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Best of Week 14: BYU makes it to Coastal Carolina, Bama’s out for revenge and more

Week 14 is one for the ages for college football.

Never before have we seen two undefeated teams, thousands of miles apart, up and schedule a game against each other in just a matter of days. But that’s what happened with No. 13 BYU and No. 18 Coastal Carolina. Of course, the fact that these two teams are among the darlings of the 2020 season is its own storyline.

Hitting the streets is the theme of this week. The three contenders — Ohio State, Texas A&M and Florida — for the No. 4 spot in the College Football Playoff are all on the road this week, but only the Aggies (at Auburn) are less than a touchdown favorite.

We’ll have all the highlights, uniforms and analysis of the top games here all day. So let’s buckle up and get to truckin’. We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.

Top 25 games

  • No. 4 Ohio State (-24) at Michigan State, noon, ABC/ESPN app

  • No. 5 Texas A&M (-6.5) at Auburn, noon, ESPN/ESPN app

  • No. 15 Oklahoma State (-2) at TCU, noon, ESPN2/ESPN app

  • Western Carolina at No. 17 North Carolina (no line), noon, ACC Network/ESPN app

  • Rice at No. 21 Marshall (-23), noon, ESPN+/ESPN app

  • Syracuse at No. 2 Notre Dame (-34), 2:30, NBC

  • No. 6 Florida (-17.5) at Tennessee, 3:30, CBS

  • West Virginia at No. 9 Iowa State (-6.5), 3:30, ESPN/ESPN app

  • No. 12 Indiana at No. 16 Wisconsin (-14), 3:30, ABC/ESPN app

  • No. 19 Iowa (-13.5) at Illinois, 3:30, FS1

  • No. 24 Tulsa (-12) at Navy, 3:30, ESPN2/ESPN app

  • Stanford at No. 22 Washington (-11.5), 4, FOX

  • No. 13 BYU (-10) at No. 18 Coastal Carolina, 5:30, ESPNU/ESPN app

  • No. 23 Oregon (-9) at California, 7, ESPN/ESPN app

  • No. 3 Clemson (-22) at Virginia Tech, 7, ABC/ESPN app

  • No. 1 Alabama (-29.5) at LSU, 8, CBS

  • No. 10 Miami (-15) at Duke, 8, ACC Network/ESPN app

  • Baylor at No. 11 Oklahoma (-22), 8, FOX

No. 25 Louisiana 24, App State 21

The Ragin’ Cajuns played in what will probably be the most odd game of the weekend, beating App State for the first time 24-21. The one thing you need to know from this game was Louisiana head coach Billy Napier taking a safety from his own 35-yard line to cut App State’s deficit to three because of three bad snaps from their long snapper. It ended up working out alright since the Mountaineers missed the game-tying field goal in the final seconds. — Harry Lyles Jr.

Whatever it takes

Because sometimes, a park is the only place you can get in a practice.

Do you even lift, bro?

Marvin Grant has clearly been getting his reps in.

Nix has a few tricks up his sleeve

Bo Nix truly made an unthinkable escape to score this touchdown.

A little extra motivation

Missouri’s Nick Bolton wasn’t too happy about Arkansas claiming to have the “baddest dudes on the field.”

As odd as it gets

Here’s how the Louisiana-App State game ended, and yeah, it was weird.

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Louisiana survives a near-disastrous ending after a safety and Appalachian State kicker Chandler Staton’s miss on a potential tying field goal attempt.

East bound and down

After BYU and Coastal Carolina agreed on Thursday to play this weekend, the Cougars’ equipment truck had to make a mad dash, 2,200 miles from Provo, Utah to Conway, South Carolina. They drivers had to leave Wednesday night in case the game was scheduled, so they started a live-tweet cross-country journey with a joke that they were making a run for the border.

And the end result:

What a difference a year makes

Last year, during one of the greatest seasons in college football history, LSU had a massive celebration after beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa. This year, going into the rematch, the Tigers are 3-4. These clips might have gotten some run in film rooms this week for Alabama.

The sickest of edits

In the social media wars, Texas A&M’s 12th man has been spotted flying high above a canyon to take down an eagle before the Aggies’ big game against Auburn. It has been a theme all season long for the graphics team in College Station.

Back to the couch for Bob

Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was back on the sideline this week in practice due to a coaching shortage from COVID-19 testing, but will be kicking back on Saturdays again after the Sooners had enough coaches back.

Sign him up

Notre Dame is having one of its best seasons under Brian Kelly. This momentum has apparently filtered all the way to the Leprechaun.

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The Notre Dame Leprechaun catches the ball with his foot and kicks it through the uprights.

Making dad proud

Mack Brown’s daughter, Katherine, went on Jeopardy and, much like her father’s trip to California in ’06, she earned the crown.

Sports, but make it fashion

Rutgers is wearing its “Black Knight” uniforms, complete with some carbon fiber chrome on the numbers.

Illinois is wearing a “Gray Ghost” honoring the Red Grange era.

Clemson, meanwhile, arrived in style for its game at Virginia Tech.

Sourced from ESPN

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