We are now in week eight and the bcs race is really getting hot. We have still have six undefeated teams and every team is trying to stay on top. Some of the most interesting games this week are Oklahoma vs. Missouri, LSU vs. Auburn and Wisconsin vs. Iowa.
Number one Oklahoma had a big challenge this week going on the road to face the alway tough Missouri team who is ranked eleven in the country. In this game Missouri drew first blood, they returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. Even though they got hit very fast Oklahoma strapped up and got to their game. They replied with a two minute drive to tie up the game. Throughout the whole game it was very even till the fourth quarter came around. Entering the fourth quarter the score was 21-20 Oklahoma. Missouri’s defense locked down the Oklahoma offense and scored and the ensuing three drive, two touchdowns and one field goal. With 6:36 remaining in the game the score was now 36-21 Missouri. They held on to win 36-27 and remained unbeaten.
The next game that had many on their toes was LSU vs. Auburn. This game did come down to the end but in my eyes should have been a blow out. The Auburn tigers just totally dominated and controlled the game, they had over 500 yards of offense but just could not capitalize on their successes. The first quarter was very slow with many mistakes and ended up being 7-3 Auburn leading. In the second quarter the LSU team seams to wake up and spark up this game. They score a touchdown run with Jefferson and held Auburn to a field goal in the whole quarter. Entering half time the score was 10-10. In the second half the game continued to be a nail bitter, in this quarter their was only one touchdown and it was by Auburn. They ended the quarter up 17-10. Entering the fourth LSU quickly scores to tie the ball game and give the ball back to Auburn with 12 minutes left in the game, the score is now 17-17. The last and final touchdown to win the game was by Auburn with 05:05 left in the game. This touchdown was an enormous 70 yard touchdown run by Ontario McCalebb.
The final game I have this week is Wisconsin vs. Iowa. Here we have two very physical and tough football teams that have a lot to lose. Both of the teams ranked in the top 15 are still on the chase for a major bowl game. The first quarter was close with few scoring Wisconsin scored a field goal and Iowa scored a touchdown but missed the extra point that is going to hurt them later on in the ball game. In the second quarter both teams put up a touchdown which made the game 13-10 Iowa at half. In the third quarter the teams came out firing. Wisconsin scored two touchdowns and Iowa one, the score entering the fourth was 24-20 Wisconsin. In the fourth Iowa struck back scoring twice in the first seven minutes. They put up a touch down and a field goal making the game 30-24 Iowa. Wisconsin with one minute left crushed Iowa and scored a late touchdown to win by one point. This was a really good game, both teams fought it out and at the end the missed extra point hurt Iowa big time.
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