Checking in on Texas Southern hosting that new team called North American University... 52-0!
Make that 59-0...
66-0, 4:15 3Q
Those who want to know more about this random team Texas Southern is currently pantsing during their homecoming can check out this quick rundown from yesterday:
Tomorrow it's FCS Texas Southern's turn to play a team that Google doesn't know about. North American University appears to be a real school in suburban Houston. Founded as Texas Gulf Institute in 2007, decided to become Generic School Name University in 2013 + football this year
ESPN doesn't even show the game on their schedule; possibly because it's uncountable for NCAA, NAIA, or anything other than homecoming attendance (no surprises the 0-3 have the Stallions scheduled):
The NAU Stallions haven't been completely hopeless:
• Beat NAIA Louisiana College, 42-41
• Lost to FCS Lamar, 47-3
• Beat NJCAA juco Louisiana Community Christian, 30-14
• Body-bagged by D2 West Alabama, 80-0
• Were beating NJCAA juco Southern Shreveport Jags, 49-13...
All 21 points in the Final AP Poll for 4-6 Texas Tech came from a single #5 vote that was probably intended for Texas A&M. Wouldn't have pushed Texas A&M ahead of #3 Clemson in the final standings, but would have closed the gap a bit.
The 21 points in the final AP Poll that Texas Tech accidentally finished the season with is identical to the 21 points that Pac-12 Champion and Fiesta Bowl participant Oregon had.
Here's the apparently erroneous ballot for inspection, missing Texas A&M but is the only ballot with Texas Tech (two schools that love being mistaken for one another): apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-…
Assuming they play at Milliy Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that is a 13,422 mile round trip. Milliy Stadium is used by the Uzbekistan National Team and FC Bunyodkor for soccer. Seats ~34,000 which would be much easier for the Huskers to fill and continue their sellout streak.
A popular dish in Uzbek cuisine is the somsa: a savory dough filled with meat and vegetables. Runza enthusiasts will be right at home!
A single round trip ticket on a flight is currently $6,429 and is a 23 hour and 50 minute flight with three layovers. If Nebraska brought the limit of 70 players it would cost $450,030 to fly.
The Week 3 Coaches Poll is out, and the Big Ten is allowed back in. Here's where they landed:
• #10 Ohio State
• #13 Penn State
• #17 Wisconsin
• #19 Michigan
• #22 Minnesota
It's a weird result of a weird season. There are probably 0 voters that think Ohio State is the tenth best team in the country, but quite a few that think they're top 3 and quite a few that refused to rank them, leading to a #10 rank in aggregate.
The Coaches Poll has invited Big Ten Coaches Paul Chryst, Pat Fitzgerald, James Franklin, Scott Frost, Mike Locksley, and Mel Tucker back to vote bringing the number of ballots this week to 48.