Oklahoma, Meet Lexington Steele

The Sooners got bent over and violently butt-fucked. There's really no other way to describe it. Unlike Lloyd Carr bitching about the crown of the field, Bob Stoops and Oklahoma have a more than legitimate gripe. I hope Oregon and their fans enjoy their tainted victory. And people can save all the crap about "refs don't lose games," Oklahoma should have scored more, they still could have stopped Oregon, etc. The simple fact is that if that onside kick is called right, Oklahoma wins. Period.

Besides that, it was "Seperation Saturday" and alot of teams got...uh...seperated, I guess. Now let's examine the most dramatic day of seperation since my parents' divorce was finalized. Actually, it really wasn't that dramatic (Saturday, not my parents' divorce), alot of the games weren't that close.

• I had this crazy dream last night that Michigan strolled into South Bend, hung 47 on the Irish, and harassed Brady Quinn into three interceptions while simultaneously banging his sister and kicking Charlie Weis in his front-butt. I'm going to look for a game recap to find out the what really happened. More on that game later.

• Just like I wished for and predicted, USC brought Nebraska and their fans back down to reality. Did you notice the talent disparity I spoke of? (who am asking? no one reads this) Callahan was so terrified of USC that he stuck to a very conservative game plan, which actually made things worse because when you're out-gunned you need to take some chances to win. What a terrible coach. I think Nebraska fans realize how bad he is, they're just not ready to admit it yet. Give it a couple years (or less) until the knives come out full-force

• I figured LSU-Auburn would be low scoring, but not this low scoring. Holy crap. It would have been a snoozer if not for the excitement of knowing that at any given time a defender might literally kill a member of the opposition. Quite an intense game, and when it was over and LSU players were laying on the ground while Auburn players ran around celebrating it really reminded me of an NCAA tournament game.

• Louisville took Miami to the 7th Floor (sorry, it's just too easy) 31-7. Louisville pulled out their third leg (sorry, again) and basically mushroom-stamped the Canes right out of Papa Johan's. I actually thought Miami could keep it close or even pull out the win. What was especially impressive is how Louisville continued to roll after Brian Brohm left with an injury. On a side note, is there a more snakebitten team in the NCAA? Sure, everybody has injuries, but in less than a year they lost their star QB, their star RB and their star QB again. Hopefully for their sake, Brohm is back in time for WVU. As for the Canes, this is second time in four games they have been embarrased. At least this time they tried for awhile. After a Louisville fumble, they had a chance to go up 14-0 but fumbled the ball back which kept Louisville in the game. After a TD by Mario Urrutia put Louisville up before halftime, Miami pretty much phoned it in from there. There seems to be a trend lately with this team phoning it in. When faced with crippling blows, this team folds like me in an Ultimate Bet play chip sit-and-go. I know the term "hot seat" is overused, but seriously, Larry Coker is on the hot seat. Those type of performances are reflective on the coach, especially on a team with so much talent.

• I thought Tennessee would win outright, but they still covered like I thought. I can't complain, I got to watch Fat Phil lose and make some money off of it. I'm just wondering, how could Tennessee not stop those Tebow runs? It was so obvious he was never going to pass it. It was like Florida's version of the Antonio Bass play. I will give credit to Justin Harrell, however. That guy is badass.
  

• FSU's luck finally ran out, and it wouldn't even have been close if not for Clemson's atrocious kicking game. Remember the days when FSU never lost ACC games and never lost at home? Those were the days. It's kind of like asking "remember life before the internet?" People remember, but it's so foreign and archaic of a concept that it seems like those times never really existed.

• Congrats to Western Michigan for going on the road and beating Virginia. I know Virginia is terrible this year, but anytime a MAC team can go on the road and beat a BCS opponent it's a hell of an accomplishment.
  

• Indiana lost to Southern Illinois. I didn't know College Basketball started already.

• In what had to be the lock of the year, Syracuse not only covered but blew out favored Illinois at home. Yes, I said "favored Illinois." That's why it was the lock of the year. I know Syracuse is bad and Illinois was at home, but Illinois should NEVER be favored over any D-I school except for maybe some Sun Belt bottom-feeders. Easy money. On a positive note for Illinois, "Juice" Williams, a VHT who inexplicably chose Illinois, came in in the second half and threw for a couple TD's. I guessing the Juice era has begun at Illinois.

• I may be softening on my "State's going to get smoked by Notre Dame" prediction after Saturday's proceedings, although I still think Notre Dame will win. We'll see.

Gambling-wise, I hit the afformentioned four-team teaser as well as Tennessee. Texas Tech cost me six-team teaser by inexplicably managing only three points and losing by nine. Can't complain too much though, another winning weekend. I'm not being cocky though, I'm sure things will come crashing down next weekend.