Quick takes from the four completed college football games over the last couple of nights:
Florida State might have been mildly fortunate to get the win and cover at Louisville. But the fact remains the Seminoles don’t rattle when they fall behind. Once they get rolling, they’re awfully tough to stop. The ‘Ville got completely run over in the second half after leading 21-0. From that point on, FSU 42-10. They’re not as dominant as last season, but the ‘Noles appear playoff bound and won’t be an easy out.
Georgia Southern did whatever they wanted to in disposing of outmanned Troy, and this one was actually more lopsided than the 42-10 tally. The winners won the stats by an enormous margin. The Larry Blakeney farewell tour at Troy basically netted one big effort against New Mexico State and the Trojans are pretty much mailing it in at this point.
Cincinnati rolled to a 31-14 win at Tulane, benefiting from a few very big plays. I have no idea what Tommy Tuberville’s strategy was late in the first half, and that might have let the Green Wave into the game for a bit as it turned out. But Cincinnati was clearly the superior squad and in actuality Tulane was worse than I thought they’d be.
Memphis got off to a sluggish start against Tulsa. But the Tigers eventually cranked up their running game and that was pretty much curtains for the Golden Hurricane, who aren’t much at stopping the run. One has to think the Bill Blankenship leash at Tulsa is getting pretty tight.
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