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Week 14, Rivalry Week, started with Texas handing Texas A&M their first loss of the season. The loss knocked Texas A&M out of the SEC Championship but put Texas in the discussion for the College Football Playoff. Auburn gave Alabama all it could handle in the Iron Bowl, but the Crimson Tide prevailed. Georgia Tech started the season strong, but faded down the stretch, losing their last game of the season to Georgia. Ohio State defeated Michigan in The Game for the first time since 2019. The #2 in the Big Ten and the country, Indiana, had no problem with their rival, Purdue. The top teams in the Big 12, Texas Tech and BYU, easily defeated their opponents. Miami thumped Pittsburgh to remain the top-ranked ACC team. However, they won’t be playing in the ACC Championship Game.
Championship Week will go a long way to deciding who will appear in the playoffs. Virginia finished the season on top of the ACC and will face Duke for the ACC crown. If Duke wins, there will be a question of who gets into the playoff from the ACC. Things are much more definitive in the Big Ten. Ohio State will face Indiana. Even the loser of that game will be in the playoff. With Texas A&M losing, Georgia will face Alabama in what seems like the annual contest between these teams for the SEC championship. Texas Tech will battle it out with BYU for the Big 12 Championship, a rematch from just a few weeks ago that the Red Raiders won. Lastly, there will be a non-Power Four conference represented in the playoff, and it’s likely to be Tulane, North Texas, or James Madison.
Below are a few players who had a good week and might be able to help out the Commanders. Let me know what you think about these prospects and feel free to post players that stood out to you.
Robby Ashford has bounced around college football a bit. He started his career at Oregon where he did not play, then transferred to Auburn for two year before spending last season at South Carolina. Now at Wake Forest, Ashford is a dual threat who has had an up and down season, but played one of his better games in a loss to Duke. At 6’2”, 220 lbs, he has enough size for the NFL. As a passer, Ashford displays the ability to throw the ball downfield and put touch on his passes, flashing accuracy to the intermediate area of the field. His mechanics can be inconsistent, most notably, he has a windup occasionally that slows his throwing motion. I’d like to see him speed up how he reads the field so he can get the ball out more quickly. He went 27 of 43 for 342 yards and two touchdowns plus a rushing TD.
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