Football Report, October 31, 2009

High School Division:  In an unusual Saturday night matchup, Ada visited Lima Central Catholic for the Northwest Conference championship.  Both teams have clinched spots in the playoffs that begin next weekend.   Ada defeated LCC 31-24 to complete an undefeated, untied regular season.  Ada clinched the conference championship with the victory.  

Division III:  #19 Ohio Northern swatted the Yellow Jackets of Baldwin Wallace 49-6 in Ada.  Sports Time Ohio carried the game late on Saturday night.  Guilford upset favored Randolph Macon 20-13, despite a late comeback by Randolph Macon.  Carnegie Mellon won their homecoming match with Washington U, St. Louis, 21-13.  

Division IAA:  #1 Richmond continued their unbeaten streak by demolishing Towson 42-14.  #5 William and Mary easily overcame Rhode Island 39-14.  Rhode Island ran for a negative 46 yards in the game, a William and Mary defensive record.  Northern Colorado edged South Dakota 21-17.   

National Games:  #10 Oregon whipped #4 Southern Cal 47-20 at Oregon to end Southern Cal's national championship hopes.  #3 Texas crushed #13 Oklahoma State 41-14.    

Are You Upset?  North Carolina's defense controlled the game as #14 Virginia Tech lost to the Tar Heels 20-17.  South Florida, which had dropped out of the national rankings earlier in the season, upended #20 West Virginia 30-19.  Auburn thumped #24 Mississippi 33-20.  #21 South Carolina got rocked by Tennessee 31-13.    

Nationally Rank:  #7 Iowa, playing at home, tried very hard for three quarters to hand their game to Indiana.  Their quarterback, Ricky Stanzi, threw 5 interceptions, including 4 in the third quarter, but Indiana finally collapsed and handed the game to Iowa 42-24.  #18 Miami squeaked past Wake Forest 28-27.  

Trophy Games:  Air Force easily overcame Colorado State 34-16 to take the Ram-Falcon Trophy.  In the game that both schools no longer want referred to as the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, #1 Florida trounced Georgia 41-17 behind 4 touchdowns by Tim Tebow to retain possession of the Okefenokee Oar. 

Our Teams:  Mizzou's defense produced 8 sacks and grabbed 4 turnovers in mopping up Colorado 36-17.  Mizzou was one of only two Big 12 North team to win, because the other four teams played to Big 12 South opponents, and only Nebraska was able to win (over Baylor, 20-10.)  The South has risen again.  Duke came from behind to beat Virginia 28-17.  Duke is in the ACC title hunt, while Virginia will be home for the holidays.  Cal narrowly defeated Arizona State 23-21.  Former Ada Bulldog Zac Dysert ran for two touchdowns and passed for another to lead Miami to its first victory of the season over Toledo 31-24.  Downtrodden Illinois surprised Michigan 38-13.  The game turned in the first half when an Illinois defensive back ran down a Michigan wideout who was about to score at the Illinois 1 yard-line, and Illinois held Michigan off for 4 tries from the Illinois 1.   Vandy stayed with Georgia Tech into the third quarter, but Georgia Tech pulled away 56-31.  #25 Notre Dame bashed Washington State 40-14.      

Eating Cupcakes:  Clemson walloped Coastal Carolina 49-3.  #17 Ohio State jumped on New Mexico State 45-0.  

Department of Defense:  Temple swamped Navy 27-24.  

Undefeated and Untied This Week:  Army, Peabody Conservatory, Emory.