Texas A&M coach Mike Elko is ready for the MLB Playoffs @yankees.com @redsox.com

22 penalties in this game (10 for Auburn, 12 for Texas A&M) and there's still another quarter of game left 🫣

Despite this box score, Texas A&M's lead over Auburn is only 13-3 early in the third quarter Aggies had the ball for all but 67 seconds of the middle eight but only outscored the Tigers 3-0 in that span.

I regret to inform y’all that I failed the challenge and am very surprised by the final score given the original sequence of events

stay awake for the end of Houston-Oregon State challenge

Arizona State is a good team and deserved to win after that effort. But TCU fumbled that one. Literally and figuratively.

Leavitt to Tyson. What an elite combo.

Virginia’s student section is damn near on the field for this fourth down 😆

ACC football

Chandler Morris giving viewers the full Chandler Morris experience.

Mike Gundy built Oklahoma State into a contender for nearly two decades. But his reluctance to adapt to and embrace the NIL era led the Cowboys to fall off a competitive cliff. Inside the Gundy-Oklahoma State divorce, from @williamsjustin.bsky.social and me @theathletic.com:

Big 12 defenders to the Chiefs trying to tackle Cam Skattebo

THICC SIX FTW

Never a doubt! (maybe a brief moment of doubt) Still:

Also, for all the discussion on what Texas Tech spent in the transfer portal, worth noting that three of the key offensive contributors today were all home grown 2024 #txhsfb recruits: QB Will Hammond, RB J'Koby Williams and RB Cameron Dickey.

The quote that Joel Klatt just referenced from Texas Tech GM James Blanchard. ( Read more from my story on Texas Tech's "all-in" offseason here: nyti.ms/45plihm )

TCU wins the Battle for the Iron Skillet , topping SMU 35-24. Horned Frogs will kept to keep it for the foreseeable future, with the rivalry going dormant. TCU off to its first 3-0 start since 2022.

North Texas and Army going to overtime! 38-38 😮

Texas Tech's defense made the difference today. The Red Raiders are talented on that side. But not to be overlooked is what they've gotten out of the RBs. Remember they lost Quentin Joyner in preseason. J'Koby Williams and Cam Dickey have 201 combined yards from scrimmage today.

Texas Tech coaches have been high on Will Hammond since Day 1. Folks are getting to see why today. Gutsy performance for a young QB off the bench in a tough road atmosphere.

Eric McAlister is a bonafide DUDE

Dewayne Coleman TD makes it a game for Army 👀 👀 North Texas, which had a three-touchdown lead, now clinging to a 31-28 edge in the fourth

Rank UNT!

That Kevin Jennings throw 😮

Because I know it's the game everyone's watching ... North Texas is beating the breaks off Army in West Point. 21-0 in the first quarter. This is a week after the Mean Green smacked Wazzu.

With the Friday night loss to Tulsa, Oklahoma State has lost 11 consecutive games to FBS teams. The Cowboys’ last win over an FBS team was against … Tulsa, 45-10, on Sept. 14, 2024.

Tulsa defeats Oklahoma State in Stillwater for the first time since 1951. Great win first year coach Tre Lamb. As for Mike Gundy, certainly feels like the clock is ticking…

Tre Lamb has this Tulsa team playing fast and furious. The fact that Oklahoma State can’t convert fourth-and-short 😬 And there doesn’t seem to be much of a talent differential here. If anything, I’m impressed with more of Tulsa’s guys tonight than OK State’s.

Oklahoma State had been outscored 85-6 in the last six quarters of football.

Live look at Mike Gundy

The ease with which Tulsa just marched down the field on Oklahoma State ...

Rice beats Charlotte 28-17 to improve to 3-1 on the season. Great start for new coach Scott Abell and the Owls. This marks the first time since 2001 that Rice has started 3-1 in its first four games.

Texas folks know, but everyone else tuning in tonight getting to see why Jon Kay is a name they need to know

HOOTING INTENSIFIES 🦉🦉

Chase Jenkins 💨💨

Charlotte QB Conner Harrell will not return tonight after leaving the game in the second quarter with an injury, according to @harrylylesjr.bsky.social. That means Grayson Loftis the rest of the way at QB for the 49ers.

Rice with about as clean and easy an offensive drive as you can ask for to get on the board. Didn't even have to run a ton of option, just ran around and threw Charlotte and finished with a nice pop pass.

Rice football on a Thursday night 👀🦉

Should the winter transfer portal window open Jan. 2-11? SEC coaches support it. Big Ten coaches, including Ohio State's Ryan Day, worry about roster chaos for CFP teams. “I don’t think it’s a good idea at all,” he said. LSU coach Brian Kelly said: "There’s no crying on the yacht." nyti.ms/3VVbfw0

College football's spring transfer portal is no more. The NCAA eliminated it on Wednesday, moving to just one winter transfer portal window. The official dates and lengths of the winter window, however, are still TBD. nyti.ms/3VVbfw0

Good column on the demise of the Iron Skillet. A shame that this weekend will be the last one for the forseeable future. My perpetual message to college football programs: Play your rivals

Having JKS for the after dark games is a treat. We get another one with him next Saturday.

Marcel Reed

Jake Retzlaff and Tulane pounding Duke in the Darian Mensah Bowl 😮

I’m sorry, what??

North Texas smacks Washington State 59-10. First 3-0 start for the Mean Green since 2018. Second-largest margin of victory for UNT over an FBS team in program history (just short of a 52-point win over MTSU in 2011). Eric Morris has this program trending up 📈📈

North Texas beating the hell out of Wazzu right now (28-3 late in the first half) Would be UNT's first 3-0 start since 2018. 👀

When I wrote about Joey Aguilar this summer, the common sentiment from everyone who coached him: He's fearless. “He’s unfazed no matter who he's playing," his juco OC Drew Anderson told me. "It doesn’t matter if he’s playing in Neyland Stadium or at DVC in front of 1,000 people, he’s the same guy.”

TCU-Baylor fire drill redux Doing it for a 55-yard attempt is WILD. But props to Georgia Tech, Brent Key, Haynes King and Aidan Birr COLLEGE KICKERS!!