Can the Wolverines do that again, or will Purdue take down another top-five team? Right now it could go either way, with Michigan up 14-13 at halftime. Michigan outscored Ohio State 28-3 in the second half and has outscored its past seven opponents 157-20. … We really wanted to play for those guys.” “It came out in spurts this week, but it definitely came out a lot this week. That was one of the last things that guys haven’t accomplished that we looked forward to accomplishing,” Van Pran said.

“Because of all those seniors in that locker room that didn’t win one. The most pragmatic minds among us might have advised Kirby Smart to rest his starters, lest they suffer an injury that kept them from participating in the Playoff.īut inside Georgia’s locker room? Saturday’s 50-30 win against No. A loss, no matter the margin, wouldn’t have ejected the Bulldogs from the four-team College Football Playoff field. 1 Georgia’s locker room, it was easy to cast Saturday’s game as meaningless. And for as much success as Georgia has enjoyed, it hadn’t won an SEC title since Jackson enrolled in January 2018. Senior receiver Kearis Jackson committed to Georgia’s 2018 recruiting class 1,932 days ago. One note in particular stood out to him when he heard it.

It almost brought him to tears the more he thought about it. When the topic arose this week, Georgia center Sedrick Van Pran felt the lump in his throat grow. Mitchell taking an end-around and passing it. Such as when Stetson Bennett, who during the game had mimicked a mic drop after a touchdown pass, recounted his team’s final points of the night, a two-point conversion on a trick play with receiver A.D. The team’s postgame news conference had a bowl feel to it. You may assume it talked about what was next, winning the next championship, how the defense needed to right itself lest Ohio State or TCU maul it in the College Football Playoff, and generally not enjoy the moment. You might think this team would sit stone-faced and act like it still had bigger things to accomplish than merely winning the SEC championship, which it did with a 50-30 thumping of overmatched LSU. As players filed in, a voice rang out: “How bout them (expletive) Dawgs!” Todd Monken, the offensive coordinator whose team just put up 50 points, walked by media members, looking away and saying nothing, but then couldn’t help himself: He raised his left arm, made a fist and pumped it once in the air. The trophy, which nobody on the team probably could have identified because none had seen it, was hoisted into the Georgia locker room by two burly offensive linemen. The Tigers’ defense did a phenomenal job of locking down Drake Maye and the UNC offense, which opened the game with a 78-yard touchdown drive but managed just three points and 319 total yards the rest of the way. Four different Clemson players completed passes Saturday night, with sixth-year QB and former five-star prospect Hunter Johnson getting into the game midway through the fourth quarter.Ĭole Turner became the first Clemson receiver to notch a 100-yard receiving game this season, as he caught three passes for 101 yards. Cade Klubnik finished 20-of-24 and amassed two total touchdowns and 328 yards from scrimmage as a passer, rusher and receiver. This game was over shortly after halftime, as the Tigers dominated in all three phases, winning the turnover battle 3-0 and blocking a field goal attempt. The win also officially closes the door on the Coastal division, and divisions in general, as the ACC will do away with the format for next season. Clemson restores order in the ACC by beating North Carolina 39-10 to capture its seventh ACC title in the past eight seasons.

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