college football

#13 Mississippi State (7-0) at #1 Alabama (7-0) [Saturday at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN] After steamrolling through its first seven opponents, the Crimson Tide now gets to the meat of its schedule with a three-game stretch vs. #13 Mississippi State, at #6 LSU and vs. #22 Texas A&M. Thus far, Alabama hasn’t really been challenged, outscoring its opponents by almost 33 points per game. The Tide defense has been as good as we’ve seen in years, ranking first in almost all defensive categories. But while the defense understandably gets the publicity, the Alabama offense has been no slouch either, scoring 40+ in five of seven games this year. Quarterback A.J. McCarron leads the nation in pass efficiency and the offense ranks 14th nationally in scoring.

The St. Cloud State Football team will play at home Saturday against Bemidji State at 1pm at Husky Stadium. The Huskies are coming off a 28-27 loss at Northern State last Saturday and out of playoff contention. St. Cloud State is 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the North Division of the NSIC.

The St. Cloud State football team saw their 4-game win streak come to an end Saturday with a 28-27 loss at Nothern State in Aberdeen, South Dakota. SCSU trailed 14-7 at halftime and 21-7 after 3 quarters. The Huskies outscored the Wolves 20-7 in the 4th quarter. SCSU took a 27-21 lead on a Phil Klaphake 2-run TD run with :42 left but the extra point was blocked. Nothern State won the game on a 34-yard touchdown pass on the last play of the game. They made their extra point to win it.

The Gophers lost 38-13 at Wisconsin Saturday afternoon. The big surprise was that head coach Jerry Kill decided to start red shirt freshman Philip Nelson of Mankato at quarterback. Nelson was the 3rd string quarterback for much of the season and the intention was for him to red-shirt this season. Nelson in his first start was 13-24 passing for 149 yards and 2 touchdowns with 2 interceptions. He also ran for 67 yards on 16 carries.

The St. Cloud State men's hockey team will host the University of Alabama-Huntsville Friday and Saturday nights at the National Hockey Center in their home openers. The Huskies are 0-2 after dropping a pair of games at New Hampshire last weekend. Sophomore Ryan Faragher is the top goaltender this season with Mike Lee graduating. The Huskies return Drew LeBlanc, and Ben Hanowski amongst others.

The St. Cloud State football team travels to Northern State in Aberdeen, South Dakota this Saturday to play the Wolves at 2:30pm. SCSU has won 4 games in a row and is 5-2 on the season. The Huskies are coming off a blowout win over the University of Mary at home 55-13 last Saturday. St. Cloud State head coach Scott Underwood talks with Jay Caldwell and Lee Voss on the Granite City Cafe on AM 1390-the Fan.

#9 Louisiana State 23, #3 South Carolina 21 After rushing for just 71 total yards in the Tigers’ six previous games, freshman running back Jeremy Hill exploded for 124 yards and two touchdowns to lead LSU to its first home conference win of the year. South Carolina actually led 14-10 with less than 11 minutes to play in the game before LSU rattled off 13 unanswered points in the game's next six minutes.

The St. Cloud State football team won their 5th straight game 55-13 Saturday afternoon against the University of Mary. The Huskies led 35-0 at halftime and were never threatened. SCSU outgained Mary 532-286. Michael Walker ran for 166 yards and 3 touchdowns and Phil Klaphake threw for 187 yards and 4 touchdowns for SCSU. Renard Robinson had 3 catches for 85 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Huskies.

The St. John's football team routed Carleton 51-14 Saturday afternoon in Collegeville to end a 4-game losing streak. Nick Martin threw for 309 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 40 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Johnnies. Rob Voshell caught 4 passes for 124 yards and Josh Bungum had 2 catches for 67 yards and a touchdown. Colin Moynihan ran for 78 yards on 5 carries including a 5-yard touchdown run.

The Gopher football team lost 21-13 Saturday afternoon on Homecoming to Northwestern. The Gophers had numerous chances in the final 5 minutes but Max Shortell's attempts at the end zone on 3rd and 4th and goal with just over 2 mintes left failed. Shortell started the game but was replaced by Marquis Gray in the 2nd quarter. Gray played until the end of the 3rd quarter when he aggravated his ankle injury.