozer’s Explorers came out strong, extending the game to a 12-point lead, leaving Dybantsa’s Prolific Prep scrambling and not having any answers. The Explorers took the win in a commanding fashion, 83-61.
USC quarterback Caleb Williams is one of the most exciting and dynamic college football players in quite some time. He’s got one Heisman Trophy on his resume, could get another, and already has some basement-dwelling NFL teams mulling over the possibility of throwing in the towel on this season to draft him.
But do you know what he can’t do? Tackle.
Fortunately, for his sake, there aren’t too many situations where he needs to bring someone down. However, he faced one on Saturday night against Notre Dame, and it was anything but impressive.
Very little has gone right for No. 10 USC Saturday evening against No. 21 Notre Dame.
The Trojans went down 24–3 in the first half, kicking a late field goal to trim the margin to 18 at the intermission. Quarterback Caleb Williams threw three interceptions in the worst half of his storied career. In a game where USC’s much-maligned defense rose to the occasion at times, its offense was dormant.
One play, however, summed up the Trojans’ futility.