College Football Week 8 Review: Lots of upsets, Florida State proves that they just might be best team in country.

 

Week 8 of the 2013 College Football season was certainly an eventful one. 8 top 25 teams were knocked of by lower ranked/non-ranked opponents. The drama started on Friday, with Unranked Central Florida stunning #8 Louisville. The game appeared to be sealed as the Cardinals had a 28-7 lead midway through the 3rd Quarter. But Running Back Storm Johnson led the Knights back to take a 31-28 lead. Louisville would then retake the lead on a Dominique Brown Touchdown Run, but the Knights would than win the game on a 2 Yard Touchdown Pass from QB Blake Bortles to WR Jeff Godfrey, and the Knights stunned potential

No. 1 overall draft pick Teddy Bridgewater and the Cards, 38-35. The first surprise of Saturday came when #11 South Carolina was upset by unranked Tennessee by a score of 23-21, with Vols Kicker Michael Palardy kicking a game winning 19 Yard Field Goal as time expired. To make matters worse for Steve Spurrier and the Gamecocks, QB Connor Shaw left the came with what appears to be a sprained knee. It was certainly a huge win for 1st Year Coach Butch Jones and the Vols.

More drama in the SEC followed as #15 Georgia fell to Unranked Vanderbilt, 31-27. The Dawgs looked to be in control as they took a 27-14 lead into the 4th Quarter. But the Commodores rallied scoring 17 points in the final frame to pull the upset. RB Jerron Seymour scored the winning Touchdown with 2:53 left in the game, and the Dores got their 1st SEC win of the season, and the biggest so far of the James Franklin Era.

We now move over to the PAC 12, where #9 UCLA fell to #13 Stanford, 24-10. RB Tyler Gaffney led the way for the Cardinal, rushing for 171 Yards and 2 Touchdowns, and Stanford's Defense smothered star Bruins QB Brett Hundley. It was a big win for Stanford, avenging their shocking loss at Utah last week, which knocked them out of the National Championship picture.

In other PAC 12 news, #20 Washington was dominated by Unranked Arizona State, 53-24. RB Marion Grice led the way for the Sun Devils, who had a 26 point 2nd Quarter, with 158 yards and 2 Touchdowns.

Still more SEC drama followed, as #24 Auburn stunned Johnny Football and Texas A&M, 45-41 on the road. It was an eventful game indeed. The Aggies had a 34-24 lead in the 4th quarter, but Auburn rallied to take the lead, 38-34. The Aggies would get the lead back, 41-38, on a TD Run by Manziel, but the Tigers would than score the winning TD on a 5 Yard run from Tre Mason with 1:19 left in the game. Manziel would leave the game after hurting his knee early in the 4th quarter, but would return. He will be further evaluated. The Aggies fell despite monster games from Johnny Football(454 Yards, 5 Total TD's) and WR Mike Evans(11 Rec, 287 Yards, 4 TD's. Tre Mason led the way for Auburn, with 178 Yards rushing and a Touchdown. It was the biggest win of the Gus Malzahn era for Auburn so far.

Still more SEC drama followed, as #6 LSU was stunned by Unranked Ole Miss, 27-24. The Rebels jumped out to a 17-0 lead, and looked in control as the had this lead in the 3rd Quarter. But the Tigers battled back, tying the game at 24 with 3:09 left in the game. However, Ole Miss kicker Andrew Ritter kicked a game winning 41 Yard Field Goal with 2 seconds left, and the Rebels pulled off the upset. QB Bo Wallace had 346 Yards Passing for the Rebels, and RB Jaylen Walton had 106 yards on the ground and 2 Touchdowns.

That does it for the upsets, but we still have more big news. #5 Florida State meet #3 Clemson, in what looked like the game of the week. Well, it didn't turn out that way. The Noles rolled over Clemson, 51-14. It was the most points ever scored on Clemson in Death Valley. Freshman QB Jameis Winston is the real deal, as he had 444 yards passing and 3 Touchdowns. He was helped out by WR Rashad Greene, who had 8 Rec for 146 Yards and 2 Touchdowns. The Noles were dominant, and in my opinion, they might be the best team in the country. In other news, #1 Alabama rolled over Arkansas, 52-0, #2 Oregon rolled over Washington State, 62-38, despite the Cougars attempting an amazing 89 passes. #4 Ohio State escaped an upset attempt against Iowa, winning 34-24. #12 Baylor was impressive again, beating Iowa State, 71-7. #14 Missouri beat #22 Florida, 36-17, in another tough loss for the Gators. #16 Texas Tech beat West Virginia, 37-27. #17 Fresno State beat UNLV, 38-14. #18 Oklahoma beat Kansas, 34-19. #21 Oklahoma State beat TCU, 24-10. #23 Northern Illinois beat Central Michigan, 38-17, and #25 Wisconsin beat Illinois, 56-32. That's it for my Week 8 College Football Recap. Thanks for reading.