• The Alabama Crimson Tide, who have been the #1 team in the country for 10 weeks in a row, were almost dethroned on Saturday. Facing #5 LSU, the Tide were down 17-14 with under a minute left. Tide quarterback AJ McCarron found wide receiver TJ Yeldon for a 28-yard touchdown to give the Tide a 21-17 victory.
• LSU was hurt by a couple of questionable trick plays that didn’t end up working, including a fake field goal, a failed onside kick attempt and a 4th down conversion that didn’t work. LSU coach Les Miles is known for rolling the dice with risky plays but on Saturday he showed remorse after the game saying he wish he had some calls back.
• The other big teams in college football won, with every top-14 team coming out victorious. The Oregon Ducks hurdled the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the BCS polls to take the #3 spot after Notre Dame had a huge upset scare, coming back from a 20-6 4th quarter deficit against unheralded Pittsburgh to win 29-26 in triple overtime. Kansas State, the #2 team, remained undefeated as well however star QB and potential Heisman Trophy winner Colin Klein left the game with an unknown injury and is his status against TCU this week is uncertain.
Doug Martin Goes Off
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin had himself a huge game on Sunday much to the consternation of the Oakland Raiders, and many fantasy owners who had to play against him. Martin, a rookie running back from Boise State, ran for 251 yards and four touchdowns in the Bucs 45-35 in.
• Martin, who is from Oakland, was playing in front of more than 60 friends and family, which you'd think would cause Tampa Bay management to shell out for plane and game tickets for his loved ones to come to every Bucs game. He is only the second back in the history of the NFL to rush for 250 yards and four touchdowns in a single game. It wasn’t until less than 2 minutes were left in the game when Martin had a touchdown of less than 45 yards.
• Also deserving mention for their Sunday performance are Brandon Marshall and the entire Chicago Bears team who won 51-20 against the Tennessee Titans to improve to 7-1 on the season. Marshall had 122 yards and 3 TD's, Matt Forte had a 100+ yard game with a TD and the Bears defense caused 5 turnovers, bringing 2 of them back for touchdowns.
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