Week 12 Recap: The Rest

Utah 17, Air Force 14
A tremendously even game. Two pretty good teams. Yep. Shame AFA's probably losing at TCU and won't be bowl eligible.

Ohio 17, Akron 7
A tale of two ground games -- Ohio: 208, Akron: -4. And that's the game right there.

Arizona 37, Oregon 10
The heck? This was about an even game yardage-wise, though Arizona should've won it. The obvious difference in the game, however, is Oregon's 6 turnovers. Arizona RB Chris Henry had a huge day, running for 191 and 2 scores. Just, wow. Oregon's fading, obviously, while Arizona...well, where the hell was that all year?

UCLA 24, Arizona State 12
RUDY CARPENTER WATCH: 11/30, 149, INT. Sam Keller, still laughing.

Northern Illinois 31, Central Michigan 10
Garrett Wolfe: 33 car, 203 yards, 3 TD. Against the best team in the MAC. After being shut down by random mediocre MAC teams. Who knows.

Syracuse 20, Connecticut 14
Sigh. D.J. Hernandez went 19/29 passing, gaining 188 and 2 scores, but throwing 3 picks. Still, that stat line is probably improved from his year average. The Cuse run defense stepped up, holding Donald Brown to only 67 yards on 18 carries. Cuse was just the better team here, though not by a huge amount. Yep.

Rice 18, East Carolina 17
Rice won pretty handily here, even if the score doesn't reflect that. Ooh, ooh, quick pun: Rice, both the team and the food, are bowl-eligible. Still, I thought the transition from a wishbone offense was supposed to take 3 or 4 years. Amazingly well-done job by Todd Graham.

Florida State 28, Western Michigan 20
Well, maybe it wasn't all Jeff Bowden.

Fresno State 34, Idaho 0
Wow, Fresno State, what a fearsome mid-major.

Hawaii 54, San Jose State 17
COLT BRENNAN: 28/39, 402 yards, 5 TD, INT. Let the 2007 Heisman campaign begin.

Purdue 28, Indiana 19
Yep. Purdue got outgained and threw 4 picks, so you could say they pulled a Maryland special. Except, of course, that the Hoosiers turned it over 4 times themselves.

Minnesota 34, Iowa 24
Iowa outplayed Minnesota here, but 5 turnovers killed them. Then again, the Hawkeyes had 0 net rushing yards, so screw 'em.

Kansas 39, Kansas State 20
Ugh, a brutal game. 5 turnovers by each team, random nutty defensive and special team touchdowns, just...bleh. Teams were about even overall, though.

Virginia 17, Miami 7
No fluke, the Canes just got outplayed. This should be the nail in the coffin.

Penn State 17, Michigan State 13
Michigan State finishing the season by choking en route to a loss is just...beautiful.

North Carolina 23, NC State 9
Another game where the loser should've won, though, like Iowa, NC State sucked bad enough that you really can't complain.

TCU 52, San Diego State 0
The yardage battle: TCU 624, SDSU 87. Ow.

SMU 34, Tulsa 24
And nothing fluky about it. SMU's bowl-eligible for the first time since the Death Penalty. Applause.