{"id":335,"date":"2016-10-24T10:48:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T15:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/?p=335"},"modified":"2017-04-12T14:39:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T19:39:10","slug":"2016-e-systems-college-football-pool-week-8-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/2016-e-systems-college-football-pool-week-8-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 e-Systems College Football Pool – Week 8 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question: <\/strong>how can you possibly win a game win your defense gives up 854 yards of total offense?
\nAnswer:<\/strong> when your offense gains 854 yards of their own.<\/p>\n

That was the scenario played out in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday night.\u00a0 Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 66-59 in a game that featured a FBS record combined total offense of 1,708 yards (854 by each team; just less than a literal mile).\u00a0 It featured a running back who ran for 263 yards and caught passes for another 114 (Oklahoma\u2019s Joe Mixon), a quarterback who tied an NCAA FBS record for passing yards with 734 (Texas Tech\u2019s Pat Mahomes), and a different<\/em> quarterback who threw for seven touchdowns (Oklahoma\u2019s Baker Mayfield).\u00a0 Mahomes had 819 yards of total offense, yet another NCAA FBS record.\u00a0 Oklahoma scored on their first five possessions of the second half \u2013 and didn\u2019t score on their sixth because they ran out the clock. Texas Tech\u2019s Jonathan Giles had ten receptions for 167 yards \u2013 and was only the third-leading receiver in the game, behind Oklahoma\u2019s Dede Westbrook (202 yards) and Texas Tech\u2019s Keke Coutee (172 yards).\u00a0 Oklahoma became the first team in FBS history to have a 500-yard passer, 200-yard rusher, and 200-yard receiver in the same game.\u00a0 Mixon scored five touchdowns (2 rushing, 3 receiving). The teams combined for just four punts. Texas Tech went a combined 22-for-27 on third and fourth down conversions \u2013 and lost. I could go on and on.<\/p>\n

This type of game is atypical to say the least, but not that far out of the norm for the Big 12, leading some to ask, \u201cdoesn\u2019t anyone play defense in this conference?\u201d When they do, point a finger in the direction of Morgantown, West Virginia.\u00a0 The Mountaineers are only 57th<\/sup> in the nation in total defense, and third in the Big 12 behind Baylor and Kansas State.\u00a0 However, with their 34-10 victory over TCU, West Virginia held their third straight Big 12 opponent to 17 points or less, including that aforementioned record-setting Texas Tech offense. (Kansas State gave up 38 to the Red Raiders, for comparative purposes; Baylor hasn\u2019t played them yet). Dana Holgorson\u2019s squad finds themselves at 6-0 and in prime position to contend for their first Big 12 title. A big matchup with Oklahoma State, who averages just under 41 points per game, looms next.<\/p>\n

Who would have thought that the upcoming Washington-Utah matchup would be a possible Pac-12 Championship preview? That\u2019s where we currently stand, as the fourth-ranked Huskies venture into Rice-Eccles Stadium to take on the 17th<\/sup>-ranked Utes.\u00a0 Utah has lost only once this year, in a nail-biter against California. Actually, most of Utah\u2019s games have been nail-biters: they\u2019ve only played one Pac-12 game in which the outcome was decided by more than seven points.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Chris Petersen\u2019s Dawgs continue to lay waste to everything in their path. After their 41-17 win over Oregon State, the Huskies have only played in one Pac-12 game that has been decided by less than 24 points. They\u2019re fourth in the country in points per game and sixth in points against, but don\u2019t count Utah out, especially at home.\u00a0 The Utes have only lost once in their last eleven home games dating back to last season.<\/p>\n

In small-school news, Harvard beat Princeton 23-20 in overtime in a matchup of teams that were unbeaten in Ivy League play coming into the day. The Tigers came this<\/em> close to giving the Crimson just their sixth loss in Ivy League play since 2011. Instead, Harvard is still on track for their fourth straight Ivy League championship (either shared or outright). Small bit of football tradition trivia: everyone recognizes Michigan\u2019s iconic \u201cwinged\u201d helmet design, right? Princeton had them first. The then-coach of the Tigers, Fritz Crisler, ordered stock helmets with leather \u201cwings\u201d in 1935 for Princeton.\u00a0 He took the idea with him to Michigan when he became the coach there in 1938, and the Wolverines have become synonymous with the \u201cwinged helmet\u201d ever since \u2013 but it all started in Princeton, New Jersey.\u00a0 Incidentally, the Tigers stopped using the design when Crisler left until 1998, at which point they began wearing a version in the school colors of black and orange \u2013 and still do to this day.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to In Accord<\/strong>, who wins week 8 (their second weekly win!) with 133 points!\u00a0 There was a five-way tie for second between CrimsonWhite<\/strong>, BEVO<\/strong>, thatkidjosh<\/strong>, TheColombian<\/strong>, and Jeff4Bama<\/strong>; each scored 128 points.<\/p>\n

Standings after eight weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1st<\/sup><\/td>\nmaestro <\/strong><\/td>\n1481<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/sup><\/td>\nCrimson Gator <\/strong><\/td>\n1460<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/sup><\/td>\nJagRag <\/strong><\/td>\n1458<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/sup><\/td>\nAllySun <\/strong><\/td>\n1453<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5th<\/sup><\/td>\nShame! Shame! <\/strong><\/td>\n1452<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/sup><\/td>\nIn Accord <\/strong><\/td>\n1451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th<\/sup><\/td>\nAUBrian <\/strong><\/td>\n1449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th<\/sup><\/td>\nRalphie <\/strong><\/td>\n1448<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th<\/sup><\/td>\nJagAL <\/strong><\/td>\n1447<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10th<\/sup><\/td>\nbamaken <\/strong><\/td>\n1445<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Several interesting games dot the pick sheet this week. We have big midseason rivalry games (Michigan-Michigan State; Florida-Georgia) and top-20 matchups (Washington-Utah; Nebraska-Wisconsin; Clemson-Florida State).\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be an exciting week!\u00a0 The first game is Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh, Thursday, October 27 at 7 PM ET<\/strong>, so make sure to get your picks in by then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question: how can you possibly win a game win your defense gives up 854 yards of total offense? Answer: when your offense gains 854 yards of their own. That was the scenario played out in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday night.\u00a0 Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 66-59 in a game that featured a FBS record combined total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}