It is not a perfect crossover, but many people who root for the Georgia Bulldogs on fall Saturdays do the same thing on NFL Sundays with the Atlanta Falcons. After seeing Georgia eke out a 44-41 overtime victory over the Tennessee Volunteers, the usually flightless Dirty Birds won their primetime affair in more convincing fashion. The Minnesota Vikings were undone by some tasty Grits Blitz, 22-6.
From a national perspective, Sunday Night Football was more about how utterly incompetent second-year pro J.J. McCarthy looked making his second career NFL start.