LSU’s Title Hopes Dashed by McFadden
Darren McFadden back in Heisman hunt.
Thanksgiving always means football time and this late in the college football season any upset is bound to be huge. Tonight, the Arkansas Razorbacks played spoiler to the LSU Tigers’ hopes for playing in the National Championship by defeating the Tigers 50-48 taking the game to three overtimes.
In a performance worthy of the Heisman trophy itself, Arkansas Razorback running back Darren McFadden rushed for 206 yards on 32 carries scoring 3 touchdowns on the ground but was also 3-for-6 passing for 34 yards and 1 passing touchdown. The Tigers actually did a pretty good job defensively but this win was all McFadden who ran through the Tigers all night long. I guess we should’ve seen this coming for LSU after the loss to Kentucky and the comeback thriller against Alabama, both sub-par teams. Heck, even Ole Miss gave the Tigers trouble last week.
So what are the National Championship implications? Well, you can pretty much write off an SEC repeat now that LSU, the last of the SEC teams with a title shot, are now out of the running. Kansas of all schools, and West Virginia probably have the best shot of all the remaining top five teams. Ohio State has a slim chance but they need help from the other teams. I still have a hard time believing that Kansas will most likely be playing for the National Championship, would you have believed it if someone told you that in August?
Some big games tomorrow night in the SEC, the Iron Bowl and Florida matchups.
Arkansas, Darren McFadden, LSU
November 27th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
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