College football’s “Show Me Month” wrapped up with a wild weekend that started with a shocker in the ACC and ended with four top 10 teams suffering their first losses of the season.
Are upsets contagious? Now the other three losses were to ranked foes, but two in particular are tough to stomach for fan bases that have come to expect excellence. No. 5 Georgia fell to No. 17 Alabama at home, as once again the Bulldogs are unable to beat the Crimson Tide (they’re 1-10 in the series since 2008).
But in Happy Valley, No. 3 Penn State rallied with two fourth-quarter touchdowns against No. 6 Oregon, only to lose 30-24 in double-overtime to drop coach James Franklin’s record against top 10 teams to 4-20 while with the Nittany Lions. Thank goodness there’s a 12-team playoff that allows for thre