'NCAA Football 14': OU, Stillwater, and Georgia Tech to the SEC Dynasty Mode Build Season 1, Part 13—Week 10: Ole Miss @ #1 Oklahoma

So I gave us all a bit of a break from the series since I've been pulling a lot of overtime at my real job while we were all also focused on the real team and getting ready for that Peach Bowl Disaster and the Holidays. Really frustrating, it's one thing to get outclassed on the field, but we didn't even put our best foot forward with all those suspensions. Both the off-field pregame variety, and the Radley-Hiles Targeting mishap. Hopefully our young team learns from this. On some level it's satisfying that Clemson lost the Title and our Consecutive Wins Record is safe for the time being, and Dabo Swinney is always annoying. A quick reminder from Last Week Tonight that Dabo Swinney is an anagram for 'Soybean Wind'. But I get and understand people that would've wanted it to go the other way.

Today we return to our Series and it's our 1999 Independence Bowl Opponents, Ole Miss, coming to Norman. Considering that was a New Year's Eve Clash way back when for Bob Stoops's First Bowl Game maybe it's appropriate that I put this off until the new year. Without further adieu, or going off on a tangent about the wasted potential of Freddy Adu, here's your Week 10 Scores:

Arkansas State 29 @ Tulsa 33

Memphis 12 @ Southern Miss 17

#2 Clemson 34 @ Duke 7

Troy 31 @ Louisiana-Monroe 34

Arizona State 16 @ #20 Washington State 28

Louisville 22 @ UConn 21

FCS Southwest 7 @ #11 LSU 41

Army 44 @ Air Force 41 F/OT

UAB 13 @ Mid Tenn State 34

Kansas State 28 @ Iowa State 13

Bowling Green 14 @ Ball State 48

UMass 9 @ Old Dominion 30

Temple 17 @ Louisiana Tech 31

Penn State 34 @ Kentucky 20

#13 Ohio State 41 @ Rutgers 17

#4 Virginia Tech 28 @ Boston College 23

North Carolina 31 @ NC State 34 F/OT

#24 Ohio 35 @ Western Michigan 10

Purdue 23 @ BYU 20 F/OT

FCS Northewst 10 @ Louisiana-Lafayette 27

Georgia Tech 48 @ Vanderbilt 20

Marshall 34 @ USF 31

FCS Southeast 7 @ SMU 41

Minnesota 28 @ Illinois 11

#19 Michigan 21 @ Michigan State 24

Northwestern 14 @ #5 Nebraska 31

Wake Forest 24 @ UCF 35

Kent State 24 @ Akron 19

Texas Tech 24 @ #17 Oregon 48

Kansas 24 @ Stillwater 38

Navy 6 @ #7 Notre Dame 28

#8 Georgia 41 @ #22 Florida 38 F/OT

#12 Wisconsin 44 @ Iowa 47 F/OT

Indiana 31 @ Cincinnati 14

Northern Illinois 21 @ Miami (OH) 45

Colorado 17 @ UCLA 37

Nevada 13 @ #9 Fresno State 37

Toledo 20 @ Eastern Michigan 27

Florida Atlantic 30 @ Tulane 25

Western Kentucky 36 @ Georgia State 7

North Texas 34 @ Rice 27

#25 South Carolina 13 @ #23 Mississippi State 42

San Diego State 19 @ New Mexico 7

#14 Texas 31 @ #3 West Virginia 21

#15 Missouri 38 @ Tennessee 28

Utah State 20 @ Hawai'i 17

Colorado State 21 @ Boise State 24

East Carolina 27 @ Florida International 34

Syracuse 49 @ Virginia 3

Maryland 42 @ Pittsburgh 21

Florida State 27 @ #10 Miami (FL) 7

USC 26 @ Oregon State 23 F/OT

#16 Arizona 24 @ California 21

San Jose State 7 @ UNLV 47

Ole Miss 24 @ #1 Oklahoma 38

I guess I really shouldn't have mentioned the Peach Bowl at all; we had kind of a rough start. Mere coincidence or not it's impossible to call it a coincidence as a sports fan. We had 2 turnovers in the 2 drives right after our opening touchdown. Rhamondre Stevenson bobbled a pass right to his defender, so the interception is not really Jalen's fault today. Then sure-handed Kennedy Brooks had an uncharacteristic fumble on the next drive. Both turnovers gave Ole Miss decent field position at around midfield, and we managed to hold them to just 1 Field Goal in that sequence. One for the 'its definitely a video game' column was Ole Miss's TD in the 2nd Quarter as I got a User Pass Deflection only for it to magically fall in their wide receiver's hands with nothing but green grass ahead of him as our players's momentum was carrying him towards the line of scrimmage after jumping the route and deflecting the pass. It was the kind of play you'd never see in real life because the physics involved are so improbable. So yeah, it ended up being something of a trap game that we survived and pulled away from in the 2nd Half.

OU Qtrs: 7, 10, 14, 7

Ole Miss Qtrs: 3, 7, 7, 7

Scoring Plays:

1st Quarter:

4:47 TD OU: N. Basquine, 10 Yd pass from J. Hurts (G. Brkic kick)

1:26 FG Ole Miss: L. Logan, 43 Yd FG

2nd Quarter:

6:13 TD OU: N. Basquine, 6 Yd pass from J. Hurts (G. Brkic kick)

1:39 TD Ole Miss: E. Moore, 54 Yd pass M. Corral (L. Logan kick) ; the aforementioned tip-drill physics-defying play.

0:18 FG OU: G. Brkic, 23 Yd FG; really frustrating given the time and the distance, but I ran out of downs and had 4th & Goal.

3rd Quarter:

5:29 TD Ole Miss: J. Ealy, 14 Yd run (L. Logan kick)

2:48 TD OU: J. Hall, 1 Yd run (G. Brkic kick)

0:25 TD OU: J. Hurts, 5 Yd run (G. Brkic kick)

4th Quarter:

4:44 TD Ole Miss: S. Phillips, 11 Yd run (L. Logan kick)

4:36 TD OU: G. Calcaterra, 75 Yd pass from J. Hurts (G. Brkic kick)

Team Stats:

1st Downs: Ole Miss 12, OU 22

Total Offense: Ole Miss 305, OU 548

Rushes-Yards-TD: Ole Miss 31-106-2, OU 27-161-2

Comp-Att-TD: Ole Miss 16-22-1, OU 26-33-3

Passing Yards: Ole Miss 199, OU 387

3rd Down Conv: Ole Miss 3-11 (27%), OU 1-5 (20%)

4th Down Conv: Ole Miss 1-1, OU 1-1

Red Zone-TD-FG: Ole Miss 2-2-0 (100%), OU 6-4-1 (83%)

Turnovers: Ole Miss 0, OU 2

Fumbles Lost: Ole Miss 0, OU 1

Intercepted: Ole Miss 0, OU 1

PR Yards: Ole Miss 11, OU 62

KR Yards: Ole Miss 41, OU 0

Total Yards: Ole Miss 357, OU 610

Punts-Average: Ole Miss 5-57.2, OU 2-46.5

T.O.P: Ole Miss 12:16, OU 15:44

OU Passing:

J. Hurts RAT 201.2, 26-33 for 387 Yds, 3 TD, 1 INT, 78%

OU Rushing:

J. Hurts 14 for 86 Yds, 1 TD, Long of 17, 17 YAC

K. Brooks 12 for 74 Yds, Long of 14, 8 YAC, 1 Fumb

J. Hall 1 for 1 Yd, TD

OU Receiving:

G. Calcaterra 9 for 193 Yds, 1 TD, Long of 75, 81 YAC

C. Lamb 8 for 103 Yds, Long of 31, 27 YAC

K. Brooks 7 for 75 Yds, Long of 22, 40 YAC

N. Basquine 2 for 16 Yds, 2 TD, Long of 10, 8 YAC

R. Stevenson 1 Drop

C. Rambo 2 Drops

OU Defensive Player of the Game:

J. Parker 8 Solo Tack, 2 TFL, 2 Sack, 2 Pass Deflections

Ole Miss Passing:

M. Corral RAT 163.7, 16-22 for 199 Yds, 1 TD, 72%

Ole Miss Rushing:

S. Phillips 19 for 71 Yds, 1 TD, Long of 12, 24 YAC

M. Corral 10 for 22 Yds, Long of 21, 10 YAC

J. Ealy 2 for 13 Yds, 1 TD, Long of 14, 0 YAC

Ole Miss Receiving:

S. Phillips 4 for 21 Yds, Long of 9, 32 YAC

E. Moore 3 for 77 Yds, 1 TD, Long of 54, 32 YAC, 2 Drops

D. Drummond 3 for 46 Yds, Long of 23, 24 YAC, 1 Drop

B. Sanders 2 for 29 Yds, Long of 21, 13 YAC

D. Jackson 2 for 16 Yds, Long of 14, 3 YAC

D. Pennamon 1 for 7 Yds, 5 YAC

O. Cooley 1 for 3 Yds, 3 YAC

Ole Miss Defensive Player of the Game:

A. Linton 9 Solo Tackles, 1 Pass Deflection, 1 Forced Fumble

Overall Players of the Week:

Notre Dame DT Myron T. Amosa 3 Tack, 6 TFL, 4 ATK, 3 Sks, FF, FR in 28-6 Win vs Navy.

Georgia Tech WR Malachi Carter 20 Catches for 328 Yds, 4 TD in 48-20 Win at Vanderbilt.

SEC Players of the Week:

Mississippi State MLB Erroll Thompson 8 Tack, 6 TFL, ATK, 3 Sks in 42-13 Win vs South Carolina.

Georgia Tech WR Malachi Carter

Heisman Watch:

1st: Jalen Hurts

2nd: Tru Wilson HB Michigan 4 Rec, 76 Yds, 2 TD; 33 Car, 150 Yds in 21-24 Loss At Michigan State.

3rd: J.J. Taylor HB Arizona 18 Car, 135 Yds; 2 Rec, 26 Yds, TD in 24-21 Win At California.

4th: D'Andre Swift HB Georgia 9 Car, 62 Yds; 1 Rec, 12 Yds in 41-38 OT Neutral Site Win vs Florida.

5th: Lamical Perine HB Florida 18 Car, 113 Yds, 2 TD; 3 Rec, 66 Yds in 38-41 OT Neutral Site Loss vs Georgia.

BCS Rankings for Week 11:

#1 Oklahoma

#2 Clemson

#3 Virginia Tech

#4 Nebraska

#5 TCU

#6 Notre Dame, 1 Loss

#7 Fresno State

#8 Georgia, 1 Loss

#9 West Virginia, 1 Loss

#10 Texas, 2 Losses

#11 LSU, 2 Losses

#12 Ohio State, 2 Losses

#13 Arizona, 1 Loss

#14 Missouri, 1 Loss

#15 Oregon, 1 Loss

#16 Utah, 1 Loss

#17 Ohio

#18 Alabama, 4 Losses

#19 Washington State, 2 Losses

#20 Miami (FL)

#21 Mississippi State, 3 Losses

#22 Michigan State, 2 Losses

#23 Wisconsin, 2 Losses

#24 Georgia Tech, 3 Losses

#25 Michigan, 3 Losses