Posts by Craig Smoak
Knights’ offense can’t get out of its own way
By ADAM EATON | Sons of UCF In the third quarter of the UCF Knights’ matchup with the Cincinnati Bearcats, the Knights’ offense pulled off a feat that had many people asking if it had ever happened before: 17 plays. 40 yards. 9:02 minutes. Punt. It basically serves as a microcosm for the entirety of…
Read MoreCincinnati not satisfied after ugly win over UCF
BY KEEGAN NICKOSON | Bearcat Journal There haven’t been many times at Cincinnati over the past three years when a nine-point win yielded a disappointed attitude during postgame press conferences. The Bearcats have set their standard, and Saturday’s 20-11 victory over their rival, UCF, didn’t live up to it. “We thought coming in that their…
Read MoreThree Things to Watch for WVU Against UCF on Saturday
By JUSTIN WALKER | WV Sports Chat This Saturday’s game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and UCF Knights could be labeled the “Nostalgia Bowl,” as both teams have former head coaches returning. Rich Rodriguez returns to coach the Mountaineers after a 17-year absence, while Scott Frost returns to UCF after a failed stint at Nebraska…
Read MoreK-State Finally Shows Its Potential in Dominant Win Over TCU
BY COLE DEUTSCHENDORF | 365 Sports There may have been a fair number of fans pinching themselves at Bill Snyder Family Stadium last Saturday after the K-State Wildcats showed off what many thought the team could be before the season started by taking down TCU 41-28. It was an offense that, outside of a slow…
Read MoreArizona Suffers Brutal Loss in Competitive Showing Against BYU
BY DAVID MOORADIAN | 365 Sports TUCSON, AZ — Sometimes losses are moral victories. Other times, they are simply gut-wrenching defeats. For Arizona, Saturday night’s 33-27 2OT loss against BYU was perhaps a mixture of both. After a 36-yard touchdown run by Kedrick Reescano on a fourth and one early in the fourth quarter, Arizona…
Read MoreHomecoming Week & MBB Ranked #2 in Preseason
BY GARRETT ROSS | 365 Sports The Coogs handled business in Stillwater this past weekend, throttling Oklahoma State 39-17. Despite being in concussion protocol for the entire week, quarterback Conner Weigman got the nod against the Pokes and threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns, while adding another touchdown with his legs. Head coach Willie…
Read MoreBaylor Football is 4-2 at the midway point of the season and feeling “good”?
BY CRAIG SMOAK | 365 Sports Things haven’t always looked pretty, and the Bears enter their first break weathered from six straight games to start the season, but riding higher in the saddle after back-to-back wins in league play. A Win is A Win I waited all year for football to arrive, so from that…
Read MoreAnother agonizing loss creates another crossroads for K-State
BY COLE DEUTSCHENDORF | 365 Sports For 45 minutes, everything felt right in K-State’s world. The Wildcats, on the heels of a 34-20 win over UCF in which they looked better than they had all season long, had traveled south to Waco, Texas, and held a 14-point lead heading into the fourth quarter over the 3-2…
Read More‘Guys Want to Be Here’: Oklahoma State Players, Coaches Pushing Through Unsteady Times
BY MARSHALL SCOTT | Pistols Firing Blog TUCSON, Arizona — It’s been a hectic few weeks in Stillwater, but there are still games to be played. Oklahoma State fell to Arizona 41-13 on Saturday in Tucson in what was the first game since the program parted ways with defensive coordinator Todd Grantham. That move came…
Read MoreBachmeier Shines as No. 23 BYU Tops WVU
BY JUSTIN WALKER & SHANNA ROSE | WV Sports Chat Freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier had a career-high 351 yards and a touchdown as No. 23 BYU downed West Virginia University 38-24 on Friday night. The Cougars (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) piled up 517 total yards of offense and had two takeaways. Chase Roberts had a career-high…
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