Next Week's Opponent...Last Week

So our attention turns (gratefully) to the Buffalo Bulls.  One of our new features is to recap their last game, just as warm up.

Buffalo lost a pretty close game at UCONN on Saturday.  They certainly played the Huskies tough and while UConn isn't ranked, they are a team from a BCS conference, even if it is the Big East.  They had lost by 2 touchdowns to Temple and this was their first FBS win of the year.  (They are currently not in first place in the MAC East0.

Anyhoo, the game was tied at halftime and Buffalo was only down 3 with 7 left in the third, but from there UConn racked up 17 straight points to take the win, including a pick 6 with 4 minutes left.

Buffalo ran a crazy 90 plays, and had 24 3rd down plays.  When I saw that, I actually checked it, because it didn't seem possible.  They were outgained by 31 yards, although UConn ran 60 plays, so on a per play basis it was not as impressive.  Buffalo had 4 turnovers and UConn had 3.

In terms of our past opponents, Marshall beat OU for their first win of the season (by 1--OU scored on the last play of the game and then went for 2 rather than the kick for overtime, and they did not score).  Tulsa improved to 2-2 with a big win over Central Arkansas, and Troy also went to 2-2 with a win over Arkansas State.