Wednesday, September 7, 2011

A Few College Football Gems


I was checking out some of the college games happening this week and ran across a few gems worth mentioning.

The #2 LSU Tigers host Northwestern State (LA) this Saturday.  This will be the first time the two teams played each other in almost 70 years.  They played ten times from 1911-42.  LSU is 10-0 in the series and Northwestern State has never scored on LSU…ever.

Georgia will play #12 South Carolina at home this week.  In the first ten meetings between Georgia and South Carolina (1894-1924), all but two of the games ended in a shutout.  Georgia won both non-shutout games, 10-5 (1901) and 29-6 (1908).  Georgia leads the series 46-15-2.  South Carolina has never won more than two consecutive games against Georgia.  The last two were 2000 and 2001.

#13 Oregon will play Nevada for the seventh time in their series.  The Ducks lead it 6-1.  Nevada won their first ever meeting in 1947 and has never beaten Oregon since.

Toledo makes the trip to face #15 Ohio State.  This is their third ever meeting.  As with LSU and Northwestern State, Toledo has never beaten Ohio State, nor have they ever scored on the Buckeyes.

In the first ten games between Auburn and #16 Mississippi State(1905-19), Auburn won all of them, seven by shutout.  The Bulldogs got a measure of revenge by beating the Tigers in four consecutive shutouts (1945-48).

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