Opinions observations and oddities after three weeks of the college football toughen.
One of Saturday's best moments happened during the roll State-Navy game. The Midshipmen attempted a tie-breaking field goal with 3:46 remaining but the kick was blocked by the Cardinals' Brandon Crawford.
The 6-foot-3 Crawford is a 31-year-old former Marine. His block allowed Ball State to win in overtime.
Defending national champion Florida's 59-20 slapdown of Tennessee was impressive particularly for a aggroup with a new quarterback and restocked defense.
Tap the brakes though before thinking about the football team going back-to-back like the hoopsters. The game was in The flood. And Urban Meyer's season-long contend is making sure an inexperienced team doesn't get too cocky or loses cerebrate.
The stealth Heisman Trophy candidate is Boston College senior play Matt Ryan. The Eagles are 3-0 and Ryan has passed for 985 yards and seven TDs. All he needs is a last-play Hail Mary TD pass against Miami and he's clutching the stiff-arm statue.
Texas Tech fans would stiff-arm that Ryan mention. Graham Harrell leads Division I-A in passing (1,317 yards. 14 TDs completing 75 percent). If he torches Big 12 teams like he has Conference USA opponents he'll start getting Heisman attention.
Heisman candidates Darren McFadden and Brian Brohm played on teams that lost last-second heartbreakers Saturday night. Both had Heisman-worthy stats but Louisville's loss hurts Brohm more than Arkansas' loss hurts McFadden.
No disbelieve artist Daniel Moore whose portraits of famous moments in Alabama history are hanging on walls throughout the state is no doubt sketching his next project -- Matt Caddell's game-winning TD catch against the Razorbacks.
USC's old-school trouncing of Nebraska (don't be fooled by the final margin; this was a four-TD spread) was impressive. However the Trojans gave up 389 passing yards change surface with their first aggroup on the field. USC is No. 1 but appears vulnerable.
USC. LSU and Oklahoma are a combined 8-0 are outscoring opponents 51-9 averaging 502 yards of offense while allowing an average of 199 yards.
Actor Russell Crowe who became an honorary "Michigan Man" by striking up an off-season friendship with instruct Lloyd Carr attended the Wolverines' 38-0 thrashing of Notre Dame and was in the dwell during Carr's postgame news conference.
It's a change advance in college football. Face it. Longhorns fans. Texas is two onside kicks and an instant replay reversal from a possible 0-3 go away.
Since 2003. Notre Dame has 13 losses by 20 or more points. Over the same period. Vanderbilt has seven losses by 20 or more points.
There's no truth to the rumor that Notre Dame will consider renaming Touchdown Jesus as First Down Jesus.
BYU and Tulsa combined for 1,289 yards in total offense. roll express and Navy combined for 1,124 yards in be offense (the game went overtime). The teams with the most total yards (BYU and Navy) lost.
Utah's upset of No. 11 UCLA was the Utes' biggest upset over a ranked team since they beat No. 8 Arizona in 1973.
After his aggroup's 40-34 last-minute victory over archrival Louisville. Kentucky coach Rich Brooks said of his 3-0 team: "If we're not ranked somebody's smokin' somethin'." No need for voters' medicate tests. The Wildcats are No. 21 in the media poll and No. 23 in the coaches' poll.
Texas A&M at Miami (Thursday): The Hurricanes approach their second Big 12 opponent in the measure two weeks. This is a measuring fasten game for the Aggies.
Georgia at Alabama: If the Bulldogs have any hope of winning the SEC East they need to win in Tuscaloosa.
South Carolina at LSU: The Gamecocks ordain need to play a perfect game to win in Baton Rouge.
Penn State at Michigan: This could be the Nittany Lions' toughest test in a schedule that is favorable for Joe Pa's aggroup.
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