Exciting Weekend for College Football

This past weekend, including Friday, had to be the most exciting weekend of this college football season.  Friday especially, was great.  First, we saw Auburn play Alabama in Tuscaloosa.  Auburn was down by 21 points in the 2nd quarter, but somehow came back to win 28-27 after halftime.  It is amazing how Auburn can be losing so badly at halftime, but come back to win the game in the second half.  That says something great about AU's coaching staff. 

That evening, we saw Oregon play Arizona.  Much like Auburn, Oregon came out slow and looked like Arizona could pull off the upset.  However, Oregon found their stride in the second half as well, and ended up scoring over 50 points on Arizona.  Even though Arizona lost, you have to give some credit to quarterback Nick Foles, who showed great command and leadership of his football team even though they faced defeat late in the game.  He could very well have a future in the NFL. 

The most exciting news from Friday was Boise State's loss against the Nevada Wolfpack.  Some people said that Nevada was a little underrated and Boise a little overrated, and this proved to be true on Friday.  The Broncos should have actually won, but kicker Kyle Brontzman missed two crucial kicks at the end of regulation and in overtime.  This opened the door for Nevada to kick their own game-winning field goal which they made, sending the Broncos' 24 game winning streak and national championship hopes down the drain.  Boise was bound to lose sooner or later, but I really never thought it would be against Nevada.  I still think Nevada is overrated, but Boise happened to have an inconsistent night and gave Nevada the win.