The second week of college football wrapped up for teams in the American Athletic Conference and while many of the teams lost to its more talented opponents we did have a couple of great games that resulted in upsets. EAST DIVISION: Cincinnati Bearcats 1-1 (0-1) You can’t turn over the ball five times and expect…
Handling adversity is tough when you aren’t used to success, but the SMU Mustangs took a big step in turning around the program as they overcame multiple first half mistakes to defeat the North Texas Mean Green 31-13 to get their first win of the season. There are three aspects of football: offense, defense and…
After a tough 33-28 loss to the San Diego Chargers a faction of the Lions fan base is bellowing a familiar tune, “Same Ol’ Lions”. Depending on the age of the fan that, the decibel level of that cry could be heard as far back as the ’57 squad. Before they go into a…
When you have a reputation of being a three team conference: OSU, MSU and maybe Wisconsin — with the rest of the league lagging a couple of paces behind — it is important that the conference performs well in the non-conference. This week some teams held their end of the bargain while others fell flat on…
Usually the victims of lopsided losses handed down by Power 5 conference schools, the American Athletic Conference handed out its own share of beatdowns in Week 1 and finished with an impressive overall record of 9-3 — including the upset of the weekend, Temple defeating Penn St. 27-10. The one surprising loss came when conference power…
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