College soccer Week 3 stay updates: Prime performs and video games

Week 3 of the faculty soccer season is about to deliver somewhat little bit of the whole lot to the desk.

Did you just like the high-profile showdowns of Week 1? Well this week brings us the No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs on the No. 15 Tennessee Volunteers. And later within the night time, the No. 16 Texas A&M Aggies will journey to South Bend to face the No. 8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Florida Gators, contemporary off a surprising loss to the South Florida Bulls, face the No. 3 LSU Tigers.

We’ll be conserving observe of all the highest moments from throughout the faculty soccer panorama in Week 3:

Game-day notes

Sandwiched between scoring drives of 76 and 75 yards, Clemson’s offense totaled negative-7 yards on back-to-back three-and-outs after halftime Saturday. Those 4 collection inform the story of the Twelfth-ranked Tigers’ stale, trick-or-treat offensive displaying in a 24-21 loss to Georgia Tech, one that might tank Clemson’s College Football Playoff hopes in 2025. Concerns across the Cade Klubnik/Garrett Riley-led offense had been already there headed into Week 3 with the Tigers getting into Saturday ranked one hundred and twentieth in complete offense and 129th in dashing yards nationally, whereas Klubnik sat sixtieth in yards per play amongst Power 4 quarterbacks by way of two video games. Veteran working again Adam Randall (16 carries, 86 yards) injected some power into the Tigers’ dashing assault, however Klubnik’s turnovers on Clemson’s opening collection of every half — together with a crimson zone interception after halftime — had been pricey, and Riley’s offense in the end pieced collectively solely three drives of 5 or extra performs throughout 9 complete offensive collection. The loss, which dropped the Tigers’ playoff odds to five%, per ESPN Insights, is a possible backbreaker for a once-promising season. Klubnik, Riley and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney may have inquiries to reply on the offense that is now scored this system’s fewest factors by way of three video games since 1999.

Georgia Tech, in the meantime, has introduced itself as a respectable playoff contender, helped partially by a good schedule the remainder of the way in which. Haynes King’s barreling, third-quarter landing run on the finish of a 13-play, 90-yard scoring, adopted by a daring “Philly Special” play name on the following two-point conversion from offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner, flashed the mix of toughness and creativity that may make the Yellow Jackets so harmful (and so enjoyable). Coach Brent Key is now 12-6 in one-score video games at Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets had been removed from good Saturday, however they venture as favorites within the majority of their video games earlier than a Nov. 28 assembly with Georgia. The query must be requested: might King, Key and Georgia Tech make a run at a spot within the 12-team playoff area this fall? — Eli Lederman

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