As November enters its latter stages, the biggest rivalries take center spotlight space starting this week. Here's encouraging news for those underdog rivals: The two rivalry games Thursday evening were won by the underdog! In Durham, NC, the North Carolina Tar Heels absolutely dominated the favored and ranked (and FF darling!) Duke Blue Devils, winning 45-20 but leaving another twenty or more points on the table with red zone turnovers, and eliminating their rival from the chance of winning the ACC Coastal division.
Across the country, in the grunginess of the Oakland Coliseum, the Oakland Raiders finally finished the deal, knocking their old AFC partners and foes, the Kansas City Chiefs, off their five-game win streak and out of a playoff spot for the moment with a 24-20 win with an EIGHTEEN-PLAY drive, unbelievable for a team which also committed THREE penalties on a fourth down play that could've ended the game in their favor. But like when we discussed SMU last week, Bottom Six teams have a quality about them...an uncertainty, if you like - that most teams don't have.
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