Yup.
UT played the mighty Chattanooga Mocs, an FCS team in the Southern Conference (Cupcake's Cupcake)
Bama played Western, a FBS team, but as an alum, I have no problem saying, this was expected. It was at Bama and WKU doesn't have near the talent as a PRIME SEC historical powerhouse. It'd be like Lipscomb playing UK in basketball.
Ole Miss played Furman, another FCS juggernaut in the Southern Conference
OK played Temple, while an FBS team, they are predicted to finish dead stinking last in their conference. And again, at OK a football blue blood.
Texas probably played the most noteworthy FBS team in Colorado State, picked to finish 5th in the MW. Comparing UK to Texas is just stupid however, it's night and day. Again, game at Austin against a college program that thinks football is God.
Mizzou played played Murrah. Now, just like WKU, I like Murray. Let's not pretend that's a football program. They got beat like 52-14.....by Austin phreaking Peay. That's how bad Murray State's football program is. They got punked by AUSTIN PEAY. So, a cupcake's cupcake.
Ohio State played the might Zips of Akron, and FBS team that's picked to finish 11th.....in the MAC..... Also, again, comparing UK to Ohio State is a joke. I love UK but Ohio St is a football blue blood. They have 8 national titles. Come on.
And UofSmell played Austin Peay, need I say more?
So of those blowouts, four were against FBS teams......the rest against FCS. And of the four FBS blowouts, there's 37 national titles between those schools. (Texas has 4, OK has 7, Ohio St has 8, and Bama has 18).
So while Texas probably played the best FBS team, they all had complete games. We did not.
Let's stop acting like we played bad Sat night. We had a freaking 3-4 hour delay and then couldn't finish the damn game.
We did what we were supposed to do. We dominated them. We gave them 5 yards of rushing all night. Did we beat a title team? No, not even close. We did beat a team that has talented transfers.
We just need to keep working and go out and thump the Gamecocks.