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Offensive halfback Isaiah Bowser celebrates his touchdown in the second half against Wisconsin.(Photo: David Banks, USA TODAY Sports)
As planned and planned in the pre-season, the calendar turns in November and Michigan and the North West must meet to decide the Big Ten Conference championship. Wait what?
That's right, but only if you replace Ohio State Wolverines and deposit the Wildcats for the benefit of Wisconsin. Here we are: Northwestern has just beaten the Badgers, 31-10, and the Buckeyes are still healing after the 49-20 defeat last Saturday at Purdue.
So, Wisconsin is over, totally eliminated from the playoff race at college football and is now preparing for a difficult climb to win the West Division. Iowa faces similar difficulties after Saturday's loss to Penn State. Purdue eliminated all his good will by losing against Michigan State.
Northwestern is the team that makes no sense. The Wildcats lost to Duke (understandably) and Akron (my God) in September, but dominated the Spartans and Badgers in October. A week ago, Northwestern barely survived Rutgers with an 18-15 victory. And this team is now in the driver's seat for the Big Ten title game.
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It's a bit of a problem for the Big Ten, especially since there is no more unbeaten team in the East Division. What will happen if Ohio State runs the table from here and gets just outside the top four before the conference championship? Does Northwestern want the Buckeyes to pass the bump?
Perhaps, although the playoff selection committee can take a long look at Wildcats losses and wrestle with disaster. The Big Ten needed a Wisconsin to come out of the West with two losses or less to ensure that the conference would qualify for the national semifinals.
Here are the rest of Saturday's winners and losers in college football:
winners
Penn State
The Nittany Lions have regained their balance after a month of vacant months with a home win of 30-24 at home against Iowa. Penn State had been battling since losing to Ohio State at Beaver Stadium in late September; That defeat was joined by another home defeat against Michigan State, which almost officially ended the team's playoff in the college football playoffs. Win against Iowa is great. Getting the win at home, it's better.
Kentucky
The Wildcats' 15-14 win over Missouri was not without controversy – the Tigers pass interference flag, which gave Kentucky time to score the decisive touchdown with zeros on the clock. Kentucky will take it and will be in the top 10 next week with Georgia. Even in the midst of controversy, here is an important idea: the UK has moved to a point where Mark Stoops no longer has the hope of losing those tight games against the SEC.
WALK-OFF WINS: No. 14 Kentucky defeat Missouri with touchdown to final play
The Oakland Athletics
The immediate future of Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray lies in the A, who took the talented junior with the ninth overall pick in this summer's MLB draft. It has been said that baseball is Murray's best sport, which may or may not be true, but even at first glance, the concept is staggering: Murray is such a good quarterback. 14 win against Kansas State – that the idea that it could be even better on the diamond is mind-boggling.
Kansas
Every victory in Kansas gives the Jayhawks a place on this list, knowing that victories tend to come with a high level of scarcity. The 27-26 win at home against TCU was unexpected, to put it mildly. This has also created an incredible situation: Kansas will enter November out of last place in the Big 12 Conference. Unbelievable!
Oregon State
In the same vein, here is a quick cry for Oregon State, which wins the matches with a slightly higher frequency than Kansas, but still deserves a credit for a great overtime victory in Colorado.
losers
South Florida
The USF has climbed into the Amway coaching survey after a lean schedule – and did not even seem to be able to move up to 7-0 anyway – so it's just that Houston has dropped 57 points to show the country that the Bulls do not have business ranked among the top 25 university football teams.
Southern California
Whether banal is the real problem. Over the past two weeks, the USC lost to Utah and Arizona State, the latter party in a 38-35 decision at home. And what is the national response? Nothing. Everyone does not care. USC recorded four defeats before early November for the first time since 2001 and no one cares. Why? Because it's not unexpected. This is a problem for the Trojans program.
State of Florida
Florida State is not 49 points behind Clemson, although the scorecard after the Tigers' no-sweat victory indicates otherwise. The Seminoles are as talented as Clemson, or slightly more. The university pays a high price for its coaches, just like Clemson. The difference when these two programs meet? Clemson plays with an energy and enthusiasm apparently foreign to FSU. The talent is the same. Everything else is different. This is the battle that awaits Willie Taggart.
HARD DAY: Clemson makes the state of Florida suffer its worst loss of history in the school
Louisville
It is now a disaster: Louisville is now 2-6 after a 56-35 loss to Wake Forest. Head coach Bobby Petrino will reorganize the deck chairs of this Titanic to solve the team's problems, even if there is nothing to do. The Cardinals are as obsolete as all the Power Five programs in the country.
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