GeorgiaOwl said

Neither FIU nor App St. have go O's at all (or Tennessee for that matter!).

App. St. should have beat Tennessee but a missed XP and a FG, plus not recovering two fumbles they should have (late in the 4th qtr. AND the game winning TD in OT) AND ESPECIALLY pissing away the end of the game and not even getting a FG attempt FROM ROUGHLY THE ut 30! Even the UT fans thought they were gonna lose that game. ANY decent O in that game and they win BIG!

Posted On: Sep 2nd 2016, 4:33 PM #358240

I always appreciate your analysis Georgia. Spot on again!!!

GeorgiaOwl said

Neither FIU nor App St. have go O's at all (or Tennessee for that matter!).

App. St. should have beat Tennessee but a missed XP and a FG, plus not recovering two fumbles they should have (late in the 4th qtr. AND the game winning TD in OT) AND ESPECIALLY pissing away the end of the game and not even getting a FG attempt FROM ROUGHLY THE ut 30! Even the UT fans thought they were gonna lose that game. ANY decent O in that game and they win BIG!

Posted On: Sep 2nd 2016, 4:33 PM #358240

So other than the 5 mistakes you listed they should have won?  UT was primed to give the game away, but if you aren't a power 5 you still have to play a perfect game.

Pretty much, ANY (not all 5, just one!) of the 5 go right for App St. the game was theirs!

UT O was dull and predictable on O and the QB was running from pressure a lot. The UT fans were not a happy bunch until the final whistle.

Actually it did remind me TREMENDOUSLY of our UF game and if that is all UT has on O it will be a VERY LONG year for the SEC East favorites!

Southern Miss 44, Kentucky 35

Nick Mullens ran for two 1-yard touchdowns - including the go-ahead score late in the third quarter - and passed for two TDs as Southern Mississippi scored 34 unanswered points to upset Kentucky 44-35 in its season opener on Saturday night.


UTEP 38, New Mexico State 22

Zack Greenlee threw for three touchdowns as UTEP beat New Mexico State 38-22 in a season opener for both teams on Saturday night.


UTSA 26, Alabama State 13

Dalton Sturm threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns, ran in a third score from midfield, and led UTSA to a 26-13 win over Alabama State in the season opener for both teams Saturday night.


Florida Atlantic 38, Southern Illinois 30

Jason Driskel passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another, and Florida Atlantic scored 17 consecutive points in the second half to beat Southern Illinois 38-30 in the season opener for both teams on Saturday.


Middle Tennessee 55, Alabama A&M 0

Brent Stockstill passed for 329 yards and a career-high tying five touchdowns - all in the first half - and Middle Tennessee cruised to a 55-0 win over Alabama A&M in the season opener for both schools on Saturday.


SMU 34, North Texas 21

Courtland Sutton only made four catches but three went for touchdowns in SMU's 34-21 victory over North Texas in a season opener on Saturday.


Arkansas 21, Louisiana Tech 20

Behind a pair of fourth-down conversions in the fourth quarter, the Razorbacks (1-0) managed to avoid another early season disappointment to a non-Power 5 conference team on Saturday - rallying for a 21-20 victory over Louisiana Tech (0-1).

1-1 vs. the All-Mighty SEC but the win to CVUSA in point differential!

NOT a good SEC weekend, besides the Kentucky loss and close (1 pt.) Arky win, Miss St. lost to SOUTH Bama, and UT SHOULD have list to Appy. St., UF NOT impressive vs. a weak UMASS as well!

Sunday's final:

Old Dominion 54, Hampton 21

Old Dominion University football scored 23-straight second half points to run away from Hampton 54-21 in the 2016 season opener for both schools.

Ray Lawry led the way for ODU with 110 yards rushing and two receptions for 62 yards and two touchdowns. David Washington finished the day 10-of-18 for 187 yards and tied his career-best with four touchdown passes and ran for another 36 yards.

Congrats to Southern Miss on the upset! Shame about La Tech.

MTSU and WKU look to keep rollin'. Both of those games are going to be rough.

After throwing for more yards than FBS player the opening weekend of the season and entering school and conference record books in his first start, WKU junior QB Mike White has been named the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week.

The Defensive Player of the Week honor went to Louisiana Tech senior S Xavier Woods, who had an interception and a career-high for tackles in a one-point loss at Arkansas.

The Special Teams Player of the Week award was given to Southern Miss sophomore K Parker Shaunfield, who had 14 points in the Golden Eagles’ 44-35 win at Kentucky .

C-USA Football Players of the Week are voted on by a panel of the league’s media.

Gotta give WKU and especially S. Miss credit guys!