Week 7 Recap: The Rest

Alabama 26, Mississippi 23 (OT)
The heck? Ole Miss keeps getting outgained, 441-304 in this case, but they keep winning or keeping it close lately. The Ole Miss offense was at least decent this time around, but the defense couldn't stop the Tide by air (John Parker Wilson: 16/28, 206, 2 TD) or on the ground (Kenneth Darby: 162 yards). So yeah, Ole Miss is as bad as their record, but not as good as their scores.

Arizona 20, Stanford 7
Stanford only managed 92 yards. Oh Cardinal, you are no...any team but Temple.

Connecticut 21, Army 7
UConn gained 382 yards of mostly-empty yardage, as 2 of the 3 TDs came on a punt return and a 98-yard Terry Caulley run. Matt Bonislawski only threw for 139, but the key number for the Huskies QB was 0, as in 0 interceptions. Also, new kicker Graig Vicidomino went 0/3 on FGs, actually result in...yes, the return of Matt Nuzie. He never really left, but God help us all.

Bowling Green 24, Eastern Michigan 21
EMU WR Eric Deslauriers finally had a big game, gaining 172 yards and 2 TD. That was pretty much all the good news for the Eagles, as they only had 82 rushing yards and lost AGAIN.

Colorado 30, Texas Tech 6
I'm not so sure that Colorado stopped the TTU passing attack so much as that it stopped itself, thanks to Graham Harrell's 3 picks. And well, Texas Tech doesn't have much of a running game or a defense, so the score tells the rest of the story.

Miami 35, Florida International 0
FIGHT FIGHT FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT. Miami still only managed 298 total yards, which probably says something. Something like that their offense is bad.

Hawaii 68, Fresno State 37
Oof. Well, the Fresno offense gave it a go, gaining almost 500 yards. But when you're unable to stop the pass against a team that does nothing but pass, well, this happens. An interception return for a TD and 2 Fresno fumbles helped too.

Idaho 24, Louisiana Tech 14
Ouch. What's worse: Idaho outgaining LA Tech 382-211, or LT turning the ball over 8 times? Yes, eight. Though I guess it's kind of impressive that despite all that, they only lost by ten.

Ohio 20, Illinois 17
Poor Illinois. An upset by luck here, in the Vandy/Ole Miss mold, with Illinois outgaining the Bobcats 441-264, but turning the ball over five times in the process. There's still hope for the Illini, but unfortunately that probably won't result in a win until...at Northwestern?

Oklahoma State 42, Kansas 32
Whoa. Not so much the result as the numbers. Kansas had 400 yards, but somehow managed to give up 628. 628! OK State QB Bobby Reid: 23/35, 411, 5/1 TD/INT. And 46 and a rushing TD on the ground. Wow. The KU offense is decent, but that defense is horrid. And OSU is far from the Big 12 bottom-dwellers I thought they'd be this season.

Kent State 40, Toledo 14
And Kent did it all running, as RB Eugene Jarvis had 3 TD on 179 yards, and the Golden Flashes only passed for 78. And for some reason, KSU backup QB Michael Machen kicked an extra point. Okay. Kent looks to be legit, at least on a MAC level, while Toledo's having the implosion most people pegged for Bowling Green.

Maryland 28, Virginia 26
UVa was up 20-0 through the half, but then proceeded to implode, including an INT returned for a TD in the fourth. The Cavaliers probably should've won this one, but that's more of an indictment of Maryland than any sort of praise for Virginia.

Wisconsin 48, Minnesota 12
Mostly an annihilation. Badgers QB John Stocco: 12/19, 193, 4 TD. RB Pat Hill Jr.: 164 yards, 2 TD. On the plus side, the Gophers did return a failed XP for 2 points.

Wake Forest 25, NC State 23
Despite their flaws, Wake suddenly actually looks pretty good in that mess of an ACC. NC State deserved to win here, holding the Demon Deacons under 300 yards, but QB Daniel Evans's late interception sealed it. The Wolfpack revitalization behind Evans seems legit, and again, that ACC is a mess.

Western Michigan 16, Northern Illinois 14
Garrett Wolfe...25 yards? And NIU as a whole had 0, since QB Phil Horvath got sacked for negative 25. So, with Wolfe's slim Heisman chances dead and buried, we can now mention the elephant inside the room: Man, NIU's disappointing this year.

UTEP 34, Tulane 20
Jordan Palmer: 22/29, 230, 3 TD, 0 INT. Come oooooooooooon, I don't want to have to retire that nickname.

Wyoming 31, Utah 15
Absolutely impotent performance by the Utes here, passing for only 111 and rushing for only 33. So much for that.