Sarah Fuller Made Herstory, but the rest of college football was status quo
November 30, 2020
The GIST: Apart from Sarah Fuller making herstory, college football gave us a status quo weekend, as the top eight teams remained unchanged for a fourth straight week. But college hoops did not disappoint, with upsets and huge blowouts in the first week of play. Now that’s what we’ve been looking for.
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Tell me about the upsets: On the men’s side, No. 3 Villanova, No. 4 Virginia and No. 10 Kentucky all suffered losses at the hands of unranked teams. Womp womp.
- Villanova’s overtime (OT) loss to Virginia Tech, played at Mohegan Sun’s “Bubbleville,” was the most thrilling of the upsets, with the Hokies holding strong against the Wildcats’ late-game comeback attempt. Time to get’cha head in the game, Nova.
And what about the blowouts?: For the women, South Carolina wasted no time fulfilling their preseason No. 1 ranking, absolutely routing the College of Charleston 119–38 (not a typo!) in their season opener last Wednesday. The undefeated Gamecocks continued their dominance yesterday with a 79–72 win over No. 21 Gonzaga.
- No. 2 Stanford put up jaw-dropping numbers of their own, earning a 108–40 victory over Cal Poly to open their season. The Cardinal aren’t scheduled to face a ranked team until the end of next month. Looks like it’ll be a long December for their opponents…
- And after a positive COVID-19 test paused team activities for at least two weeks, No. 3 UConn is aiming to break free and restart practice on December 8th, ahead of their season opener vs. Butler on December 15th. Fingers crossed!
