Purdue Knocks Ohio State From Undefeated Ranks
Another week, another college football super power falls.
We’ll get to that in just a bit, but when recapping Week 8 of the college football season, much stayed the same.
Alabama continues to dominate, Kyler Murray continues to look like Superman, LSU’s defense continues to leave bruises and Minnesota continued to lose …
*Gets phone call*
Minnesota won?!? Party at my house at 11!!! In all seriousness, the craziness that we saw the previous week would not be matched this week as all but one top 10 team won during Week 8.
Here’s my recap of the Saturday that was in college football.
Boilermakers Blowout Buckeyes In Upset Win
The last time Purdue took on Ohio State the program was embarrassed 56-0 at home five years ago.
Improving slowly under Jeff Brohm after years of being a losing program, the Boilermakers returned the favor on Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium.
Behind David Blough (378 passing yards, 3 TDs) and D.J. Knox (128 rushing yards, 3 TDs), the Purdue Boilermakers picked up their biggest win in the past decade in a 49-20 thrashing of No. 2 ranked Ohio State.
In a game that was never close, Jeff Brohm’s team dominated Urban Meyer’s in every facet of the game on a chilly night in West Lafayette.
The loss is Ohio State’s first of the season, one that due to how wide the margin of defeat was to an unranked Purdue team.
Defensively, the Buckeyes have not been good on that side of the ball in 2018 and their glaring weaknesses along the defensive line as well as the secondary were exposed further on Saturday night.
Purdue is 3-1 in conference play this season, a record they’ll have a chance to improve on next weekend when they take on Michigan State in East Lansing.
Oregon Can’t Continue Winning Ways
What Oregon accomplished last week in defeating the Washington Huskies was diminished with a stinker in Pullman Saturday afternoon.
The Washington State Cougars rode a dominant first half performance to defeat the Oregon Ducks 34-20 and improve to 6-1 on the season.
Senior quarterback Gardner Minshew picked apart Oregon’s secondary as he completed 39-of-51 while throwing for 321 passing yards, 4 TDs and 2 INTs.
A week after rushing for 111 rushing yards and 2 TDs, Oregon running back CJ Verdell would have difficulty vs Washington State’s defense as he was limited to 55 rushing yards on 12 carries.
Washington State owned a 27-0 halftime lead at home over the Ducks as they limited Oregon to well under 200 yards in the first half.
It was a tough day throwing the ball for Oregon as well as quarterback Justin Herbert was held to 6.1 yards per completion while completing only 56.8 percent of his passes.
Washington State’s fans stormed Martin Stadium following the game as the win over No. 12 ranked Oregon gave the Cougars their biggest win of the season.
UCF Remains Unbeaten
The UCF Knights continue to win, no matter what the college playoff committee has to say about it.
UCF improved to 7-0 following a 37-0 road vs ECU on Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
Minus their leading rusher McKenzie Milton, UCF dominated on the ground despite his absence as quarterback Darriel Mack Jr. led the way with 120 rushing yards and a touchdown run in the win.
UCF may never get the respect they deserve playing in the AAC, but dating back to last season it’s 20 consecutive victories for Josh Heupel’s team.
With Ohio State’s loss, UCF should vault past their No. 10 ranking in the nation.
The question is, what can a team on the precipice of back-to-back undefeated seasons do to gain recognition as a national power?
What are your thoughts on Saturday’s college football action? Leave your comments below!