2020 Week 10: Canine college football roundup
2020 Week 10 saw all college football teams playing.
2020 Week 10 saw all college football teams playing for the first time in 2020, as the MAC and the Pac-12 finally got underway with partial seasons.
This meant that all canine schools and vet schools (for the most part) were competing, and as always, the football dogs of Instagram were cheering on their favorite teams, wearing the team-specific collar, T-shirt, bandanna or whatever, while hoping that snacks will be able to be intercepted.
2020 Week 10 got started on Wednesday, November 4 in the MAC, as Mission’s Northern Illinois Huskies lost to the Buffalo Bulls in their season opener by a 49-30 score.
On Thursday in the Mountain West, the Nevada Wolf Pack cruised to a home victory over the Utah State Aggies 34-9, moving to 3-0 on the year.
On Friday in the ACC, the North Carolina State Wolfpack hosted the No. 11 Miami Hurricanes, losing in a shootout 44-41, as NC State drops to 4-3 for the season.
On Saturday in the SEC, Holland the Pup‘s No. 8 Florida Gators faced Uga’s No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs at the NFL Jaguars’ home stadium in Jacksonville, with 44-28 victory. Florida takes over control of the SEC East with a 4-1 record, while Georgia drops to 4-2.
Reveille the Collie’s No. 7 Texas A&M Aggies destroyed the South Carolina Gamecocks 48-3, improving to 5-1.
Bully’s Mississippi State Bulldogs triumphed over the visiting Commodores of Vanderbilt 24-17, improving to 2-4 both in conference and overall.
Smokey the Coonhound’s Tennessee Volunteers lost their third straight as they fell to 2-4, this time being defeated 24-13 by the Arkansas Razorbacks.
In the Sun Belt, the Arkansas State Red Wolves were dropped by the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns 27-20, falling to 3-5, 1-4 for the year.
In the Mountain West, the Fresno State Bulldogs toppled the UNLV Rebels 40-27, moving to 2-1 for the season.
Now, onto how the vet schools fared during 2020 Week 10, which started for our purposes on Thursday.
In the Mountain West, the Colorado State Rams defeated the Wyoming Cowboys 34-24, improving to 1-1.
The New Mexico Lobos were stopped by the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 39-33, New Mexico is now 0-2.
On Saturday, November 7 in the Big Ten, the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes cruised to a 49-27 win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, improving to 3-0.
The Michigan State Spartans went to Iowa for a contest with the Hawkeyes, coming up on the short end of a 49-7 final score. Michigan State is now 1-2.
In a battle of vet schools, the Minnesota Golden Gophers came out on top in their tussle against the Illinois Fighting Illini 41-14. Minnesota is now 1-2, while Illinois falls to 0-3.
In the Big 12, the No. 14 Oklahoma State Cowboys defeated fellow vet school Kansas State on a visit to Manhattan, with the final score being Cowboys 20, Wildcats 18. OK State improves to 5-1, 4-1, while K-State goes to 4-3, 4-2.
Big 12 leading No. 17 Iowa State held off a visiting Baylor team by a 38-31 score, as the Cyclones move to 5-2, 5-1 for the 2020 season.
In a nonconference matchup for Rookie the Batdog’s Virginia Tech Hokies, they were upset by the Liberty Flames 38-35, falling to 4-3 on the season.
In the Pac-12, the Washington State Cougars overcame the Oregon State Beavers 38-28 in their opener.
The Big Ten contest between the vet schools of the Purdue Boilermakers and Wisconsin Badgers was canceled due to COVID, as was the Pac-12 Washington Huskies’ season opener with the California Golden Bears. The Conference USA matchup of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at the North Texas Mean Green was postponed to a later date.
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