Maryland, Virginia Tech and James Madison came up big on the road during one thrilling Saturday. WTOP’s Dave Preston recaps it all.
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It’s easy to buy into the hype of college football as there’s only 12 games over 13 weeks to determine success or failure. Thanksgiving weekend represented the final chance to secure a bowl bid or enter the offseason/bowl practice on a strong note. Thus, the games this past weekend take an added importance and sometimes, the game actually exceeds the hype. Maryland, Virginia Tech, Navy, and even James Madison and Virginia to lesser degrees had plenty to play for Thanksgiving weekend. And what a weekend it was.
The final regular season weekend of college football delivered plenty of memorable games. It started off with No. 3 Michigan outscoring No. 2 Ohio State 30-24 to secure an unbeaten season and a third straight trip to the Big Ten Championship Game (even the Wolverines decision to wear blue pants with blue jerseys couldn’t jinx them badly enough). No. 1 Georgia and No. 5 Florida State both…
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