Hutchinson Ted Hendricks Award J. Gattis Frank Broyles Award A. Ohio State. Michigan State. Penn State. William Johnson. Derrick Moore. Andrew Gentry. Tyler Morris. Keon Sabb. Lou Groza Award. Lombardi Award. Heartbreaking end to the season. The guys gave it everything tonight. Hail to Pitt, always. Broooooooooooooooo WHAT!!!???? Cal Haladay picks off Beville's pass and takes it 78 yards to the house to give Michigan State a lead with 22 seconds left.
A promising Pitt drive ends in disaster. This drive is off to a bad start for Pitt. A lineman injured on first down and a sack on second and now it's 3rd and Thorne tosses up the back shoulder throw and Reed mosses the DB and makes the catch despite a flag thrown for pass interference. Michigan State is back in the lead and then convert the two-point try to make it with left.
The Panthers go three-and-out and punt back the Spartans. In Georgia's loss to Alabama, the Dawgs fell behind and found themselves chasing.
Bennett struggled in that situation. He threw for yards and three touchdowns, but he was picked off twice as well. Those turnovers destroyed Georgia's hopes of coming back to win the game, but now he'll get a chance to redeem himself in a title game rematch.
The downside of everybody on the Georgia defense being awesome is that sometimes awesome players get lost amid all that awesome. There was plenty of talk all season long about how Jordan Davis should be a Heisman Trophy finalist, and while I love Jordan Davis, I always thought the talk was silly because he's not even the best player on the Georgia defense.
That title belongs to Nakobe Dean, and the reasons why were all on display in Miami. Nakobe Dean's great night continues! Forces the fumble and Georgia recovers. Dean finished the night with seven tackles five solo , a sack and a forced fumble as he flew all over the field and seemed to get to spots Michigan players were hoping to get to before they even knew they wanted to be there.
He is an absolute pleasure to watch play. Recency bias is a monster. Just because we're the most intelligent species on Earth doesn't mean we have the capability of remembering anything that happened more than 20 minutes ago. Georgia's defense was dominant all year but then struggled against Alabama, so suddenly it stunk and was overrated by anybody who ever paid it a compliment.
We can't even entertain the idea that it just had a bad day against a great team. And people will feel the same way about Michigan after Friday night. It was an awful night for the Wolverines, but even if the season ends with a terrible taste in Michigan's mouth, the campaign was one to build on for the future.
The Wolverines dominated all year long -- when they fell behind to start the game, it was the largest deficit they'd faced all season -- and were finally able to get the Ohio State monkey off their back, beating the Buckeyes for the first time since They won their first Big Ten title since The dynamic backfield finished with six TDs on the day.
But perhaps the best moment of the evening came when Drake Stoops, son of legendary and, for this game, interim coach Bob Stoops, caught a touchdown pass from Williams. Oregon running back Travis Dye had a strong day with yards and quarterback Anthony Brown added yards, but too much of their production came after the game was decided in the second half.
Brooks rushed for yards, while Williams had yards passing on just 27 attempts. The victory gives Stoops his 10th bowl victory and a career winning bowl record. The Sooners have won back-to-back bowl games for the first time since Down by one score in the final minute of the fourth quarter, Iowa State was driving with a chance to tie the game.
Unfortunately, the Cyclones had one heartbreak left. Quarterback Brock Purdy ran for a first down on a fourth-and-2, but fumbled the ball back behind the first down marker to turn it over on downs and suffer a Cheez-It Bowl loss to No. The perfect ending to an absurd Cheez It Bowl.
Brock Purdy gets the first down on 4th and 2 then fumbles backwards behind the first down line. What a game. What a bowl pic. Clemson running back Will Shipley posted total yards and a touchdown to lead the Tigers and kicker B. Potter nailed field goals of 51 and 23 yards. Cornerback Mario Goodrich added a defensive touchdown with an yard pick-six off a twice-batted Purdy pass. The loss finished off one of the most painful seasons imaginable for Iowa State.
Five of the losses came by one score and were decided on the final possession. Conversely, Clemson captured its 11th consecutive win season, the third-longest streak in college football history behind Nick Saban's Alabama and Bobby Bowden's Florida State. Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa tied the program's single-season passing touchdown record and broke the yardage record, as the Terrapins handed Virginia Tech its worst bowl loss in program history.
Tagovailoa threw for yards and two touchdowns in the win on 24 pass attempts, with yards and both scores going to Darryl Jones. The Terrapins dominated every phase of the game as Maryland captured its first winning record since and first bowl victory since Ralph Friedgen retired in Tarheeb Still returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter to get things going, and Greg Rose recovered a fumble and returned it for a score.
Three different rushers reached the end zone for Maryland. Virginia Tech quarterback Connor Blumrick played the first meaningful snaps of his career against the Terrapins, throwing for yards and rushing for a score.
However, Virginia Tech compiled just yards of total offense to reach its third losing season in four years, the first time the Hokies have fallen to that mark since Former Penn State defensive coordinator Brent Pry takes over the program in Minnesota's defense suffocated West Virginia as the Gophers rolled in a two-score victory over the Mountaineers.
WVU mustered just 51 yards rushing and total yards against the physical Minnesota defense as the Gophers dominated the game in the trenches. Freshman running backs Ky Thomas and Mar'Keise Irving each easily cleared yards rushing as part of a yard day for Minnesota on the ground. West Virginia quarterback Jarret Doege posted just yards passing and an interception as WVU was held scoreless in the second half.
Minnesota is now over the past three seasons under head coach P. When the dust settled, it was Red Raiders interim coach and former QB Sonny Cumbie -- who is heading to Louisiana Tech as head coach -- who emerged victorious over his former coach Mike Leach to lead Tech to its first winning season since Tech quarterback Donovan Smith threw for yards and added two total touchdowns after entering the year as the third-string quarterback.
Running backs Tahj Brooks and SaRodorick Thompson ran wild with a combined yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries. Mississippi State struggled to find any momentum on either side of the ball, as the Bulldogs posted just yards and averaged just 4. Quarterback Will Rogers threw for yards, one touchdown and one interception in Leach's first matchup against the team that fired him more than one decade ago.
Air Force came into the First Responder Bowl with the top rushing offense in the country, so it's only natural that it topped Louisville in its final game of the season with a wide open aerial attack. Haaziq Daniels threw for yards and two touchdowns -- both of which were to senior Brandon Lewis -- to lead the Falcons to their second bowl win in three seasons. Those passing yards are just shy of the passing yards that the Falcons had during the entire month of October four games.
Daniels also added two more touchdowns on the ground to account for all four of the their end zones on the afternoon. Cougars quarterback Clayton Tune found Jake Herslow for yard touchdown with to play to give Dana Holgorsen's crew a hard-fought win over Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl.
The loss means this Tigers team will finish the season at -- the first sub-. The game-defining touchdown came after a prolonged Cougars scoring drought that started midway through the first quarter after they took a lead. The game puts to bed a disappointing first season for Auburn coach Bryan Harsin.
His team lost its last five games, including a four-overtime loss to Alabama and a blown lead at home against Mississippi State. Needless to say, pressure will be on the former Boise State coach going into the season. Western Michigan won its second-ever bowl game as a program in its home state, jumping all over Nevada early and cruising to a win in the Quick Lane Bowl.
Nevada did enjoy the element of surprise in the early stages of the game thanks to the overwhelming number of absences from the team that got the Wolf Pack to this game.
Head coach Jay Norvell left to take the job at Colorado State, and with multiple coordinators also departing for other jobs, this was a skeleton staff on the sideline leading a team that was down nearly 20 players because of injuries, transfers and opt-outs. The offense, in particular, lacked star quarterback Carson Strong and the top five pass-catchers from the regular season. So when backup quarterback Nate Cox led two scoring drives in the first 20 minutes of the game, it inspired some belief in this undermanned Nevada squad.
But Western Michigan made good adjustments defensively, and Nevada's defense had a difficult time getting stops. Each of the Broncos' first five possessions ended in scores with four reaching the end zone, and by the time they punted for the first time, it was a point game in the third quarter. Western Michigan's ground game was punishing, rolling up yards and four touchdowns, and the effort was complimented by huge plays in special teams starting in the game's early stages when Sean Tyler -- who also led the Broncos in rushing with yards -- ran a kickoff back yards for the first touchdown of the game.
In addition to being the second bowl win in WMU program history it is the first for head coach Tim Lester, who improves to overall across five seasons at his alma mater. Nevada now officially moves into the Ken Wilson era, as the longtime former Wolf Pack assistant and recent Oregon defensive coordinator takes over as the program's head coach. Georgia State used a point third quarter to turn an entertaining and competitive Camellia Bowl into an absolute blowout.
Ball State jumped out to a lead in the first quarter, but it only held the lead for a few more minutes before never seeing it again. The Panthers put together three touchdown drives of 75, 68 and 71 yards to take a lead before Antavious Lane picked off a Drew Plitt pass and returned it 55 yards to make it Georgia State on the final play of the quarter.
Georgia State quarterback Darren Grainger introduced himself to a national audience by throwing for yards and three touchdowns while also leading the team in rushing with yards and a touchdown. Aubry Payne led the Panthers with yards on eight receptions, while Ball State's Jayshon Jackson caught 12 passes for yards and a score. The win gives Georgia State a record of on the season with eight wins being the most it's had in any season since joining the FBS.
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