Georgia Tech: 8-0

Good win for Tech. They played well, keeping Syracuse out of the game. Hated to see Haynes King take such a beating so late in the game. Glad to see backup QB Philo take some snaps at the end.

Good RB production from the little transfer from the Ivy League, number 0. Last year’s rushing leader Hayes doesn’t seem to be having that good of a year. The big receiver #4 dropped a pass and fumbled, but had a couple of good catches. The tight end #17 caught two TD passes but dropped two others. Not sure if I will ever learn their names.

Cool to see Haynes King interviewed on ESPN College GameDay (above). Then a great guest picker: Nate Bargatze. Probably the funniest guest they’ve ever had. And he was the only one to correctly pick Memphis to win, in an effort to ease tensions between Nashville and Memphis.

Man it seemed like the refs reviewed every other play in the first half. Took forever. Guess the refs were scared they’d be fired like that SEC ref.

QB King rushed for two TDs and threw for three (should've been four) - keeping his Heisman hopes alive. If they keep winning. But the Heisman is about much more than stats.

Some Tech fans are all worried about where the Jackets are ranked, saying they should be ranked higher than a one loss SEC team. Not a very high football IQ. Tech’s strength of schedule is like 83rd in the country.

Bama lost their first game of the year, then came back and beat UGA and other tough teams. Dawgs beat Ole Miss and Tennessee. Ole Miss beat Oklahoma. Who has Tech beat?  They better worry about beating NC State this Saturday night in Raleigh. Brent Key sure ain’t worried about Tech’s rank. Neither is Kirby. He’s worried about Florida.

UNC played for the win instead of the tie, and low rated UNC transfer QB Lopez failed to get the ball to his receiver in a good spot, and he was tackled a foot short of the goal line.

Homecoming in StarkVegas but a lot of empty seats. Down 24-14, the Longhorns reliable kicker Shipley missed a 29 yard field goal. 5-2 Texas didn’t play well at 4-3 Mississippi State. Arch had a pass tipped into the hands of a defender for an interception. Manning did throw for one TD and ran for another in the first half. Got knocked out of the game on the first play of overtime.

With the clock ticking down, this Gamecock defender made the right play, allowing Bama to score a late TD so Carolina could get the ball back quickly. Didn't help.

Memphis wasn’t able to contain the talented South Florida QB, but the Tigers came back to win 34-31. The Bulls kicker missed a 51 yard field goal on the last play of the game that would’ve sent the game into overtime.

Auburn switched QBs after a long pick six, and came back to beat Arkansas.

Any hopes UCLA had of pulling off an upset went out the window early, when QB Nico Iamgonnaleaveya threw an early pick six. Number two ranked Indiana won big.

Lots of throwback and "fauxback" college helmets again this week: Tech, Illinois, Minnesota, etc.

MADISON BUMGARNER [B-R Bio] his perfect World Series ERA was marred by future World Series MVP Sal Perez, when he homered off Bumgarner in the 7th inning of game 1 of the 2014 Series. Few suspected that it would be the only WS run ever scored on Bumgarner. It was also the only run KC scored that day. Perez was WS MVP the next year in the 2025 WS when the Royals beat the Mets. Bumgarner is the only pitcher to homer twice on Opening Day:  2 HR 02-Apr-2017. His wife called him Mason Saunders, until his cover was blown when he was participating in a rodeo.

Denison on the NBA scandal: the Bible nowhere claims that we become sinless the moment we trust in Christ ( 1 John 1:8-10). Christians aren’t perfect—just forgiven. Satan’s strategy works when Christians sin publicly, because skeptics want us to fail so they can dismiss the relevance of our moral claims. They would rather “shoot the messenger” than consider the “message.”