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Team Recaps
Gilmer 67, Center 29 Rewind: The Kickoff Finally Went Deep, and Carthage Is All That's Left
A 55-7 halftime did its job and a quiet special-teams correction stayed on tape. The game of the year is at home Friday against 7-0 Carthage.
Team Recaps
Gilmer 67, Center 29: The Offense Was Done by Halftime. A Winless Team Still Scored 29.
Gilmer led 55-7 at halftime and won by 38 at Center to move to 6-2 and 2-1 in District 8-4A Division II. Zade Taylor accounted for three touchdowns and Kaden Canady caught two. Then an 0-8 team that had never scored more than 21 put up 22 in the second half, with No. 1 Carthage coming to Jeff Traylor Stadium next Friday.
Previews
Gilmer at Center: The 28-Point Receipt Is Due Thursday
A short week, no Yamboree, no home crowd, 1-1 in district, and the specific number we put in writing after Friday, all of it comes to Roughrider Stadium at 6:30 Thursday.
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🔥 HOT Team Recaps
UTSA 38, Navy 34: Six Wins, and a Defense That Won't Fix Itself
Owen McCown throws for 359, A'Marion Peterson catches the 41-yard winner with 2:24 left, and the Roadrunners are 6-1 — while the run defense keeps bleeding yards.
🔥 HOT Team Recaps
Oklahoma Falls to Kentucky 21-13: Four Turnovers, Zero Takeaways, and a Pick-Six That Ended It
The Sooners outgained a 6-1 Kentucky team by 116 yards at Owen Field and still lost by a possession, undone by three John Mateer interceptions and a 41-yard pick-six with 1:17 to play. OU drops to 3-3 heading to Mississippi State.
🔥 HOT Team Recaps
Emporia State 23, Central Oklahoma 16: Defense Carries the Hornets to 7-0
Four turnovers, five red-zone stands and a scoop-and-score masked a 211-yard day. The No. 8 Hornets are 7-0 and the only unbeaten in the MIAA — and the offense needs an answer.
🔥 HOT Team Recaps
Pittsburg 58, Gilmer 56: Five Turnovers, Two Onside Kicks Taken Away, and a Yamboree Conversation This Town Keeps Having
A two-point home loss on Yamboree Friday ends the five-game streak and drops the Buckeyes to 5-2 and 1-1 in District 8-4A Division II. The town has five arguments going at once: the refs, the onside kicks, the Queen's Ball, the defense and the coaching. We take every one of them seriously, and we are not pretending any of them is why the scoreboard said what it said.
Previews
Gilmer vs. Pittsburg: The Twenty We Promised You
District game two at Jeff Traylor Stadium. The marker we left you last Friday is still on the table — and the number is twenty.
ITFFL
ITFFL Trades: 20 in Six Seasons, and the Week 10 Deadline
Six seasons, 2,527 transactions, and 20 trades. ITFFL barely trades at all - here is who actually deals, why a league this active has such a dead market, and the FAAB lever nobody pulls before week 10.
Team Recaps
UTSA 31, USF 24: The Offense Answered. The Defense Nearly Blew It.
A'Marion Peterson punched in a 1-yard touchdown with 15 seconds left, Owen McCown found David Amador II for two, and the Roadrunners survived to 5-1.
Team Recaps
Oklahoma Steals the Red River 27-24: 238 Yards, Two Picks, One Buzzer-Beater
A blocked punt, a Peyton Bowen pick-six, and a 47-yard Tate Sandell field goal at the horn. Oklahoma was outgained by 144 yards and still walked out of the Red River with the trophy and a 3-2 record.
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