broncoman15's Dynasty Blog
Then there was the battle down in Cowboys Stadium. The #4 LSU Tigers vs the #5 Oregon Ducks. This was expected to be one of the greatest college football games of the year and it was! Oregon showed their powerfull offense led by RB LeMichael James early and jumped out to a 14-7 lead in the 1st Q. But LSU stormed back to take a 20-14 lead at halftime with the help of a 9 yd TD pass from Jordan Jefferson and 2 FGs by Darin Allemen. It was a defensive game most of the 3rd untill Oregon took the lead right before the 4th, with a 8 yd TD pass from backup QB Bryan Bennett. But their lead was short lived as Jordan Jefferson threw a 36 yd TD pass to take a 27-24 lead with 13:58 left. Then LeMichael James stepped up with a 21 yd run to take the lead 31-27 with 8:38 left. It was back and forth until with 2:31 left, LSU took over at their own 34 yd line. Working the clock,Jefferson lead the Tigers down to the Oregon 41 yd line. On 3rd and 3, Jefferson dropped back and threw the dagger to a wide open Derek Peterson for the game winning TD. Both teams showed great promise as potential BCS contenders. LSU is now up at #2 while Oregon fell to #10.The road will be harder for the Ducks now but with the talent they have, should be able to make a run.
Here are this weeks polls...
| NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 5, 2011 | |||||
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Oklahoma Sooners (33) | 1 | 0 | 1497 |
| 2 | 4 | LSU Tigers (25) | 1 | 0 | 1462 |
| 3 | 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide (1) | 1 | 0 | 1428 |
| 4 | 3 | Stanford Cardinal (1) | 1 | 0 | 1361 |
| 5 | 6 | Ohio State Buckeyes(1) | 1 | 0 | 1167 |
| 6 | 7 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 1105 |
| 7 | 9 | Texas A&M Aggies | 1 | 0 | 986 |
| 8 | 10 | Florida State Seminoles | 1 | 0 | 928 |
| 9 | 11 | Wisconsin Badgers | 1 | 0 | 872 |
| 10 | 5 | Oregon Ducks | 0 | 1 | 840 |
| 11 | 12 | Auburn Tigers | 1 | 0 | 817 |
| 12 | 13 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 1 | 0 | 780 |
| 13 | 15 | Michigan State Spartans | 1 | 0 | 661 |
| 14 | 16 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 1 | 0 | 612 |
| 15 | 17 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 564 |
| 16 | 8 | Boise State Broncos | 0 | 1 | 527 |
| 17 | 18 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 1 | 0 | 517 |
| 18 | 19 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 485 |
| 19 | 20 | Florida Gators | 1 | 0 | 428 |
| 20 | 21 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 1 | 0 | 385 |
| 21 | 22 | Texas Longhorns | 1 | 0 | 344 |
| 22 | 23 | Missouri Tigers | 1 | 0 | 305 |
| 23 | NR | Georgia Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 305 |
| 24 | NR | Baylor Bears | 1 | 0 | 268 |
| 25 | 24 | NC State | 1 | 0 | 266 |