Stanford 56, USC 48 (3OT) – A good game with plays being made all over, but not the classic many are saying it is postgame as I write. Andrew Luck is good, Matt Barkley is close to as good, and the running games were equal. Ultimately, games between even teams are decided by the big mistake and USC made 2 of them to Stanford's 1.
Auburn 41, Ole Miss 23 – The Auburn defense is still terrible, but that didn't matter because Ole Miss is miserable in the 3rd quarter. A sign of bad coaching and yet another reason Houston Nutt needs to go from Oxford.
Ohio St. 33, Wisconsin 29 – What on Earth was the Wisconsin secondary doing on the final play? That said, win or lose, the Badgers are not the same team away from Madison. As for Ohio St., they are certainly maturing and the Big Ten might want to consider actually beating them. All they need is one Penn St. loss to someone else and Ohio St. controls its destiny in that league. Ugh.
Georgia Tech 31, Clemson 17 – Clemson wasn't necessarily bad Clemson here. Georgia Tech got caught looking ahead for the last two weeks and Clemson didn't have an extra week to prep for the triple option like so many teams to beat the Yellow Jackets have had. If there is an ACC Championship game rematch (as there was two years ago), I expect Clemson to win.
Iowa St. 41, Texas Tech 7 – Will the real Texas Tech please stand up? This was a terrible performance coming off of the best game this program has played under Tommy Tuberville. Yet, Tuberville is the common denominator. His Auburn teams were known for playing to the level of their opposition (2004 undefeated team exempted) and they occasionally laid an egg like this (see 2006 loss to Georgia and numerous losses to average at best Arkansas teams).
South Carolina 14, Tennessee 3 – Ugly, ugly game. Tennessee without Tyler Bray is just lost on the field offensively. South Carolina without Marcus Lattimore and with Connor Shaw in the game was nearly as lost but at least has some depth and talent.
Texas 43, Kansas 0 – Can we just move on from Turner Gill and get on with whoever is next in Kansas already? This obviously isn't working. Texas isn't good enough to be holding any team to 40 yards of offense right now.
UCLA 31, Cal 14 – Don't write the tombstone for Rick Neuheisel's coaching career yet. He is still on a flaming hot seat though. Jeff Tedford may have joined him after this shameful performance.
UNLV 38, Colorado St. 35 – UNLV shouldn't beat anyone except New Mexico. Speaking of New Mexico, they aren't likely the beat the version of the Rebels that showed up to this game.
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