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2021 Week 9 canine college football scores roundup

By Wesley Coburn

ATHENS - NOVEMBER 14: Georgia Bulldogs mascot UGA VII sits at his dog house before a game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Auburn Tigers at Sanford Stadium on November 14, 2009 in Athens, Georgia. The white English bulldog, who served as the University's football team mascot for nearly two seasons, died November 19, 2009 of heart-related causes, according to published reports. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
ATHENS - NOVEMBER 14: Georgia Bulldogs mascot UGA VII sits at his dog house before a game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Auburn Tigers at Sanford Stadium on November 14, 2009 in Athens, Georgia. The white English bulldog, who served as the University's football team mascot for nearly two seasons, died November 19, 2009 of heart-related causes, according to published reports. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images) /
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2021 Wek 9 of the college football season saw a lot of canine mascots and vet schools do well on Saturday.

As always, the football dogs across the nation were supporting their teams by wearing the appropriate T-shirts, jerseys, collars, etc., and helped enjoy the snacks from the comfort of the living room, kitchen or backyard.

For our purposes, 2021 Week 9 began in the Mountain West Conference on Friday, October 29, as the Nevada Wolf Pack (6-2, 3-1 MWC) soundly thumped their in-state rivals the winless UNLV Rebels by a 51-20 score.

On Saturday, October 30, in the Southeastern Conference, Uga’s No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs faced ‘s Florida Gators in Jacksonville for The Game Formerly Known as the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party on CBS, cruising to a 34-7 victory as UGA improves to 8-0, 6-0 SEC, while Florida drops to 4-4, 2-4.

Elsewhere in the SEC, Bully’s Mississippi State Bulldogs upset the No. 17 Kentucky Wildcats 31-17, improving to 5-3, 3-2 while UK drops to 6-2, 4-2.

In the Mountain West, the Fresno State Bulldogs (7-2, 4-1 MWC) upset the No. 21 San Diego State Aztecs (7-1, 4-1 MWC) 30-20 on the road.

In the ACC, Tuffy’s North Carolina State Wolfpack (6-2, 3-1) won comfortably 28-13 against the Louisville Cardinals (4-4, 2-3).

In Conference USA, the Bulldogs of Louisiana Tech (2-6, 1-3 C-USA) were beaten by the Old Dominion Monarchs (2-6, 1-3 C-USA) with a 23-20 final score.

In the Sun Belt Conference, the Arkansas State Red Wolves’ (1-7, 0-4) rough year continued, as they lost 31-13 to the Jaguars of South Alabama (5-3, 2-3).

And in the Pac-12 Conference, Dubs’ Washington Huskies beat the Stanford Cardinal 20-13 to improve to 4-4, 3-2, while Stanford is now 3-5, 2-4).

Moving on to vet schools without canine mascots, we have the following…

In the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Virginia Tech Hokies bested the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 26-17, as VT improves to 4-4, 2-2 while GT falls to 3-5, 2-4.

In a Big Ten Conference clash between ranked teams, the No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes hosted the No. 20 Penn State Nittany Lions in the ABC night game, with Ohio State hanging on for a 33-24 victory. Ohio State improves to 7-1, 5-0 while Penn State drops to 5-3, 2-3.

In the morning Fox matchup between two unbeaten teams, the No. 8 Michigan State Spartans hosted the No. 6 Michigan Wolverines, rallying from behind in the rain to capture the 37-33 win and hang onto the Paul Bunyan Trophy.

The Wisconsin Badgers upset the No. 9 Iowa Hawkeyes 27-7 in another Big Ten game, Wisconsin improving to 5-3, 3-2, while Iowa falls to 6-2, 3-2.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-2, 4-1 Big Ten) won against the Northwestern Wildcats (3-5, 1-4 Big Ten) by a wide margin, 41-14.

Finally in the Big Ten, the Purdue Boilermakers (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten) won 28-23 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-6, 1-6 Big Ten).

The Illinois Fighting Illini, coming off a record nine-overtime victory last week, couldn’t keep the momentum going, as they were defeated by the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 20-14. Illinois is now 3-6, 2-4, while Rutgers is 4-4, 1-4.

In the SEC, the No. 18 Auburn Tigers defeated the No. 10 Ole Miss Rebels 31-20, as Auburn improves to 6-2, 3-1, while Ole Miss drops to 6-2, 3-2 on the season.

The Missouri Tigers (4-4, 1-3 SEC) were also winners, triumphing 37-28 over the Vanderbilt Commodores (2-7, 0-5 SEC).

In the Big 12 Conference, the No. 15 Oklahoma State Cowboys destroyed the Kansas Jayhawks 55-3, as OK State moves to 7-1, 4-1 as KU falls to 1-7, 0-5.

Also, the No. 22 Iowa State Cyclones (5-3, 3-3 Big 12) were beaten on the road 38-31 by the West Virginia Mountaineers (4-4, 2-3 Big 12).

Finally in the Big 12, the Kansas State Wildcats (5-3, 2-3) were winners 31-12 in an all-purple clash against the TCU Horned Frogs (3-5, 1-4).

In the Mountain West, the tee-retrieval-dog-hosting Boise State Broncos (4-4, 2-2) won against the vet school Colorado State Rams (3-5, 2-2) 28-19.

In the Pac-12 Conference, the Washington State Cougars were victorious over the Arizona State Sun Devils 34-21, as Wazzu is now 5-4, 4-2 and ASU is 5-3, 3-2.

In a battle of Pac-12 vet schools, the California Golden Bears (3-5, 2-3) topped the Oregon State Beavers (5-3, 3-2) by a 39-25 score.

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The independent UMass Minutemen were topped by the Liberty Flames 62-17. UMass falls to 1-7 for the season, while Liberty is now 7-2 overall.

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