Lesson #1: You lose $ with $coops!

What a crazy weekend in college football.
-Florida going down to Auburn: I figured that would be a Gator lock, were they looking ahead to LSU or does Auburn have the Gators' number? Anyway, what cool veins by the Auburn kicker, despite the always "classy" Urban Meyer trying to pull the dirty late time out. They should totally stop that on FG attempts, almost like a "no more bets" hand washing at the roulette table. You need last second Time Outs for QB's if there's something they need switched or the play clock goes down and with defense in case they don't have enough players out there. But FG attempts? No reason to have to call a time out. Just my beef.
-Texas getting slammed by Kansas State AGAIN! I did think Texas wasn't as good as advertised and they were going to get what was "supposed" to be coming to them in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl next weekend, but the way they lost AT HOME was embarassing.
-Oklahoma choking a 24-7 lead at Colorado. In firm control, the Sooners let their hands off the wheel in cruise control to blow it to an average at best Colorado team. That suddenly makes the Red River Shootout next weekend rather less interesting.
-Rutgers losing: Doesn't shock me as much; I did say Rutgers was going to lose a cheap game eventually.
-West Virginia losing at South Florida: Look, I know USF is much improved and the crowd was totally geeked up, but if West Virginia wants to be taken seriously as a national title contender, they can't lose games like this. The yardage discrepency was scary in favor of West Virginia, yet turnovers & big plays killed the Mountaineers. I don't care how many 1 loss seasons & beating Georgia in a BCS bowl game wins they have; YOU CAN'T LOSE TO SOUTH FLORIDA IF YOU WANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS A NATIONAL TITLE CONTENDER!
-Cal & Oregon's great game: I did feel Oregon would squeak it out since it was in Eugene, but Cal got it done. If you want to watch an athlete, watch a replay of DeShaun Jackson's TD reception as he just bolted by the Duck defender down the sideline to tie it up. And fumbling at the 1 into the endzone? You may as well change his name to "Byner" while he's still on campus.

Other takes:
-Wisconsin continues to get lucky, this time because too many MSU idiots are left over from the John L Smith era for Dantonio to work with. I think their luck runs out because of Juice Williams this weekend.
-Minnesota: I actually didn't think they played horrible. Weber had his worst game yet, but I think that was due to Ohio State's defense. OSU's defense IS AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED! Not one player jumps out (including Animal); they all can run & tackle.
-USC eeked it out in Seattle. If you look at the USC dynasty run, they always seem to have one of these games (2003 L @ Cal, 2004 tight win in the fog @ Oregon State, 2005 @ Arizona State). If it becomes habit, I'd worry if I was a USC fan. Usually, it's not. But trips to Oregon & Cal won't be a picnic.
-Rough week ATS going 3-7. And think about it....two of those wins were Minnesota & Indiana! Was only really super off on the Texas-Kansas State game. Wisconsin once again does me in, and Purdue & Michigan were close. The PSU-Illinois game was a back & forth one for me all week.

Next week had so much potential with the Red River & LSU-Florida game.....now? I do think the LSU-Florida game will still be great as it will be the first time LSU plays against a good defense that won't be facing a short field all game. I do think Texas is a step below Oklahoma. We'll also find out a bit more about both Ohio State & Purdue, although traditionally with these teams, this is where OSU shines & Purdue tends to bow down.