Winners and losers from Week 10 of the college football season
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LOSER
“Tyler from Spartanburg”: Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney got the last laugh in his feud with “Tyler from Spartanburg,” a fan who ripped Swinney for the team’s struggles in its 4-4 start.
The Tigers avoided falling below .500 with an upset 31-23 win over No. 15 Notre Dame (7-3). Tyler might call in and apologize on Swinney’s next radio show.
WINNER
Indiana Hoosiers: Three days after legendary basketball head coach Bobby Knight died at the age of 83, Indiana got a home win against Wisconsin. The Hoosiers won 20-14, their first conference win of the season and their first at home against the Badgers since 2002.
LOSER
Cincinnati Bearcats: One team was guaranteed to get its first Big 12 conference win when UCF and Cincinnati met. The transition to the Power Five conference has been rough for both, but it got even worse for the Bearcats following their 28-26 loss.
They outgained the Knights 515-393, but turnovers, penalties and a 33% conversion rate on third downs ultimately led to them dropping to 0-6 in conference play.
At 2-7 overall, Cincinnati will miss a bowl game for the first time since 2017 in head coach Scott Satterfield’s first season.
WINNER
Tulane: The Green Wave’s chances of appearing in a New Year’s Six bowl for the second year in a row greatly increased even after they snuck out of their game against East Carolina (1-8, 0-5 in AAC) with an ugly three-point win, 13-10.
That’s because No. 25 Air Force (8-1, 5-0 in MWC), the only other ranked Group of Five team, had an even worse game in a 23-3 loss to Army (3-6). That defeat should knock the Falcons out of contention for a major bowl bid, making No. 24 Tulane (8-1, 5-0 in AAC), whose only loss this season was to Ole Miss, the next team up.
LOSER
Football at Wrigley Field: Imagine going through all the effort needed to transform a historic ballpark like Wrigley into a football field only for Iowa and Northwestern to show up.
As rough as the Hawkeyes’ 10-7 win was, it was arguably the best in Northwestern’s series of games at Wrigley. In 2010, the Wildcats lost to Illinois, 48-27, followed by a loss 11 years later to Purdue, 32-14.
Hawkeyes-Wildcats may not have redeemed football at Wrigley Field, but at least it made for an excellent silent film.
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