NCAA commentary: Miss St just gets by with TD in 4th;Ducks take out Cardinal; FSU Winston has lights out game

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by Michelle Richardson

Mississppi State (8-0) 17 vs Arkansas (4-5) 10: Arkansas came out at the beginning they had the ball for a long time and Miss St they turned over the ball three times but the game was about who wanted it more. Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen went 22-43 for 238 yards was sacked once and threw for an interception once.

Miss St quarterback Dak Prescott went 18-27 for 331 yards for one touchdown and two interceptions, Prescott threw two interceptions but still passed for over 300 yards. Looking at the ground game running back for Miss St Josh Robinson 19-64 and a touchdown, Prescott also rushed for 61 yards 19 times, Prescott can throw and beat you with his feet.

Prescott was amazing he was just three yards short of Robinson, the rushing leaders for Arkansas is Alex Collins carrying 16 times for 93 yards and a touchdown. Running back for Arkansas Jonathan Williams carried for 15 times and 47 yards. This game was about the defense who really came up strong for both clubs, in the fourth quarter a 69 yard pass from Prescott to Fred Ross for the game winner as Miss St just gets by Arkansas by a touchdown.

Oregon (8-1) 45 vs. Stanford (5-4) 10: This was one of those game where you give the Stanford Cardinal the benefit of the doubt and you hope that they can come up and do what they do. Stanford was just outplayed thats the only thing you can say about this contest. 14 points in the first quarter for Oregon, ten in the second, seven in the third and another 14 in the fourth.

It was the Ducks game, their time, and their stadium. Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota went 19-30 for 258 yards and threw for two touchdowns. The Cardinal quarterback Kevin Hogan was 21-29 for 237 yards and no touchdowns. Hogan threw for one interception but Oregon capitalized on every flaw that Stanford committed and as a matter of fact Mariota carried for two touchdowns himself.

Stanford turned over the ball twice as opposed to Oregon who turned over once, time of possesions in the those fourth downs come into play. Rushing leaders for Stanford Hogan carried 11 times for 42 yards and Remound Wright carried 11 times for 33 yards. Niether one of the running backs for Stanford got 50 yards. They had 11 carries a piece.

Florida State (8-0) 42 vs. Louisville (6-3) 31: FSU always reminded me of the Los Angeles Lakers in basketball the Lakers always turned it off and turned it on. For the Seminoles that’s scary, in basketball you could do that a little bit more but in football that’s scary when you do that.

Louisville had everything going for them Thursday night, they came out of the box just whacking FSU’s jaw, but after halftime FSU came back and proved why they are worthy of their perfect record. FSU star quarterback Jameis Winston threw for three interceptions. It was not a good night for Winston at quarterback if you really think about it. Winston threw 25-48 for 401 yards, was sacked twice and threw those three picks.

Winston threw for 401 yards and you have to ask what this kid can’t do? Winston threw three touchdowns even though he got picked off three times. Louisville running back Michael Dyer went 28-134 and was running all day. Dyer was on the National Championship team at Auburn who FSU beat for the National Champion. I’m really sure that Dyer is tired of seeing FSU.

Michelle Richardson does commentary on the NCAA each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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