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Anthony Gharib, ESPN
The Week 7 college football slate brought top-ranked rivalry matchups and social media trolls.
The No. 8 Washington Huskies faced the visiting No. 9 Oregon Ducks in a massive Pac-12 matchup. The No. 10 USC Trojans traveled to South Bend, Indiana, to face the No. 21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. But one of the biggest stories of the weekend was the Stanford Cardinal‘s double-overtime upset over the Colorado Buffaloes.
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In a Pac-12 “After Dark” meeting, Stanford entered halftime down 29-0 but stormed back to win in a double-overtime thriller.
Cardinal quarterback Ashton Daniels threw for 396 yards and four touchdowns, though the star of the game was Stanford wide receiver Elic Ayomanor who caught 13 passes for 294 yards and three touchdowns. Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders had 437 total yards and five touchdowns.
The Buffaloes were in prime position to win before allowing 26 straight points. They also scored just twice in the fourth quarter and overtime combined.
Afterward, the Cardinal trolled Sanders by performing his signature celebration.
Stanford players were flexing after the game 😳 pic.twitter.com/ETVgDlA6aW
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 14, 2023
The Buckeyes’ strong start to the season continued with a dominant 41-7 victory over the Boilermakers.
Ohio State held Purdue to 257 yards while scoring 34 straight points. Buckeyes QB Kyle McCord threw for 276 yards and three touchdowns. Marvin Harrison Jr. registered 105 receiving yards and a touchdown, his fourth game this season with at least 100 receiving yards.
If the win on the field wasn’t enough, the Buckeyes also trolled the Boilermakers on social media.
all aboard the brutus express pic.twitter.com/nJ3fLfpLa4
— Ohio State Buckeyes 🌰 (@OhioStAthletics) October 14, 2023
Washington Huskies 36, Oregon Ducks 33
If their bitter rivalry wasn’t enough, Oregon and Washington both entered this matchup ranked in the top 10 for the first time in the game’s 100-year history. The play on the field lived up to the hype.
Up 33-29 and facing a fouth-and-3 on the Washington 46-yard-line, Oregon was in the driver’s seat with 2:16 remaining. Instead of punting, the Ducks went for it and failed to convert. The Huskies then took over on a shortened field and scored a touchdown in two plays.
Oregon had a chance to send the game to overtime, but Camden Lewis missed a 43-yard field goal to give Washington the win.
Washington mascot Harry the Husky, who had a war of words with the Oregon Duck heading into “College GameDay,” added some extra salt to the wound on social media.
.@TheOregonDuck lost
— Harry The Husky (@HarryTheHusky) October 14, 2023