Illinois 41, Indiana 20 – Kudos to Ron Zook for continuing to avoid toe-stubbing. No matter the process (often ugly), 6-0 is 6-0.
Clemson 36, Boston College 14 – The big news is Tajh Boyd's injury. Hopefully for both his team and his league that both need him for national title hopes, the injury isn't bad and Boyd can play next week. If he can't, at least Clemson will have an excuse for its annual stupid loss to Maryland.
Notre Dame 59, Air Force 33 – The Irish fixed the turnover machine and scored at will. If they start turning the ball over again though, the Navy game could be dangerous considering the defense had issues against the triple-option today.
LSU 41, Florida 11 – Gators had no chance with no Brantley. Given the way this played out, the Gators may not have had a chance with him. They were shoved around on the lines all game long (except for on the long touchdown pass to Dubose). Also of note, the LSU punter got a touchdown taken off the board for taunting. Of all the ways for that to happen for the first time, a punter was probably the least expected, bad call or not.
Oklahoma St. 70, Kansas 28 – Kansas scored on its first possession. They should have quit while they were ahead. Oklahoma St. had 56 by halftime and Brandon Weeden threw 5 touchdowns in less than a half of work.
Rutgers 34, Pittsburgh 10 – Pitt showing all the inconsistent signs of being under a first year coach (which they are). Rutgers is obviously improved and is a 2-point loss to North Carolina from being undefeated and near 2006 level at this point.
Oregon St. 37, Arizona 27 – Mike Stoops will be a good defensive coordinator somewhere next season. Oregon St. happily gets its first win of the season against the team against whom it all came unraveled last season with the James Rodgers injury.
Kansas St. 24, Missouri 17 – Kansas St. defense is really good. Bill Snyder has it rolling again and this team is the 3rd best in the Big 12. As for Missouri, I don't know what to think. They obviously have talent, but something is missing and its not quarterback like the expectation was.
Arizona St. 35, Utah 14 – Arizona St. didn't play well. The 2004 and 2008 Utah teams would have dominated and the 2009 and 2010 Utah team would have won this game. This Utah team gave it away with three turnovers in seven plays after leading 14-13 in the 3rd quarter.
Virginia Tech 38, Miami 35 – Best game of the day by far. Virginia Tech has major defensive issues though the offense seems to be fixed after the debacle against Clemson last week. Miami is missing that factor that gets the job done in close games at the end.
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