LSU running back Leonard Fournette’s monster day on Saturday—228 yards against Auburn—put his team squarely in the middle of the discussion for best team in the SEC and contender for the College Football Playoff and vaulted himself into the front tier of Heisman Trophy contenders. If the vote had to be held today, I don’t […]
The biggest games of college football Week 8 turned out to be duds, although fans of Florida and Kansas State weren’t complaining, as their teams sent loud and clear messages to skeptics (in the case of Florida, those skeptics included this space) about their national championship bona fides. But beyond the Gators and Wildcats, there were some thrilling finishes in games that still stand to impact who wins conference championships. So let’s begin in the Big Ten, where three games went down to the wire…