KNOXVILLE, TN – Were you not entertained on Saturday with a college football slate that certainly delivered? If you weren’t, I don’t know what to tell you, or how you should go about the rest of the season. Whether it was the chaos in Knoxville between Georgia and Tennessee, or the wild fourth quarter in South Bend with Texas A&M …
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Notre Dame needs a miracle. A series of events to go exactly its way. It has to not only win out, but have a lot of results fall like dominoes in its direction. After Saturday’s gut-wrenching, last-second home loss to Texas A&M, the Irish’s backs are firmly against the wall. They have zero margin for error. No wiggle room. Source …
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Notre Dame became the first team in 37 years to start a season 0-2 and remain ranked, landing No. 24 on Sunday in the AP Top 25, with Texas A&M moving up six spots to No. 10 after beating the Fighting Irish. No. 1 Ohio State received 55 first-place votes to remain atop the poll for the third straight week. …
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Getty Images Texas A&M powered inside the top 10 of the updated Week 4 Coaches Poll following the Aggies’ momentum-building win at Notre Dame. It represents an early-season signature victory for Mike Elko. Slotted at No. 16 previously, Texas A&M ranks No. 10 Sunday after snapping a 13-game road losing streak against top 10 opponents dating back to 2015. Clemson …
Read More »NEW YORK (AP) — Texas A&M made a big jump into the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday after its dramatic win at Notre Dame, and the Irish became the first team since 1988 to stay in the Top 25 with an 0-2 record. Ohio State, Penn State and LSU remained the top three teams, with …
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It’s time to question Texas. The Longhorns’ offense is not where it needs to be if Steve Sarkisian intends on getting this team back to a College Football Playoff semifinal for a third consecutive season. Texas has fallen out of our updated 12-team playoff projection after Week 3 following its unimpressive showing against UTEP, another head-scratching performance from a team …
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Notre Dame’s goal of returning to the College Football Playoff this season is in serious jeopardy following Saturday night’s 41-40 loss to No. 16 Texas A&M, a devastating setback that essentially amounted to a must-win for the No. 8 Fighting Irish. While it’s prudent to never say “never” in a season overflowing with parity and to be careful when using “eliminated” …
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SOUTH BEND — If Notre Dame’s College Football Playoff hopes died Saturday night—which certainly seems likely—this was a hell of a way to go. A botched hold. A fourth-and-11 touchdown surrendered. A game squandered. A season teetering on disappointment already. Clinging to a 40–34 lead against Texas A&M with 19 seconds left, a bewildered Fighting Irish defense just had to …
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Getty Images No. 8 Notre Dame fell to 0-2 on the season with a heartbreaking 41-40 loss at home to No. 16 Texas A&M in the craziest game of Week 3 in college football. Both offenses dominated on Saturday night in South Bend, but the game came down to a special teams miscue late from the Irish. After Jeremiyah Love punched …
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By Ralph Russo, Pete Sampson and David Ubben Nate Boerkircher hauled in an 11-yard touchdown pass from Marcel Reed with 13 seconds left, and No. 16 Texas A&M took advantage of No. 8 Notre Dame’s botched extra point to survive 41-40 on Saturday night at Notre Dame Stadium. Facing a ranked opponent for the second time early this season, the …
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