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FOOTBALL INSIDER 2017 /// WEEK 11
WEEK 11 WHAT'S NEW
Team of the Week: Iowa The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated No. 6 Ohio State, 55-24, after scoring the most points ever by an Iowa offense against the Buckeyes. With the score tied at 17 in the second quarter, the Hawkeyes scored 14 points in the final 6:38 to take a 31-17 lead at halftime. After trading punts during the first four possessions of the second half, the Hawkeyes made it a three-possession game with a nine-play, 78-yard scoring drive. Iowa lined up to attempt a 37-yard field goal on fourth-and-3 from the OSU 20 and instead, rolled the dice with a fake field goal. After another third-quarter score, the Hawkeyes put the game away with a 17-point outburst in the fourth quarter.
Quote of the Week Michigan State upset No. 7 Penn State by a last-minute field goal, 27-24, a win that earned the No. 12 spot in this week’s CFP rankings. Head coach Mark Dantonio commented on his team’s confidence moving forward: “Sometimes I have to come across aggressive and intense and get our guys motivated, and there are other times where I need to use poise and let everybody know that everything will be okay. We have to stick together and it’s going to work out.”
Bowl Projections CBS: USC vs. TCU SI: Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma State SB NATION: Washington vs. Oklahoma ESPN BONAGURA: Washington vs. TCU ESPN HALE: Oklahoma vs. USC USA TODAY: USC vs. Ohio State CBS: Kansas State vs. Oregon SI: Utah State vs. Utah SB NATION: West Virginia vs. Stanford ESPN BONAGURA: Texas vs. Utah ESPN HALE: Texas vs. ASU USA TODAY: West Virginia vs. ASU
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Rankings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Georgia Alabama Notre Dame Clemson Oklahoma
6. TCU 7. Miami 8. Wisconsin 9. Washington 10. Auburn
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WEEK 11 WHAT'S ON TAP
Games of the Week
Below are the top matchups this weekend (rankings based on AP Week 11 Poll): #1 Georgia at #10 Auburn 11/11 | 1:30 p.m. CBS
#2 Alabama at #16 Mississippi State. 11/11 | 5:00 p.m. ESPN
#3 Notre Dame at #7 Miami 11/11 | 6:00 p.m. ABC
#4 Clemson vs. Florida State 11/11 | 1:30 p.m. ESPN
#5 Oklahoma vs. #6 TCU 11/11 | 6:00 p.m. FOX
#8 Wisconsin vs. #20 Iowa 11/11 | 1:30 p.m. ABC
#9 Washington at Stanford 11/10 | 8:30 p.m. FS1
#12 Michigan State at #13 Ohio State 11/11 | 10:00 a.m. FOX
For a full list of Week Eleven matchups, click here.
Where is College GameDay?
For the first time in more than a decade, College GameDay is heading to the University of Miami, for a top 10 showdown between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Miami Hurricanes. The three-hour broadcast will begin at 7:00 a.m. and kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m.
This Week in College Football History November 3, 1962
Rutgers University and its neighbor, Princeton University, played the first game of intercollegiate football on this date, on a plot of ground where the present-day Rutgers gymnasium now stands in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Rutgers won that first game, 6-4. The contest was played with two teams of 25 men each under rugby-like rules, but like modern football, it was “replete with surprise, strategy, prodigies of determination, and physical prowess,” to use the words of one of the Rutgers players. Rutgers got Columbia University started in the grid sport the following season and in a few years most of the colleges and universities in the East were represented on the gridiron.
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FIESTA BOWL
FACTS Fiesta Bowl History
Miami has competed in the Fiesta Bowl four times and all Hurricane appearances are in the top 25 Fiesta Bowl games of all-time. The Hurricane’s most prominent Fiesta Bowl matchup was taking on Ohio State in the 2003 national championship in Sun Devil Stadium, entering the contest having won 34 consecutive games and as the defending national champions. The game went into double overtime before Miami fell to Ohio State 31-24. The Hurricanes are once again national title contenders, sitting at 8-0 entering a showdown with Notre Dame this weekend.
Fiesta Bowl Charities
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Greater Arizona Chapter has awarded Fiesta Bowl Charities with the 2017 Outstanding Corporation/Foundation Award. Fiesta Bowl Charities was recognized for the support it has provided to thousands of nonprofits throughout Arizona during the Celebration of Philanthropy Luncheon on November 8. To learn more, click here.
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