Week 3 doesn’t look very appetizing on the surface. There’s just one matchup between ranked teams on Saturday, so it’s a great weekend to channel surf.
It’s also possibly a great weekend for an upset no one sees coming. There’s a week or two every college football season where the schedule looks straightforward, but then a stunning upset unfolds in realtime. Will that happen this weekend? We’re about to find out.
Here’s the afternoon game we’re keeping a close eye on Saturday.
This rivalry continues even though Oregon is now a member of the Big Ten and Oregon State and Washington State are in the Pac-12 wilderness (though they did get some encouraging news this week). Oregon has dropped from No. 3 at the start of the season to No. 9 thanks to two close wins. The Beavers will be hoping to knock down their hated rivals at home, especially after the Ducks bolted from the Pac-12.
Live63 updates
Oregon retakes the lead!
Ducks QB Dillon Gabriel takes it 54 yards on an option run to give Oregon back the lead.
It’s an 8-point lead after Oregon converts the 2-point try.
Texas A&M takes 10-0 lead on Florida
The Aggies are off to a big start in Gainesville as Marcel Reed finds Theo Melin Ohrstrom for a 29-yard strike.
Touchdown Oregon State!
Jam Griffin runs into the end zone from 6 yards out and the Beavers have tied it in Corvallis.
Notre Dame starts fast vs. Purdue
Coming off last week’s painful loss to Northern Illinois, Notre Dame is quickly up 14-0 on Purdue.
Bounce-back week for the Irish?
LSU wins after game-tying kick sails wide!
South Carolina kicker Alex Herrera just misses a 49-yard field goal that would’ve tied the game as time expires. What a tough way for it to end for the Gamecocks.
Touchdown Oregon
The Ducks are on the board after a masterful opening drive. Jordan James caps off it off with a short TD run.
Touchdown LSU!
The Tigers take the lead on a 2-yard touchdown run by Josh Williams on third-and-goal. There’s just 1:12 left in the game and LSU is up 36-33.
Oregon stymies OSU’s opening drive
The rivalry game is underway in Corvallis, where Oregon State was looking to get on the board first before this happened:
LSU driving for win
LSU has the ball and is near the end zone after a Kyren Lacy catch makes it first-and-goal. There’s under two minutes left in the game.
Final: Missouri 27, BC 21
Brady Cook keeps it on a crucial third-down play and the Tigers are able to run out the clock. Missouri survives a scare and gets a win over a Top 25 team in Boston College.
So we’re at the two-minute warning in both games. Missouri is trying to run out the clock on BC while LSU is trailing with the ball against South Carolina.
Touchdown BC!
Thomas Castellanos finds Kamari Morales for a 38-yard touchdown to cut into Missouri’s lead. There’s just under 4 minutes left in the game and BC trails 27-21.
FSU loses to Memphis
Florida State’s season just went from bad to worse with a home loss to Memphis. Here’s the final play of the game.
Final: Alabama 42, Wisconsin 10
LSU fumbles it away
What a brutal time for a fumbled snap. The Tigers are trailing in the fourth quarter and Garrett Nussmeier clearly wasn’t ready for this snap. The Gamecocks would get a field goal out of it to go up 33-29.
Interception Mizzou
BC’s Thomas Castellanos makes another errant throw and Missouri’s Dreyden Norwood comes down with
End of 3Q: Missouri 24, BC 14
The Tigers are up two possessions as we head into the final quarter. Brady Cook has started to find Luther Burden; the receiver has over 100 yards and a TD so far.
Touchdown Gamecocks!
Raheim Sanders just sprinted by the LSU defense for a 66-yard touchdown run. Once he got outside, he was gone. What a run by Sanders!
Touchdown LSU!
The Tigers have taken the lead! Garrett Nussmeier finds Mason Taylor in the corner of the end zone for an easy pass and catch to put LSU on top. The Tigers have outscored the Gamecocks 29-7 since the home team went up 17-0 early.
