Overtime

Well, so much for college football, the game as we know it, is over.

Supposedly name, image, and likeness and the transfer portal spelled the end of the sport.

The naysayers, and they were plentiful, said the game as we know it would never be the same.

They are right.

It is better.

The portal has helped spring a string of upsets, led by well-traveled quarterbacks.

Marshall upset Notre Dame. The Thundering Herd were led by Henry Columbi, who began his journey at Utah State, then went to Texas Tech, before landing in Huntington, West Virginia.

Against Notre Dame he was 16 of 21 passing.

Marshall beat a top 10 ranked team for the second time in school history.

At Texas A&M, Appalachian State upset the Aggies.

The win was led by quarterback Chase Brice, who began his college career at Clemson, then transferred to Duke, and then on to App State.

 As the final seconds of App State’s 17-14 win at College Station ticked off the clock, students stormed downtown Boone, North Carolina, in a massive show of celebration.

A twitter video of the students going wild had more than 450,000 views two days later.

Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher, who had the number one recruiting class in the country, is 35-15 after 50 games at College Station.

He was rewarded with a contract extension paying him $9 million a season through 2031.

His predecessor, Kevin Sumlin, was 36-14 after 50 games.

At Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, Georgia Southern upset the Huskers 45-42.

The game marked the first time in 214 games that Nebraska had scored 35 points at home, and lost.

Nebraska could have waited till Oct. 1 and fired head coach Scott Frost, and saved $7.5 million.

But, director of athletics Trev Alberts pulled the plug. The school will pay Frost a buyout of $15 million.

The Sun Belt Conference trumpeted the success of Marshall, App State and Georgia Southern on its webpage.

And, for the first time in 21 seasons, the Football Writers Association of America named all three teams, their national team of the week.

In Austin, Texas, the Longhorns lost to top ranked Alabama by a point, despite losing starting quarterback Quinn Ewers for four to six weeks with a left clavicle sprain.

Kentucky defeated Florida 26-16, the Wildcats second straight victory over the Gators. From 1986 to 2018, the Gators won every game in the series.

Led by Penn State transfer Will Levis, Kentucky is a contender in the SEC East.

LSU opened the season with a 24-23 loss to Florida State in New Orleans.

The Tigers, led by Arizona State transfer Jayden Daniels, were a blocked extra point from forcing the game to overtime.

In the last 15:08 Daniels led LSU to three touchdowns, including a TD pass to wide receiver Jaray Jenkins with no time on the clock.

The narrative that “the portal” will ruin college football holds no water.

College football is crazier that it has ever been.

So, why not just enjoy?