NCAAF Week 7 Winners and Losers

Winner: Colorado State provided the final flourish to a great weekend. The Rams were trailing Boise State 30-10 with four minutes left. Easy cover, right, even if you were giving 8.5 points.

Not so fast, Bronco bettors.

The Rams rallied and scored two touchdowns to close within 30-24. So, if you had Colorado State you get a back-door cover. But Money Line bettors were out of luck.

Nope.

On the final play of the game, Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi and Dallin Holker completed a Hail Mary. The PAT made the final score Colorado State 31, Boise State 30.

🙏THAT’S A CATCH! pic.twitter.com/mIbjum8Wqm

— Colorado State Football (@CSUFootball) October 15, 2023

It ain’t ove until it’s over as they say.

Loser: Colorado Buffaloes. Deion Sanders’ team was routing Stanford, 29-0, at halftime. Easy money?

Stanford came out with fire after the break and wound up forcing overtime. In the free football section of the game, the Cardinal’s Joshua Karty kicked a field goal in the second session and Sanders and the Buffs were left reeling.

Winner: Notre Dame’s Xavier Watts. There had to be a reason the Fighting Irish were favored in the rivalry game with USC. ND had two losses; USC was undefeated coming in, Yet Notre Dame was favored by 3 at home.

Watts was happening as he had two interceptions of Caleb Williams and returned a fumble for a touchdown in Notre Dame’s 48-20 romp.

Losers: USC and Caleb Williams. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner came off a mediocre game against Arizona and had a worse one against Notre Dame. He threw 3 interceptions.

Williams, who dropped from Heisman favorite to second choice the week prior, is now +2500 and the sixth choice. Looks like he won’t join Archie Griffin as a repeat winner of the prestigious trophy.

Winners: Michael Penix Jr. and Washington. A thrilling victory over Oregon in a Pac-12 game was capped by a TD pass by the Heisman favorite. Penix is now -140 to win the Heisman.

Before going all-in on Penix remember this: The Huskies and their quarterback have a trip to Williams and USC on Nov. 4. One can be sure that the reigning Heisman winner and his Trojans will be primed to spoil Penix’ trophy campaign.

Losers: The NCAA. Nothing can erase the damage it did by suspending North Carolina’s Tez Walker for the early part of the season.

Winner: The Tar Heels’ Tez Walker. The great WR stuck it to Miami and the NCAA with three touchdown catches in the ACC game.

Loser: Syracuse. How many years can the Orange start with a soft schedule, win all those games and wind up getting reality checks week after week when the going gets tough. It feels like a rerun of the same script on an annual basis.

Winner: Jedd Fisch and Arizona. A week after giving USC a scare, the Wildcats went into Pullman and clobbered Washington State. It isn’t every day when you fall behind 6-0 on the scoreboard with a 7½-point and rattle off the next 44 points.

Loser: UCLA and Dante Moore. Will Chip Kelly wind up on the hot seat? Why not? He has  gone with a freshman QB after seeing Dorian Thompson-Robinson leave for the NFL. Oregon State was a four-point favorite and got a pick-six of Moore – his third already – and the Beavers covered in a 12-point win.

Losers: Sam Houston State and Nevada. The only schools left without wins in big-time college football.

Winners: Houston and its backers. The Cougars were down 39-35 and not covering the 3-point spread against West Virginia. And then this happened.

HOUSTON HAIL MARY FOR THE WIN VS WEST VIRGINIA!

Tim Brando and Spencer Tillman on the call for FS1. 🏈🔥📺🎙️pic.twitter.com/dEEZVAt4Gk

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 13, 2023

Losers: West Virginia and those who gave 3 points to Houston. Reason? See above.