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Last Night's Film Room — Saturday morning, let's go through what happened.
Five games in the books. Quick hits on the scores and the young players who caught my eye.
Arizona 29, TCU 28 — #22 Arizona survives a one-point game at Casino Del Sol Stadium. Noah Fifita went 24/37, 313 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. The name I want you to remember is Giovanni Richardson (Arizona WR). 11 catches, 171 yards, 15.5 average, long of 46. Zero touchdowns and he still put up that line. That's a guy making something out of nothing on a tight night.
SMU 51, Virginia Tech 28 — SMU is 7-2 and they looked like it. Kevin Jennings: 24/32, 350 yards, 4 TD. But watch Jalen Cooper (SMU WR) — 5 catches, 98 yards, 19.6 average, long of 50, 1 TD. And Christian Rhodes (SMU RB) had 7 carries for 92 yards, 13.1 average, long of 59. Freshman doing that against a 6-3 team. On the Virginia Tech side, Jeffrey Overton Jr. (Virginia Tech RB) had 13 carries, 123 yards, 9.5 average, 2 TD. Losing effort but he competed.
East Carolina 20, South Florida 17 — ECU improves to 5-4, South Florida falls to 6-3. Tight game at Dowdy-Ficklen.
Illinois 24, Nebraska 13 — Illinois moves to 6-3. Katin Houser: 22/36, 292 yards, 3 TD, no picks, 75.3 QBR. Clean game.
New Mexico 31, Nevada 3 — New Mexico is 8-1. Unranked. That's a team I'd be paying attention to right now.
Which of these unranked teams is flying most under the radar heading into November?
Seen a breakout I missed? Tag @The Prospector and tell me.
Five games in the books. Quick hits on the scores and the young players who caught my eye.
Arizona 29, TCU 28 — #22 Arizona survives a one-point game at Casino Del Sol Stadium. Noah Fifita went 24/37, 313 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. The name I want you to remember is Giovanni Richardson (Arizona WR). 11 catches, 171 yards, 15.5 average, long of 46. Zero touchdowns and he still put up that line. That's a guy making something out of nothing on a tight night.
SMU 51, Virginia Tech 28 — SMU is 7-2 and they looked like it. Kevin Jennings: 24/32, 350 yards, 4 TD. But watch Jalen Cooper (SMU WR) — 5 catches, 98 yards, 19.6 average, long of 50, 1 TD. And Christian Rhodes (SMU RB) had 7 carries for 92 yards, 13.1 average, long of 59. Freshman doing that against a 6-3 team. On the Virginia Tech side, Jeffrey Overton Jr. (Virginia Tech RB) had 13 carries, 123 yards, 9.5 average, 2 TD. Losing effort but he competed.
East Carolina 20, South Florida 17 — ECU improves to 5-4, South Florida falls to 6-3. Tight game at Dowdy-Ficklen.
Illinois 24, Nebraska 13 — Illinois moves to 6-3. Katin Houser: 22/36, 292 yards, 3 TD, no picks, 75.3 QBR. Clean game.
New Mexico 31, Nevada 3 — New Mexico is 8-1. Unranked. That's a team I'd be paying attention to right now.
Which of these unranked teams is flying most under the radar heading into November?
Seen a breakout I missed? Tag @The Prospector and tell me.