The 18th ranked, 5-2 Auburn Tigers of coach Tommy Tuberville traveled to Baton Rouge to meet the 5th ranked, 6-1 Louisiana State Tigers with coach Les Miles. Louisiana State's QB Matt Flynn threw 3 touchdown passes including a 22-yard strike to WR Demetrius Byrd with 0:01 as Louisiana State overcame a 17-7 halftime deficit to claim The Belt with a 30-24 win. Louisiana State … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 20
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This Date in College Football Belt History – October 19
First-year coach Dave Kragthorpe brought his undermanned, 2-4 Oregon State Beavers to meet the 4-2 Washington Huskies & coach Don James. The Beavers had been shutout in their last 2 games against Southern Cal & Washington State by a combined score of 97-0 as well as losing to Division II Grambling 27-6. The 38-point underdog Beavers started a freshman at … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 19
Rats! Trojans Sink Irish Again
To quote the not-so-legendary former NFL and college coach Dennis Green, “THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY ARE.” “They” are the Notre Dame football team. We THOUGHT they are a team struggling to stay in the nation’s Top 25. And Saturday, THEY showed the nation yet AGAIN that THEY are certainly well short of being a Top 10 team as they came back to make it interesting before … [Read more...] about Rats! Trojans Sink Irish Again
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 16
The 12th ranked, 4-1 Washington Huskies of first-year coach Jim Lambright traveled to Pasadena to meet the 22nd ranked, 3-2 UCLA Bruins of coach Terry Donahue. UCLA's All-American WR J.J. Stokes caught four touchdown passes as the Bruins rallied from a 15-0 1st quarter deficit to record a 39-25 upset win & claim their 9th Belt reign. Washington took a 7-0 lead in the … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 16
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 15
The top-ranked, 5-0 Southern Cal Trojans of coach Pete Carroll traveled to South Bend for their annual battle with Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish of coach Charlie Weis stood 4-1 & ranked 9th nationally. Weis was in his first year as Head Coach having been the offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots & had been dubbed this season’s “offensive genius” by many … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 15