Jake Carlisle-Becoming a Spartan

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Quote: Originally Posted by SilverBullet19

Don't listen to him ^ :P Own them, run this conference!

Thanks! I don't intend to listen to him. On most things, yeah. On this, not a chance!


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UTSA UPSET BY TULANE; FALLS TO 6-4

UTSA fell to the Tulane Green Wave at home this week by a final score of 38-33. The loss spoiled the return of Jarveon Williams, a fan favorite who had been out since Week 1 with broken ribs.

This loss was largely due to the loss of Jaylon Henderson in the second quarter. The injury he sustained has not yet been disclosed, but it kept him out of the remainder of the game.

That's not to say the backup quarterback, Blake Bogenschutz didn't do well; on the contrary, he performed well enough to almost lead the Roadrunners back to a victory. However, the defense couldn't get Red Zone stops and the offensive line was truly exposed, allowing 3 sacks and multiple short to no gain runs.

After the game, both Offensive Coordinator Jake Carlisle and Head Coach Larry Coker have both said that Henderson will be kept out the remainder of the season in order to reduce further injuries. Henderson has already sustained multiple short-term injuries this year, and with Dalton Sturm performing very well on the practice field and in the weight room, there will be a battle between him and Bogenschutz over the bye week to determine who will get that start at North Texas.

Henderson has also been linked to rumors this year of him potentially leaving the team due to the amount of injuries he has suffered, which is about 4-5 so far. He is expected to announce something regarding that between now and North Texas.

Go Roadrunners!

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Top 25 Scoreboard-Week 11

Results

#11 Oklahoma 28, #5 Baylor 23 (GOTW) (UPSET ALERT!)

#6 Oregon 35, Stanford 18

#17 Louisville 28, UCONN 13

FCS E 17, #19 Georgia 56

#13 TCU 31, Iowa State 21

#9 Arkansas 14, #16 Ole Miss 28

#7 Florida State 27, Wake Forest 33 (UPSET ALERT!)

Vanderbilt 6, #23 Florida 34

#15 USC 41, California 14

#10 LSU 27, Alabama 24

#21 Auburn 18, Tennessee 28 (UPSET ALERT!)

Virginia 23, #25 North Carolina 52

Missouri 14,#24 Kentucky 27

Texas 38, #22 West Virginia 10 (UPSET ALERT!)

#3 Arizona State 14, #20 Utah 16 (UPSET ALERT!)

#18 UCLA 10, #12 Arizona 44

Note: Coaches' Poll rankings were used

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ROAD TO PASADENA

Welcome to Road to Pasadena, a segment that will take you around the nation and will over-analyze, over-analyze, and over-analyze some more the Top 5 BCS or Coaches' Poll teams, depending on the time of year. We will also look at the current top Heisman contenders, Games of the Week, surprise teams around the nation, and more.

Below you will find the BCS Top 25 in Week 12.

NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Nov 12, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Ohio State Buckeyes	9	0	1.000
2	2	Michigan State Spartans	9	0	0.995
3	4	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	9	0	0.989
4	6	Clemson Tigers	8	1	0.979
5	10	Oklahoma Sooners	8	1	0.979
6	7	Oregon Ducks	8	1	0.977
7	3	Arizona State Sun Devils	8	1	0.966
8	11	LSU Tigers	8	2	0.966
9	12	TCU Horned Frogs	9	1	0.947
10	17	Ole Miss Rebels	7	2	0.946
11	13	Arizona Wildcats	8	1	0.937
12	8	Baylor Bears	6	2	0.932
13	22	Utah Utes	6	3	0.930
14	15	USC Trojans	7	2	0.922
15	9	Arkansas Razorbacks	8	2	0.915
16	14	Boise State Broncos	8	1	0.915
17	18	Georgia Bulldogs	6	3	0.892
18	23	Florida Gators	6	3	0.886
19	20	Louisville Cardinals	8	1	0.883
20	24	Kentucky Wildcats	7	2	0.868
21	5	Florida State Seminoles	7	2	0.868
22	25	North Carolina Tar Heels	8	1	0.861
23	--	Wisconsin Badgers	6	3	0.851
24	--	Nebraska Cornhuskers	7	2	0.841
25	--	Northwestern WIldcats	6	3	0.837

First, we'll start off with some of this week's upsets that shook up the polls.

Then #3 Arizona State fell to now #17 Utah by two, at home no less. This certainly shakes things up in the PAC-12 South now, as this opens the door for Arizona to win the division if they can win out and beat ASU.

Also losing last week was now #12 Baylor to now #5 Oklahoma. This was College Gameday last week, and OU pulled the upset and moved into contention for the National Championship, despite having one loss already. In the Big 12 now, TCU still leads with the tiebreaker over OU, but if they lose once more and the Sooners win out, they could be headed to the Rose Bowl.

Arkansas lost on the road this week to Ole Miss for their second loss in a row, and midnight seems to have come for their Cinderella as they are almost certainly not going to make the SEC Championship, much less get all the way to Pasadena.

Finally, and most surprisingly, was Wake Forest beat Florida State AT Doak Campbell. This gives FSU their second loss, and second conference loss, this year. They dropped all the way to #21 after being #5 just last week.

Now, onto our analysis of the BCS Top 5. First up, the team that surprises nobody, BCS Number One, your Ohio State Buckeyes. The Buckeyes had off this week, staying put at Number One. This week, they head to Champaign to take on the Fighting Illini, then back home to face Indiana, then finally off to Ann Arbor to face the team up north. Certainly not an easy slate of games as both of their away games are against current 6-win teams. Although this is a tough schedule, they likely will only be threatened by the Wolverines.

BCS Chances: 60-85%, as they have the talent to get through this clean, but have to execute

The BCS Number Two this week also hails from the Big Ten East, being the Michigan State Spartans. The possess perhaps one of the best running backs of all time in TRUE FRESHMAN Larry Scott, who has almost rushed for 2000 YARDS! However, two of their remaining three games are away against ranked opponents in Nebraska and Northwestern. Their final opponent is Minnesota. All three of opponents have at least 6 wins, with a combined record of 20-8. If they get through the first two games unscathed, they have a good shot at winning out and facing Ohio State in a defacto playoff to see who goes to the Natty.

BCS Chances: 40-60%, as they have to get past Nebraska in Memorial Stadium. All I have to say about that.

At BCS Number Three this week are the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech, who, despite lacking elite talent, have gone 9-0 thus far. However, their true test comes this week, when they head into Death Valley to take on BCS Number Four, Clemson. I simply don't see them winning that, as Clemson outclasses GT in talent. After that, the play FCS SE and #17 Georgia. Of their three remaining games, they have one guaranteed win.

BCS Chances: 10-30%, as they need to win out and they don't have the talent to do so.

At BCS Number Four, we have the Clemson Tigers. They take on Number Three Georgia Tech this week at home, and they should win that. Their two games after that are FCS SE, and South Carolina. They can go undefeated in this stretch, theu just have to beat GT first.

BCS Chances: 50-75 percent, but they must win out.

Finally, at BCS Number Five, we have the Oklahoma Sooners, who jumped up from the #10 spot following their win over Baylor. They have no ranked teams remaining on the schedule, and also can easily win out. However, something that hurts their chances are the lack of a conference championship.

BCS Chances: 40-60%, because their lack of a CC hurts them greatly.

Now, my notes for Heisman Watch simply say, 'give it to Scott already.' 'Nuff said.

One surprise this year is Alabama. They are sixth in the SEC West (sixth, really?) and are 4-5 and only 2-4 in conference. They are coming off a loss to LSU, who currently leads the West.

Finally, the ranked-v-ranked clashes this week are as follows:

#3 Georgia Tech vs #5 Clemson
Pick:GT

#2 Michigan State vs #23 Nebraska
Pick:MSU

#17 Utah vs #4 Oregon
Pick: Oregon

Note: Coaches Poll rankings were used for ranked-v-ranked

That's all for now, see you in two weeks!

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Top 25 Scoreboard-Week 12

Results

#3 Georgia Tech 21, #5 Clemson 38 (GOTW) (UPSET ALERT!)

#22 North Carolina 45, Pittsburgh 0

Indiana 10, #24 Wisconsin 20

Michigan 20, #25 Northwestern 28

#21 Kentucky 35, Vanderbilt 21

Houston 14, #16 Louisville 20

Iowa State 23, #6 Oklahoma 25

#20 Florida 3, South Carolina 16 (UPSET ALERT!)

#11 TCU 20, Kansas State 26 (UPSET ALERT!)

#2 Michigan State 38, #23 Nebraska 17

#1 Ohio State 33, Illinois 14

Syracuse 13, #19 Florida State 42

Wyoming 21, #13 Boise State 30

Oregon State 41, #8 Arizona State 31 (UPSET ALERT!)

Troy 0, #12 Ole Miss 35

#18 Georgia 10, Auburn 20 (UPSET ALERT!)

Stanford 45, #14 USC 17 (UPSET ALERT!)

#9 Baylor 9, Texas Tech 38 (UPSET ALERT!)

#17 Utah 21, #4 Oregon 38

Washington State 10, #10 Arizona 42

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[SilverBullet19]

tough loss to the Wave. Hopefully you can rebound against NT and somewhat "own the state" of Texas, at least within the conference.

[DHC]

That's a blow losing to Tulane in a close one! Still, a couple more games to get another win or two to cement that bowl game!