WEEK THIRTEEN FOOTBALL REVIEW...

LAST WEEK'S COLLEGE & NFL GAMES - INSIDE THE STATS...

And down the stretch they come.  This year’s college football thoroughbreds, that is.  The final week of the season is here and with it the games that will determine the race for the BCS Championship Game.  And the winner is… it look’s like a photo finish!

Looking inside the stats at last week’s college games there were a total of 15 teams that won ‘inside-out’ In The Stats (won the game but lost the yardage).  Those who one the game but lost by 100 or more yards are designated with an (*) asterisk. These ITS teams included: Buffalo, Colorado, *Louisiana-Monroe, Marshall, Memphis, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, *Ohio U, Southern Miss, South Florida, Tennessee, *Tulsa, *Utah State and Wake Forest.

Navy remains the only team to have gained 200 or more rushing yards in every game to date. They are also the No.1 rushing team in the land, averaging 357 RYPG.

From the PLAYBOOK MIDWEEK ALERT weekly stat rankings report, the STAT KINGS (teams that have won every game in the stats this season) include: BYU, Hawaii and West Virginia.

The two STAT QUEENS (teams that have lost every game in the stats this season) include:  Florida International and Utah State.

On the NFL front, the only one STAT KING (teams that have won every game in the stats this season) remains, New England.

There are no STAT QUEENS this season, as every team has at least one ITS win this season.

Interesting ITS NFL tidbits… ITS STREAKERS, not including the STAT KING above, (and the amount of games involved in current streak) include: HOT – Cincinnati (+3) and Seattle (+3). NOT –Baltimore (-4) and Buffalo (-3).

Be sure to check out the MIDWEEK ALERT for complete up-to-date records on every team this season.  It is extremely valuable information for bowl matchups.  Meanwhile it’s on to December and the bowl games where it’s always an exciting time of the season.  Good luck as always this week…