{"id":25458,"date":"2019-10-30T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T19:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordoncollegefootball.com\/?p=25458"},"modified":"2025-09-13T16:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:15:48","slug":"week-nine-midweek-musings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2019\/10\/30\/week-nine-midweek-musings-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Nine Midweek Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Week Nine Midweek Musings! I realize it&#8217;s a little past midweek, but&#8230; well, the short version is, blame American Airlines. Anyway&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Michigan<\/h3>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s safe to say very few people were expecting<em> that<\/em> outcome. The smoke emanating from Jim Harbaugh&#8217;s seat has dissipated, at least for now. Should the Wolverines get through their next three games (Maryland, Sparty, Indiana) without a loss, and at least make the Ohio State game competitive, I think Harbaugh is safe for another year.<\/p>\n<p>This game was the coming-out party for receiver Mike Sainristil, who left Haiti for the U.S. as a child. Yahoo did an article about the true freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/michigan-wr-mike-sainristil-fled-haiti-child-family-001553616--ncaaf.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Maryland-Minnesota<\/h3>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what could have gone worse for the Terps in their 52-10 loss to Minnesota. Mike Locksley has his work cut out for him turning that program around.<\/p>\n<h3>Kansas-Texas Tech<\/h3>\n<p>The ending of this game was ridiculous. A friend on Twitter called it &#8220;the most Les Miles thing I&#8217;ve ever seen&#8221;. If you didn&#8217;t see it, here it is:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Texas Tech EPIC FAIL Ending vs Kansas (2019)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4vGTELj0r5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Kansas State-Oklahoma<\/h3>\n<p>Arguably the biggest upset of the season took place in the Little Apple this weekend. Kansas State is now ranked in both the Coaches&#8217; and AP polls after beating what was #5 Oklahoma. Our Steve Rhea covered the game <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordoncollegefootball.com\/2019\/10\/26\/oklahoma-vs-kansas-state-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the most serious injury of the season took place in this game as well. Linebacker Eric Gallon&#8217;s knee injury was gruesome enough that ABC opted not to show any replays of it. (I promptly went to Twitter to find the video because I&#8217;m weird like that, and&#8230; yeah, don&#8217;t watch it). Needless to say, Gallon is done for the season. The fifth-year senior, whose dad was a K-State running back, was finally starting to see significant playing time.<\/p>\n<h3>Texas<\/h3>\n<p>The Longhorns&#8217; two losses going into Saturday were both excusable ones: LSU and Oklahoma, both of which looked like playoff teams at the time and once of which still does. However, the TCU loss is puzzling. The 4-3 Horned Frogs have three losses, all to fairly good teams (SMU, Iowa State, Kansas State), but they haven&#8217;t been ranked except for one week in the AP poll.<\/p>\n<h3>Big XII Playoff Hopes<\/h3>\n<p>They may be just about gone. At this point, Oklahoma and Oregon each have one loss- Oklahoma to unranked Kansas State, and Oregon to what was #16 Auburn in Week One. Should both teams win out, the Sooners need to hope the Wildcats can pull off wins- big ones- against Texas and Iowa State. Even that may not be enough to get them in over one-loss Ducks.<\/p>\n<h3>Washington State-Oregon<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/265\/washington-state-cougars\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This video<\/a> of Cougs QB Anthony Gordon banging his head in frustration after a turnover was extremely relatable. It also made me think of one of my all-time favorite sports videos, this one from the late 90&#8217;s of Gus Frerotte- although Frerotte was excited, having just scored a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GqmH2-UiSlI<\/p>\n<p>Sorry about the quality, this was the best one I could find.<\/p>\n<h3>Louisville<\/h3>\n<p>The Cardinals have the potential to win at least two or three of their last four games, but It&#8217;s going to be a little more difficult after kicker Blanton Creque tore his ACL on Saturday. Talk about your crappy luck- how often do you see a kicker end up with a season-ending injury?<\/p>\n<h3>Highlight of the Week<\/h3>\n<p>Someone has been watching his Odell Beckham Jr. highlights:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JHqd5R828-E<\/p>\n<p>Those are my Week Nine not-quite-Midweek Musings. Sorry for the delay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Week Nine Midweek Musings! I realize it&#8217;s a little past midweek, but&#8230; well, the short version is, blame American Airlines. Anyway&#8230; Michigan I think it&#8217;s safe to say very few people were expecting that outcome. The smoke emanating from Jim Harbaugh&#8217;s seat has dissipated, at least for now. 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