The beauty of college football is that when you sit down for a Saturday that doesn’t have much walk-up appeal, things will end up happening that you’ve never seen before.
Like a nine-overtime game in which only 38 points are scored.
Like a quarterback stealing the ball from his own running back and carrying it for a key first down to keep an undefeated season going.
Both those things happened in the noon window of games, sending what was supposed to be a mundane weekend off the rails. Illinois stunned Penn State 20–18 in the nine-OT fandango that showed the flaws of the utterly gimmicky new overtime rules and showcased the offensive futility of both teams.