Ga.Tech Dominates Mississippi State in Orange Bowl

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For all the SEC fans out there who won't hear of their beloved league not being dominant, a new reality may be here. The vaunted college football league is 1-4 this bowl season vs. the ACC.

One reason for that, Friday nights Orange Bowl. A game between Georgia Tech and Mississippi State that was very close at the half 21-20.

The Bulldogs had momentum after Dak Prescott threw a 42-yard TD pass to Fred Ross at the halftime buzzer to get his team within one.

It would be as close as they got.

Tech, behind sophomore QB Justin Thomas ran through, around and past the Miss. State defense in the 2nd half   leading his team to a 49-34 win.

Thomas ran for 121 yards and 3 TD's and threw for another to lead Tech to an 11-3 record this season and likely Top 10 finish.

As for Mississippi State, Prescott threw for 453 yards and 3 scores, but it was not nearly enough. His Bulldogs finished the year 10-3.

Your highlights from ESPN.com:

Morning Wrap: Never Disrespect The Saban; Bama Handles Mississippi St.

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It wasn't always pretty, but it was a win over the team that walked into Bryant-Denny stadium ranked first in every poll.

Alabama used their stable of running backs and long, powerful 4th quarter touchdown drive to hold off top ranked Mississippi State 25-20 Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldogs had more yards running and passing and controlled the ball for large chunks of the game, but couldn't overcome Dak Prescott's three interceptions.

Tide QB Blake Sims threw for and efficient 211 yards, T.J Yeldon ran for 72 yards and a score. Which was just barely enough to hold off a valiant Miss. St team which scored with 15 seconds to go to tighten the game.

But they could not recover the ensuing onside kick.

The win puts Bama in the SEC West drivers seat, they are 9-1, 6-1 in the SEC. The Tide still has an Iron Bowl battle with Auburn staring them in the face after next weeks game with Western Carolina.

As for Mississippi St., they drop to 9-1, 5-1 in the SEC. They have games with Vanderbilt and arch-rival Ole Miss to wrap up the season.

Your highlights from CBS Sports:

"Dogs Dodge A Bullet From Hogs, Mississippi State Keeps Winning

Dan Mullen After Arkansas Game

It may not have been pretty for #1 Mississippi State but the Bulldogs will take it.

“A win is a win, man,” Mississippi State defensive lineman Chris Jones said.

The Bulldogs were not their sharpest showed a quality that most championship teams display when it's not all clicking, showing the will to win and succeeding.

"As coaches, we all know how hard it is to win in this league."  Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen said.  "That was a huge win for our team tonight against an excellent Arkansas football team. Fortunately we were able to make one more play there at the end of the game. Our guys are finding ways to win, and that’s all that matters.”

"Give a lot of credit to Mississippi State."  Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema said.  "They’re a very, very good football team and are deserving of their number one ranking."

Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott did exploit Arkansas' secondary torching the Hogs with his first 300 yard passing game of his career.  Prescott threw for 331 yards and his only touchdown pass of the game, a 69 yard strike to Fred Ross was the game winner.


“We had to make a play, and the line did a good job and held up." Prescott said.  "I just got out of the pocket and Fred Ross got open. That could be a Heisman moment for him but I didn’t do much there.”

"He knows we have great confidence in him." Mullen said.  "He expects to make plays. The great thing about him is that he’s going to study the film and learn from it and not make mistakes a second time.”

Mississippi State's win streak has now reached 11 second behind Florida State who has won 24 in a row.

Now mighty Alabama is next for Missisiippi State in Tuscaloosa.

You think Maroon Madness will swarm T-Town?

Two More Bowls With 40-Plussers In Memphis and El Paso

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Logan be Logan and questions, the HQ is sure, will arise about Bud Foster now after what happened in El Paso as UCLA took Virginia Tech from one end of the field to the other in the Sun Bowl.

Brett Hundley ran for 86 yards on one score- good enough to be the longest in Bruin history...and his 387 yards of total offense is the best in school history as well...

Here's Ralph with your wrap
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In Memphis, it was confirmed that Miss State head coach Dan Mullen still has plenty to learn about coaching decorum and the code in the Liberty Bowl- winning 44-7. With the game in hand, Mullen decided to run a trick play to try and get more points on the board.

Thankfully, for karma's sake, it didn't work up 34 at the time...

Here's the game for you to judge


Dak Prescott, pretty much, had his way with the Rice defense- who learned that Conference USA football and Ess-E-Cee football are completely and totally different despite a tremendous year...

Here's Prescott completing a 65-yarder late in the second quarter as Rice's defense over-pursues Jameon Lewis

ICYMI: Turkey Day Football: Miss St. Wins Egg Bowl in OT

What would the day after Thanksgiving be without some College Football recaps?

Last night, while you were sleeping off your Turkey coma, Mississippi State beat Ole Miss 17-10 in Overtime to take the Egg Bowl title.

The Bulldogs, who evened their record at 6-6 needed a heroic rescue from injured QB Dak Prescott to get the win. Coach Dan Mullen called on Prescott who had a left shoulder injury to come in and lead a 4th quarter comeback, which he did by leading the team down field, the drive capped by a 36-yard field goal Evan Sobiesk.

That tied the game at 10 and with the Bulldogs facing a 4th and 1 at the 3 yard line in the 1st overtime, Prescott pulled out some magic, scoring what would be the game winner on a sneak.

Ole Miss got the ball close on their possession, but QB Bo Wallace fumbled and the ball was recovered by Mississippi State in the end zone to end things.

ESPN give us the highlights (there weren't many)