A good night for RU

The football team played at Army and despite not having Mike Teel for most of the game, they ran all over the Black Knights 41-6. Teel was pulled after an early interception returned by the Army defender some 65 yards for the only score Army got. They missed the extra point. Teel has been suffering from a sore thumb on his throwing hand; a problem that has plagued him for several games and may have contributed to RU’s two game losing streak against West Virginia and Connecticut.

But, when your throwing quarterback has a bad hand, your backup can run the ball quite well, you’ve got Ray Rice in the backfield, and you’re playing a team that is 109th in rushing defense, well, you run the ball—a lot. And that’s just what Rutgers did last night.

Rice ran the ball for a career high 243 yards on 34 carries and scored two TDs. This was the fifth time Rice has rushed for more than 200 yards in a game and his 22nd 100-yard game. Sophomore backup QB Jabu Lovelace ran the ball 23 times for 88 yards and 2 TDs and Mason Robinson ran 14 times for 82 yards. As a team, RU rushed for 404 yards. Teel was 1 for 4 for 14 yards and the interception and Lovelace 2-8 for 28 yards as the Scarlet Knights chose to run the ball on a cold, wet night. Rutgers controlled the ball for 41 minutes 56 seconds.

The victory makes Rutgers bowl eligible with a record of 6-4 with games against BIG EAST opponents Pittsburgh (H) and Louisville (A) remaining.

You can read the whole story and get the box score here.



Meanwhile, back at the RAC, the men’s basketball team made its regular season debut with a victory over Tennessee Tech by a score of 70-64.

The very young RU squad seemingly had the game under control during the first half but showed its inexperience in allowing Tech to get back in the game and even take a 5-point lead early in the second half. But, lead by Junior JR Inman (18 points) and Freshman Corey Chandler (16 points) and fifth year Senior Byran Joynes under the basket (11 rebounds) RU managed to get things back under control and emerge victorious.

Joynes missed all of last year due to injury and was making his first appearance on the court since the spring of ’06. He is the only senior on a squad that has 6 freshmen.

Junior Jaron Griffin had 11 points and 7 rebound for the Scarlet Knights.

The full story and stats here.

Up north again

I drove up to the Bolt Hole this evening in the hope of taking advantage of the small snowfall that occurred here earlier this week to locate one of the several bucks that are roaming around the area.

When I left the Aerie the weather gurus were saying that there was some flurries and possible even ice along the route I take. They were right on the flurries but the temperatures climbed above the freezing mark as I passed through Elmira and Ithaca along Route 13 and nothing was sticking to or freezing on the roads. In fact, the temperature in Ithaca was 47 degrees and it was still around 44 when I passed Syracuse. I began to worry that all the snow might have melted. I guess the large bodies of water (Cayuga Lake and Lake Ontario) near those two towns helped to moderate the temps. As I left the NY Thruway, the temps started to fall again and when I got to the Bolt Hole it was a nice 32 degrees with flurries falling at 8:30 PM and a couple of inches of snow still on the ground.

As I write (10:30 PM) the flurries are still falling. They are very, very light but still could amount to something overnight. Or at least I hope they do. Fresh snow on the ground will mean any tracks I locate will be new ones and they are far more productive to follow than something that might be a day or so old.

Chilly

Yesterday the temperature at the Aerie (elevation 2100 feet) never got above the 40 degree mark. Last night it never got below 30 degrees. As I write at 8:45 AM it is exactly 32 degrees and very overcast. The forecast is for some light snow showers late this afternoon and into the evening with accumulations in the valley approaching one inch. Right now I'd classify it as a raw, chilly, early winter's day.

Last year at this time we were busy installing insulation into the Aerie. There was also tile work being done in the bathrooms and sheet rock installation and spackling being done. I don't recall it being this cold. In fact, there was exterior work being done (chimney and stuff) right through the beginning of December.

[Although I did come across this post when I searched my archives:
Snow closes the NY State Thruway between Rochester and Buffalo
And this one:
It snewed!

Both are about areas to the north of the Aerie.]

Snow at the Bolt Hole

My buddy, Mark, reports a brief amount of snow in the hills around the Bolt Hole earlier this week as a cold front swept through on Wednesday. He says 3 or 4 inches of the white stuff had accumulated by early Thursday. Forecasts for the area indicate even more snow showers may fall tonight into tomorrow morning. Day time temperatures haven't been much above freezing according to a nearby weather underground station, so there's hope that the snow will be on the ground for a few more days at least

I'll be packing the truck and heading up this afternoon. Hopefully, the snow will make the location of the bucks a bit more obvious. (?)

First, we have a crew coming to the Aerie to install seamless gutters.

L’Americain!

If you listen to the Democrats the whole world hates the US. I don't believe that is so and here is some evidence to back that assertion.

Don Suber on French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s speech to a joint session of the US Congress:

Sarkozy: America ‘built the greatest nation in the world’

Wow. I just finished reading Nicolas Sarkozy’s speech to Congress.

He waved the American flag in a way that would embarrass George M. Cohan.

Seldom has an American politician as unabashedly proud of this nation’s accomplishments.

Sarkozy does not want to just be friends — he wants to emulate us.

Sarkozy singlehandedly disproved the foolish notion by the Democratic Party that Bush made the world hate us.

Remember, Sarkozy is not saying these things to be nice. He is speaking to his nation. He knew going in that every single word he said is being reported and analyzed back home.

The French are his audience.

And here is what he said: “America did not tell the millions of men and women who came from every country in the world and who — with their hands, their intelligence and their heart — built the greatest nation in the world: ‘Come, and everything will be given to you.’

“She said: ‘Come, and the only limits to what you’ll be able to achieve will be your own courage and your own talent.’ America embodies this extraordinary ability to grant each and every person a second chance.”

….

You know what I want to here next year? Some presidential candidate — either party — say the same damned thing.

Amen brother, amen.

I added the emphasis just in case some out there missed the message. Sarkozy said more and Surber's got it so go hit the link and read the entire thing.

Ooops!

Terry read in the paper that the Photography Club, meeting over at the Wellsboro Library this evening, was to have a speaker who would talk about The Wolves of Yellowstone. Having some interest in photography, Yellowstone and wolves it sounded interesting so off we went after dinner.

The meeting was supposed to start at 7 PM and we arrived ten minutes early to find a speaker already making a presentation...about woodworking. He talked about how he made pine trees out of single billets of wood, inlaid trees, birds and turtles into the backs of plank chairs and deacons' benches and the making of several other items from his shop. I found this all very interesting. Then his partner talked about her working with wool and leather to make rustic clothing for reenactors, rendezvous, and pow-wows. Yet another topic of interest to me.

Needless to say we were at the wrong club meeting! Turns out these folks were from the Wellsboro Arts Club. Talk about serendipity! I spoke with the craftsman and his lady afterwards and they invited me to their workshop. That's an invitaion I will definitely accept once the Dickens Christmas weekend is over. (He's trying to produce another hundred or so trees in the next three weeks so he can sell them--and the four hundred or so he has in stock--at that event.

The Photography Club? That meeting is on the night of November 13. So between that and the Tiadaghton Audubon Society dinner meeting on the 14th our week is pretty well planned.

Squirrel Pot Pie, mmm-mmm Good!

Terry whipped up a pot pie made using the squirrel meat we shucked off the bones this morning and I have to say it was delicious!



Actually, the recipe came from The Church Supper Cookbook and it was for a chicken pot pie, but we agree that you could use almost any small game critter (squirrel, rabbit, grouse, duck, etc.) or leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. The sauce is what makes the difference.

Pea Soup and Squirrel Pot Pie

With the temperatures outside the Aerie hovering just above the freezing mark, Terry made a pot of split pea soup last night for dinner. We had it with cornbread muffins then and with whole wheat toast for lunch today. It’s a real stick-to-your ribs sort of meal. The “soup” is nearly as thick as some mashed potatoes you’d get in a bad diner. You could stand your spoon up in it, go get a glass of water and sit back down before the spoon even thought of moving. Definitely good eats for a cold, overcast day where the sky is spitting sleet on occasion.

Before lunch, however, we boiled up four gray squirrels that have been in the freezer for a while and pulled the meat off the bones for tonight’s pot pie dinner. Julie, the cat, got her share of the meat. She scarfed it down as fast as we could giver pieces and if we were slow on the supply side she let us know in no uncertain terms that she wanted more—NOW! Terry will use some of the stock from the boiling process to make the veggies to go into the pot pies and top the meat/veggie/gravy pour the combo into a pie shell to bake.

While eating our pea soup for lunch, I glanced outside and there were six huge gray squirrels feeding beneath the bird feeders. I guess I won’t have much trouble replacing the stock in the freezer if the pot pies come out as good as the meat smelled this morning.

Hmmmm

GM confirms massive losses

Toyota Reports Strong Profits

Could this be because I chose a Tundra over a Silverado?

Sheesh!

Man with knife holds off aggressive deer

A knife would not be my first choice when hunting deer. And I don’t give a damn what Davey Crockett did when he was three. No, in deer season, when you walk away from camp, you carry your rifle (or a hand gun when legal). Especially during the rut. I won’t even walk across the Bolt Hole’s yard to the garage without my carbine. I’ve had deer stand up behind the garage during the summer while I was cutting grass or hauling fire wood out of the forest. I’m not about to pass on a chance or wrestle with a 175 pound animal armed with pointy antlers because I forgot to be prepared.

Here’s something that doesn’t happen often

How would you like to be the insurance adjuster who reads this accident report:

Charles and Linda Everson were driving back to their hotel when their minivan was struck by a falling object—a 600-pound cow.

I blame it all on the Chick-fil-A commercials showing parachuting cows.

Where's my global warming?

The Hawk is howling outside right now. Gusts are coming out of the northwest at 20-30 miles an hour. The temperature is down to 33 degrees and promising to go down another 10 degrees. We may even get our first snow flakes of the year at the Aerie tonight.

Up at the Bolt Hole there may be some measurable accumulations--maybe as much as 3 inches--and the Bolt Hole is about 100 miles east of Lake Ontario. Closer to the shore there may be even more as the lake effect machine goes into gear.

Election day in a small town

Man, you really can't get away with anything in a small town.

The wife and I went to vote today for the first time in our new district/town. We know virtually no one in town by name with the exception of the man who owns the gas station in the next town over and who works on our vehicles (he also happens to live about a mile down the road) and a member of the sales staff at the hardware store (also in the next town over) who lives maybe a mile and a half down the road. Oh, and the postmaster and the assistant postmaster who know almost everything about us while we know precious little about them.

Anyway, you would think that walking into the polling place for the first time we would have to show all sorts of proof (or at least our drivers' licenses)before we could vote. Wrong. No sooner did we walk in than the woman manning the registration books says hi and turns right to the page where our name appears without our even saying a word. She had overheard a conversation between my wife and the postmaster and caught our last name from that little snippet.

I guess I'm going to have to keep my nose clean and mind my Ps and Qs.

Rippy the Gator

I came across this while checking the Arrogant Worms on YouTube and immediately thought of Jimbo of Parkway Rest Stop (he's listed over there on the right).



The rest of you can enjoy it too.

Now where did I put that?

Big Chunk Of The Universe Is Missing -- Again

You know, I had it here just a few days ago. Then I went and put it in a “safe” place. Like everything else I’ve put in a “safe” place over the years I’ll never find it again until I go out a purchase a replacement.

Post Week 10 Polls

As might be expected with last week’s number 2 team, Boston College, getting knocked off by Florida State, there have been a few shifts in the polls this week. Not many in comparison to other weeks, perhaps, but some.

I’ll be giving all three major polls this week: The AP Writers’ Poll, the Coaches’ Poll and the BCS Standings. They will appear in this order: AP/Coaches/BCS. NR will mean that the team is not among the Top 25 in that poll. Also reported are this weeks opponents.

#1/1/1 Ohio State (10-0, 6-0) remains at the top of everyone’s list. This week they play at home against Illinois (7-3, 4-2).

#2/2/2 LSU (8-1, 5-1) The Tigers have managed to crawl back into the #2 hot seat with just a few weeks remaining in the season. It will be interesting to see if they can stay there considering the sloppy play and numerous penalties of this most recent week. This week they play at home but out of conference against Louisiana Tech (4-5, 3-3) of the Western Athletic Conference.

#3/3/3 Oregon (8-1, 5-1) The Ducks knocked Arizona State from the ranks of the unbeaten and took control of the Pac 10 doing so. They get a break this week and don’t play until November 15.

#4/4/5 Oklahoma (8-1, 4-1) The Sooners trashed Texas A&M; and they did it through the air. This week they play a hapless Baylor team (3-7, 0-6) at home. They should be able to hold on to their Big 12 South lead which makes the championship game the first week in December terribly interesting. The opponent? Why it might be…

#5/5/4 Kansas (9-0, 5-0) The Jayhawks scored 21 in the first, 27 in the second and 21 in the third quarters against Nebraska on their way to a 76-39 victory. This week they are on the road to Oklahoma State (5-4, 3-2).

#6/6/7 West Virginia (7-1, 2-1) The Mountaineers had a bye this week which means they should be well rested when Louisville (5-4, 2-2) comes to Morgantown on Thursday.


#7/3/6 Missouri (8-1, 4-1) The Tigers may be the only thing standing between the Kansas Jayhawks vs Oklahoma for the Big 12 title. (Missouri host Kansas on November 24.) This week, however, they host Texas A&M; (6-4, 3-3) fresh off that Oklahoma thrashing.

#8/8/8 Boston College (8-1, 4-1) The Eagles saw their perfect season come to an end this weekend but they still lead the Atlantic Division of the ACC. This week they travel to Maryland to take on the Terps 4-5, 1-4) which should help them feel better.

#9/9/9 Arizona State (8-1, 5-1) The Sun Devils’ perfect season also ended this week but so may have their hopes for a PAC 10 title. They’ll have to win out and hope that Oregon stumbles along the way. This week they are on the road to face UCLA (5-4, 4-2).

#10/10/10 Georgia (7-2, 4-2) The Bulldogs host Auburn (7-3, 4-2) this week.

#11/11/11 Virginia Tech (7-2, 4-1) The Hokies have been up, down and all around. This week they host non-conference Florida State (7-2, 4-1).

#12/15/17 Southern California (7-2, 4-1) The Trojans have had obituaries written about them this year and yet they are a pretty fine football team that’s just not a dominant one. This week they play at Cal (6-3, 3-3).

#13/13/12 Michigan (8-2, 6-0) Everyone’s top pick at the start of the season fell flat on its face opening weekend…and the one that followed, but is now chugging along on all cylinders. This week they play at Wisconsin (7-3, 3-3) with a match-up with Ohio State to follow.

#14/12/16 Hawaii (8-0, 5-0) The Warriors had a bye this week so they (and more importantly for them Colt Brennan’s arm) should be well rested when Fresno State (6-3, 5-1) comes to the island to play.

#15/14/14 Texas (8-2, 4-2) The Longhorns have won each of their last two games by a mere 3 points each. They are probably hoping for a little more breathing room when they host Texas Tech (7-3, 3-3) this week but they aren’t likely to get it.

#16/16/13 Connecticut (8-1, 4-0) The Huskies were one of three teams considered on the cusp of good things in the BIG EAST when the season began. (Pittsburgh and Cincinnati were the other two. No one thought much of Syracuse—and they were right.) Now UConn has proven to be the new beast in the east. This week they travel to Cincinnati to test the Bearcats (7-2, 2-2) and to try and hold onto their BIG EAST #1 slot.

#17/18/15 Florida (6-3, 4-3) I confess. I don’t like the Gators. (I don’t like the Seminoles either but that’s a different conference.) I also don’t understand how a three-loss team can be ranked so high. But they are. This week they are also on the road to South Carolina (6-4, 3-4).

#18/17/18 Auburn (7-3, 4-2) Another three loss team but I feel somewhat different about the Tigers for some reason. This week they play at Georgia (7-2, 4-2).

#19/19/20 Boise State (8-1, 5-0) The Broncos play on that God awful blue field and they win—a lot. This year they have one loss (they had none last year) and their next two opponents have just one win between them. This week the Broncos will be at Utah State (0-9, 0-5).

#20/20/21 Clemson (7-2, 4-2) The Tigers are having a pretty good year. This week they host Wake Forest (6-3, 4-2).

#21/23/22 Alabama (6-3, 4-3) After that heartbreaking loss to LSU last week, the Tide hopes to get back to business at Mississippi State (5-4, 2-3).

#22/22/24 Tennessee (6-3, 3-2) Up and down all season, the Volunteers better be on ther game when they host Arkansas (6-3, 2-3) this week.

#23/21/19 Virginia (8-2, 5-1) The Cavaliers need to win at Miami (Fla.) (5-4, 2-3) to stay ahead of Virginia Tech in their race for the lead in the Coastal Division of the ACC. And on November 24 they may have to beat V Tech to hold on to it.

#24/NR/27 California (6-3, 3-3) The Golden Bears ended their three game losing streak. Now they want to salvage a season as they host Southern California (7-2, 4-2).

#25/22/25 Kentucky (6-3, 2-3) One week the Wildcats are giant killers. The next they are shlubs. Which will show up at Vanderbilt (5-4, 2-4) to play the Commodores?

NR/25/23 Penn State (7-3, 4-3) The Nittany Lions will play Bill Cosby’s alma mater Saturday. Yeah, PSU goes out of conference and on the road to face the Temple Owls (3-6, 3-3) of the Mid American Conference.

Back to PA for a couple of days

Washed the dishes, vacuumed the cabin, drained the pipes and packed my gear in the truck this morning before driving back to the Aerie from the Bolt Hole. Along the way I took all my recyclable bottles and cans to WallyWorld where they have a redemption center. It's a good thing I did 'cause I needed the extra three bucks.

Gasoline prices have skyrocketed in the last week. Between Thursday and today the price jumped 20 cents a gallon on regular. I filled the truck up at the Oneida Service Plaza on the NY Thruway going up to the Bolt Hole on Thursday and then at the local Stewart's on the way home today. Both prices were affected by the NY State taxes so the difference between Thursday and today was a fair comparison.

All I can say is thank goodness the Toyota is giving me 18 miles to a gallon compared to the 14-15 I was getting with the Silverado on the same trip.

Tomorrow's election day and, while there's precious little to vote upon in this off-off-year, Terry and I will still go down to the polls to cast our votes. With no local television stations we have been spared some of the political commercials our friends north of the border in NY state have had to watch. (Well, actually we have had to watch them too, but at least we don't have to vote for anyone of those who have been politicing in those thirty-second sound bites.)

Later this week we'll go over to Wellsboro and check out the photography club. They have a speaker coming in to talk about the wolves of Yellowstone. Maybe he'll have some pretty pictures to illustrate his presentation.

Then, on Friday, the contractor is supposed to come put up some seamless gutters on the Aerie.

The Undefeated (post week 10)

Here we are a couple of weeks from the end of the regular season (some conferences have a championship game) and there are three teams that remain undefeated. (Rankings given are for the AP Writers’, Coaches and BCS Polls.)

#1 Ohio State has a perfect 10-0 record and is 6-0 in the Big Ten. They have Illinois (at home) and Michigan (on the road) remaining on their schedule.

#5/5/4 Kansas is 9-0 with a 5-0 Big 12 record. They have Oklahoma State (on the road), Iowa State and Missouri (both at home) remaining before the Big 12 Championship game which will probably be against Oklahoma.

#14/12/16 Hawaii has an 8-0 record, 5-0 in the WAC. They play Fresno State (home), Nevada (away), Boise State (home) and non-conference Washington (home). The Boise State (currently 8-1, 5-0) game is the one to watch as it will likely determine the WAC championship.

Even if Kansas and Hawaii run the table, unless there are some major flops by LSU and Oregon, one or both could be left out of the National Title game despite having undefeated seasons. Kansas has the best shot of making it to THE game should it win out over both Missouri and Oklahoma. Hawaii? Sorry, the WAC is just too weak a conference right now to me the staging ground for a national title. Ask Boise State about that.

Should neither Kansas nor Hawaii make the BCS National Title game, and should all three win out including their respective bowl games, it is possible that come the end of January there will still be three undefeated teams.

Still no deer.

Mark and I went and sat in the woods much of the day. Going out in the morning wasn't too bad despite the low temperature (between 25 and 30 degrees) and heavy frost. The frost actually helped soften the leaves on the ground and made them somewhat quiet to walk upon. As the sun got rid of the frost, however, the leaves became crunchy and it was like walking on cornflakes. Luckily for me, I was sitting by the time that occurred and I was able to hear the occasional red squirrel hustling across the leaves and the stray hunter walk down the trail several hundred yards away from me.

This afternoon we had the worst possible conditions for still hunting with all those crunchy leaves underfoot so I opted to sit again while Mark did some wandering.

Neither Mark nor I saw a deer all day. We did, however see at least ten other hunters either on the property we were hunting or on land adjacent to it. That contributed to my choosing to sit in one spot. I hoped these other hunters would stir the deer up and send them my way. It didn't happen. In fact, we heard only two shots anywhere near us and they were probably at the same deer as they occurred less than a minute apart around nine in the morning. Mark wandered over to the area he thought the shots came from and could hear voices raise in successful joy but never spotted the hunters nor signs of any kill.

Mark has left to go back to work tomorrow and I'll be closing up the Bolt Hole in the morning as a cold front is threatening to bring low temps and even some measurable amounts of snow later in the week. I may return to hunt over the weekends (the north zone season goes until December 2nd) but I hesitate to spend a great deal more time here on my own. First is the safety issue and second is that I would much rather spend some time with the spousal unit.

Then there is the Pennsylvania season right around the corner.

Week 10 Results

Not a lot of surprises this week although the #2 team fell—again. Below are the AP Writers’ Poll rank along with this week’s results.

#1 Ohio State (10-0, 6-0) defeated NR/#19 Wisconsin (7-3, 3-3) 38-18.

#2 Boston College was knocked from the unbeaten ranks by the Florida State Seminoles (6-3, 3-3) 27-17 as yet another #2 team gets it’s comeuppance.

#3 LSU (8-1, 5-1) squeeked past #17/18 Alabama (6-3, 4-2) 41-34 in a high scoring affair in which the Tigers tried their best to give the game to the Crimson Tide.

#4 Oregon’s Dixon led Ducks(8-1, 5-1) beat the #6 Arizona State Sun Devils (8-1, 5-1) 35-23. Thus ends Arizona State’s undefeated season.

#5 Oklahoma (8-1, 4-1) rolled over the Texas A&M; Aggies (6-4, 3-3) 42-14.

#6 Arizona State (8-1, 5-1) loses to #4 Oregon (8-1, 5-1) 35-23.

#7 West Virginia (7-1, 2-1) IDLE this week.

#8 Kansas (9-0, 5-0) remained perfect in a blowout over Nebraska (4-6, 1-5) 76-39.

#9 Missouri (8-1, 4-1) rode roughshod over Colorado (5-5, 3-3) 55-10.

#10 Georgia (7-2, 4-2) had a tougher time with Troy (6-3, 5-0 in the Sun Belt) than might have been expected but came out on the winning side of a 44-34 score.

#11/13 Virginia Tech (7-2, 4-1) played all 60 minutes of this game and handed Georgia Tech (5-4, 2-4) a 27-3 whipping Thursday night.

#12/11 Hawaii (8-0, 5-0) is IDLE this week.

#13/15 Southern California (7-2, 4-2) conquered Oregon State (5-4, 3-3) 24-3.

#14/12 Texas Longhorns (8-2, 4-2) won this contest over Oklahoma State (5-4, 3-2) 38-35 but the Cowboys dang near dehorned ‘em.

#15/14 Michigan (8-2, 6-0) continued to roll in a close one versus Michigan State (5-5, 1-5) 28-24.

#16/20 Connecticut Huskies (8-1, 4-0) doubled up on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-4, 2-3) 38-19 despite giving up 511 yards of total offense. They did it by forcing RU to settle for field goals instead of permitting TDs.

#17/18 Alabama (6-3, 4-2) lost to #3 LSU (8-1, 5-1). The Tide got helped by tons of LSU miscues but ended up on the short end of the score, 41-34, in the last two minutes and couldn’t muster enough offense to pull it out.

#18/17 Florida Gators (6-3, 4-3) had an easy time with the Vanderbilt Commodores (5-4, 2-4) 49-22.

#19/16 Auburn Tigers (7-3, 4-2) roughed up Tennessee Tech (4-6, 2-4 in the Ohio Valley Conference) 35-3.

#20/21 South Florida Bulls (6-3, 1-3) continue their skid and are headed off the charts after dropping this one to the Cincinnati Bear Cats (7-2, 2-2).

#21/NR Wake Forest (6-3, 4-2) lost to Virginia (8-2, 5-1) 17-16.

#22 Boise State (8-1, 5-0) rolled over San Jose State (3-6, 2-3) with little opposition 42-7 proving that Smurf Turf is magical stuff.

#23/25 South Carolina Gamecocks (6-4, 3-4) fall to the Arkansas Razorbacks (6-3, 2-3) 48-36.

#24/NR Tennessee Volunteers (6-3, 3-2) whip La.-Lafayette (1-8, 1-3 in the Sun Belt) 59-7. Can you say “mismatch” boys and girls?

#25/24 Clemson Tigers (7-2, 4-2) were all over Duke (1-8, 0-6) 47-10.

NR/19 Wisconsin (7-3, 3-3) lose to #1 Ohio State (10-0, 6-0) 38-17

NR/23 Kentucky (6-3, 2-3) is IDLE