Daily Blog • October 17, 2010

Top 25 Game Performances

OFF OFF OFF DEF DEF DEF Total
Game
Rk
 FOE RUSH PASS PTS RUSH PASS PTS TO's Yds
Grade
1
 USC California 211 391 48 52 193 14 1 357
112.5
2
 OKLAHOMA Iowa St 318 349 52 66 126 0 -1 475
108.6
3
 GEORGIA Vanderbilt 232 315 43 58 82 0 2 407
105.1
4
 WISCONSIN Ohio St 184 152 31 155 156 18 0 25
103.8
5
 BOISE ST AT San Jose St 206 323 48 0 93 0 -1 436
102.0
6
 MICHIGAN ST Illinois 84 214 26 16 137 6 3 145
97.9
7
 TEXAS AT Nebraska 210 62 20 137 76 13 1 59
96.8
8
 OKLAHOMA ST AT Texas Tech 227 356 34 169 223 17 0 191
96.0
9
 MISSOURI AT Texas A&M 56 361 30 57 321 9 0 39
94.9
10
 TCU BYU 128 277 31 55 92 3 2 258
93.8
11
 PITTSBURGH AT Syracuse 123 266 45 77 231 14 4 81
91.9
12
 N CAROLINA AT Virginia 140 339 44 151 184 10 4 144
91.6
12
 AUBURN Arkansas 330 138 65 139 427 43 3 -98
91.6
14
 VIRGINIA TECH Wake Forest 291 314 52 254 92 21 0 259
91.3
15
 KANSAS ST AT Kansas 276 184 59 103 228 7 2 129
91.0
16
 BAYLOR AT Colorado 309 234 31 192 207 25 -1 144
87.5
17
 UTAH AT Wyoming 188 243 30 67 116 6 -3 248
86.9
18
 BOSTON COLL AT Florida St 170 95 19 139 171 24 4 -45
86.6
19
 ARKANSAS AT Auburn 139 427 43 330 138 65 -3 98
86.1
19
 N ILLINOIS Buffalo 281 160 45 130 120 14 0 191
86.1
21
 MISSISSIPPI AT Alabama 127 112 10 99 218 23 0 -78
84.4
22
 MIAMI FLA AT Duke 224 224 28 105 187 13 5 156
84.2
23
 WASHINGTON Oregon St 189 286 35 147 206 34 0 122
83.9
24
 ALABAMA Mississippi 99 218 23 127 112 10 0 78
83.3
24
 COLORADO ST UNLV 259 233 43 149 125 10 2 218
83.3

1. Matt Barkley threw for 252 yds and a school record tying 5 TD’s. USC flat out dominated Cal with 32-10 FD and 602-245 yd edges. In fact, they led 45-0 before Cal got a couple of garbage TD’s. USC’s D had given up 69 pts the previous 2 games but had a 372-65 yd edge at the half with a 20-3 FD edge in their dominating win.

2. The Sooners were much sharper after a bye week and put forth one of their best performances of the season as they had an incredible 41-10 FD and 667-192 yd edges as they rolled Iowa St 52-0 and are ranked #1 in the first BCS poll.

3. Georgia dominated Vanderbilt just as the 43-0 score indicates. They just missed the largest MOV in series history which had been 45-0 in 1976. UGA missed a 31 yd FG with 10:54 left which would have given them that margin. The Bulldogs also had 2 TD’s overturned by replay. UGA finished with 22-8 FD and 547-140 yd edges.

4. Wisconsin got their first victory over a #1 team since 1981 with an impressive 31-18 win over Ohio St and RB Clay became the first RB to top 100 yds against the Buckeyes defense in 29 games.

5. Boise St continues to dominate teams as they try to impress the voters each and every week. On Saturday they rolled up a 529-93 yd edge in the 48-0 win over San Jose St.

6. Michigan St was playing their 3rd big game in 3 weeks after having knocked off Top 10 Wisconsin and undefeated 5-0 Michigan but Illinois was also on their 2nd straight road game after pulling a road upset vs Penn St. Illinois led 6-3 at the half but UI was int’d to open the 3Q and MSU lost 1 yd and got a 34 yd FG but MSU then went 77/4pl for a TD, 68/10pl for a 32 yd FG, 45/9pl for an 18 yd FG then after an int, 53/8pl for a TD to wrap it up, 26-6.

7. Texas led 17-3 at the half with a 175-107 yd edge. It was 20-3 when backup Lee led Nebraska 83/16pl for a 28 yd FG to make it 20-6. Lee led NU on a 12pl drive and they had a likely TD pass dropped at the 4 on 4&18. NU got a 95 yd PR TD on a pooch punt to make it 20-13 and UT rec’d the onside kick at the NU42, got 2 FD’s and ran out the clock. UT came in unranked for the first time since 2000 and NU was #5 in the country but UT allowed QB Gilbert to run the ball and he had 72 yards rushing.

8. Oklahoma St got their first victory in Lubbock since 1944, a span of 66 years. OSU WR Justin Blackmon had a career high 207 yards rec. OSU led 14-0 and TT did not get their first FD until their fourth drive. OSU finished with 30-20 FD and 581-401 yd edges.

9. Missouri dominated Texas A&M much like the score indicates. While A&M had 9 TO’s the previous 2 games, they did not have any and the offense was inept in the 1H with just 113 yards as Missouri had a 267-113 yd edge. Missouri led 16-0 at the half and extended it to 30-3 before A&M got a TD with 8:37 left. A&M gained 58 yds on 10pl before being SOD at the MO13 with 3:22 left. It was the first time since 1967 that MO held a conf foe scoreless for 6 straight quarters.

10. In the 1H TCU had a 223-13 yd edge but it was just 3-0 with 2:00 left 1H. TCU, after a 17 yd PR went 46/2pl for a TD with 1:35 left and then after an int, went 38/3pl for a TD with :26 left to lead 17-0. BYU was SOD at their own 47 but then on their third 3Q poss went 70/14pl when they got a 27 yd FG it meant BYU’s streak of 201 straight away games with scoring (dates back to the 70’s) was kept in tact. It also ended TCU’s shutout streak at 174:00. TCU got a TD with 1:03 left then after a 26 yd punt went 51/9pl and on 4&3 got a 21 yd TD pass with 4:24 left and they ended the game at the BYU27.