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That's an artist's rendering of a proposed new on-campus stadium for the Baylor Bears. Read more about it HERE.
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HALFTIME: Wisconsin 38, Purdue 17. The Badgers won't be happy with a pair of kickoff coverage breakdowns that led to 10 first quarter Boiler points (or giving up a TD just before the end of the half), but none of that matters much when the Wisconsin offense is clicking like this. The Badgers racked up a ridiculous 416 total yards and held the ball for five seconds shy of 20 full minutes.
Russell Wilson has been his usual efficient self in the air (12-of-18, 2 TDs), but the real story has been on the ground, where Wilson and Montee Ball (above) have combined for 228 rushing yards on 23 carries ... or just under 10 yards averaged per-carry.
The Boilers deserve credit for doing what they can to stay in the game -- they weren't helped by back-to-back possessions in Wisconsin territory ended by suspicious pass interference no-calls -- but as long as Ball and Wilson are doing the scorched earth routine on the ground, this isn't going to be a game.
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SCORECHECK: Looking at some scores around the FBS:
Ole Miss 13, Kentucky 10, early third quarter: Like the ball in the picture above, the Rebels may find an SEC win just out of reach in 2011 if they can't pull it out in Lexington. Houston Nutt may very well be coaching for his job in this game's final 30 minutes. Track it here.
Stanford 17, Oregon State 13, early third quarter. The Cardinal are more banged-up than ever and Andrew Luck hasn't been his usual self -- just 4 yards per his 19 attempts -- but Stanford's defense and running game (164 yards) has kept them out in front. Still, nervous times in Corvallis. Track it here.
TCU 31, Wyoming 20, final. The Frogs hung on in Laramie to stay perfect in Mountain West play. More than ever, the conference title looks like it will come down to the Frogs' trip to Boise St., just as expected when the season began.
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Not that you need the reminder, but: LSU and Alabama kick off in less than two hours.
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The early winner by a HUGE margin today is Michigan State, if Northwestern closes out this upset. Unless the Huskers come back, MSU will have a one-game lead on both Nebraska and Michigan in the division race, plus the tiebreaker over Michigan.
What's particularly stunning is that MSU has gotten back atop the Legends Division with a woeful rushing game, which looked like a major strength of the team coming into the season. Even today, MSU managed just a hair over 100 yards rushing on a pitiful Minnesota defense that ceded over 250 yards to Marcus Coker and Iowa last week. And yet the Spartans just keep winning.
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Sooners in Complete Control In Norman
What was a 13-10 score at halftime and looked to be a competitive contest between Texas A&M and Oklahoma proved to be something else entirely. Much like the Sooners did against Kansas State last weekend --and Texas A&M has done all season in the second half -- Oklahoma came out scoring in bunches after halftime.
Oklahoma scored 4 touchdowns in just over 10 minutes of game time to expand their 13-10 lead to 41-10 thanks to a couple Aggie turnovers and one 14-yard, wind-destroyed punt.
Landry Jones threw for 108 yards and 2 touchdowns in the quarter, while Roy Finch and Blake Bell rushed for a touchdown each.
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Kentucky30, Ole Miss 13. That'll be your final from Lexington, thanks in large part to the 100 yard day rushing from the impressive CoShik Williams (above). But the story in this game's wake isn't going to be about the triumphant Wildcats--it's going to be about the Rebels losing their 12th straight SEC game, this one to arguably a weaker opponent than any they faced in those previous 11.
With the Rebels' only remaining SEC games coming at home vs. LSU and at Mississippi State, it will take a sizable upset to prevent an 0-8 SEC season for Houston Nutt. And if that's the case, it's simply not realistic to expect him back at the helm in Oxford in 2012. Nutt isn't a dead coach walking yet ,we don't think, but only a miracle against the Tigers will likely be enough to save him.
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QUICK HITS: Air Force 28, Army 14. Falcons overcome 14-0 halftime deficit to claim outright Commander-in-Chief Trophy for second straight season.
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QUICK HITS: Stanford 38 Oregon State 14. The Cardinal struggled for a while in this contest before finally blowing up the Beaver dam in the second half.
