Headlines Week 2 2018

Thriller in Texas

Texas A&M's Kyle Field can hold a near national high capacity of 102,000 fans, and most of them were cheering in raucous fashion for the home team as the Aggies battled the highly ranked Clemson Tigers.  Clemson eventually built a 15 point lead largely on the fine performance of senior quarterback Kelly Bryant.  Also providing a valuable contribution was freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence. His best play was his first, when he fired a beautiful pass to receiver Tee Higgins who caught it dodged a defender and raced for a long touchdown.  However, Texas A&M proved to be a very worthy opponent, mounting a determined comeback in the 4th quarterback, as quarterback Kellan Mond and his cadre of receivers showed their own amazing skills.  The comeback came up just short, though, when their two point conversion attempt failed with under a minute to play.  Teams facing Texas A&M in the future better get ready for a ferocious battle

Good News for Kansas At Last

The Kansas Jayhawks are known as a team that struggles to win, especially on the road.  They had lost 46 road games in a row before an impressive defensive effort helped them end the streak against Central Michigan.  The Kansas defense forced 5 turnovers and quarterback Peyton Bender tossed 2 touchdown passes as the Jayhawks could finally return home with a satisfying victory.

A Renewed Rivalry Provides a Nail-biting Finish

Nebraska is known for having a long string of consecutive sellouts at home and Saturday was certainly no exception as the Colorado Buffaloes, who used to be a conference rival, came rumbling into town.  The teams were neck-and-neck throughout the contest, as they were tied or within a point 3 different times.  A trio of rushing touchdowns for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 2 by freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez, gave them a 21-17 lead at the half.  The star for Colorado was their quarterback, Stephen Montez, who threw for a total of 351 yards and 3 touchdowns.  The most important of these came in the closing minutes, after a totally unnecessary and stupid hit by a Nebraska player, who I will leave unnamed for his own good, extended a Buffaloes' drive.  Montez fired a perfect pass that sailed over two defenders to wide receiver Laviska Shinault Jr. who snagged it for the touchdown.  Nebraska tried to mount a furious comeback in the final minute with backup quarterback Andrew Bunch forced to play as Martinez had suffered an injury earlier in the final quarter.  He played admirably and led his team to a position to attempt a game winning scoring pass.  Unfortunately, for Cornhusker fans his final desperation pass fell incomplete and the Buffaloes would gallop away with the victory.

Also of note, Colorado wide receiver Jay McIntyre, son of head coach Mike McIntyre, caught a short touchdown pass.  Mike was very emotional about that in a post game interview.