Weekend Football Roundup
College Football and NFL Weekend Action Highlights Key Matchups and Player Debuts
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Alabama improved to 4-0 with a 49-18 win over South Carolina, after its offense rebounded from an opening three-and-out; Ryan Coleman-Williams scored twice on 32- and 42-yard touchdowns. West Virginia fans remained hopeful during game-day buildup, but the Mountaineers’ lead slipped away against Oklahoma State, which has remained unbeaten in Morgantown for 13 years. Detroit hosted the New York Jets in a matchup of the Lions’ high-scoring offense and the league’s top-ranked defense, led by former Lions coordinator Aaron Glenn; injured players were inactive, while rookie Jimmy Rolder and cornerback Ennis Rakestraw made their season debuts. Georgia Tech entered its first conference game looking to rebound, with its struggling run defense facing Louisville’s Micah Ford.
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The Lions were set to get offensive linemen Blake Miller and Christian Mahogany back from injury, while the team planned to contain Jets quarterback Geno Smith and a receiving group led by Garrett Wilson.
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Georgia Tech was allowing an average of 223 rushing yards per game, a season-long weakness that made slowing Micah Ford a central challenge against Louisville.
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The West Virginia game-day text thread included a fan apologizing for sending earlier messages to an outdated game-day number, after mistakenly texting it during the first three weeks of the season.
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After Alabama’s win, Bama247 said it would publish postgame game-ball selections each Monday, with two offensive and two defensive performers highlighted.
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