• LSU 41, Alabama 34 — Ah, this was a big win for the Tigers in Tuscaloosa. I'm sure that from here on out, people will finally stop questioning Les Miles as a legitimate coach. Yep. No doubt about it.

• Navy 46, Notre Dame 44 — Bread cost a nickel. Gas cost a quarter. Hippie bone marrow was free — you could just go up to them when they were asleep and siphon it through a tube. This was our world when Navy last beat Notre Dame.

Ram Vela. Remember that name. One day, you'll read about how he singlehandedly brought down a fortress of Middle Eastern terrorists or victoriously wrestled down a pod of super intelligent dolphins set out to destroy our way of life. Vela lept a ND defender and sacked quarterback Evan Sharpley in the same motion during an Irish fourth quarter drive.

• Arkansas 48, South Carolina 36 — "Hi, I'm Darren McFadden. You may remember me from such college football seasons as 2006 and ... well, just 2006." McFadden ran for 323 yards, passed for a touchdown, and I'm fairly certain he nursed a dying foal back into good health. Some may assert he still has a chance to win the Heisman, but Colt Brennan killed an octopus in the offseason. Still too close to call.

(Photo straight from the Arizona Republic)

(Also, this is the 40th jillionth time this year we've been told "Okay, forget about the game last week. THIS is the best game of the year." The law of averages tell us that one of these weeks, all the games will suck.)

• ♬ Winning Would Be Easy If Their Colors Were Like My Dream ♬ Red Gold and Green, Red Gold and Greeee-eeee-en ♬. A 38-0 loss to USC. All right, at this point, I genuinely feel sorry for Notre Dame, as well as somewhat responsible. Yes, we wanted them to underperform. Who didn't? But did you really want them to fall to 1-7? This is like hoping someone would kick the school bully's ass, then learning that he was beaten up by a gang member with a lead pipe, and consequently has to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair and can only speak in semi-relevant onomatopoeia.

Please, Notre Dame, help clear my conscience by winning out. Beat Navy, and such.

• California Reamin'. Despite a loss, the California Bears were still playing like the No. 2 team in the nation, which means they were bested by an unranked opponent. In this case, UCLA — a team who lost to effin Utah by 30 points at home — won 30-21.

• There Are No Good Puns That Use The Word "Tebow". The only reason I tell you now about Florida escaping Kentucky with a 45-37 win, is because Dan Shanoff's column doesn't run until Monday.

• In Michigan, Just About Everyone Wears Carr-Hart. With Michael Hart not dressing for the game, Lloyd Carr had to go to his section of the playbook that didn't include him, which was "every play in this three-inch area that includes the Chiclets but not the erasers." And they still won 27-17. So I guess we have to actually go around saying that Michigan is a good team now, despite some bad losses, and a favorite to play in the Rose Bowl but not in the national title game? Well, in a year where everything else is upside-down, at least this is the same.

• And Because I Can. Bowling Green was a 5-point underdog, but still went to Kent State and won 31-20. Freshman tailback Willie Geter: 206 rushing yards. Know him. Respect him. Rub his head for good luck.