Here are a few musings on last week's action.
* Go B1G or go home. Penn State and Ohio State went down. Ohio State basically got beat like they were an FCS team or a High School team when they visited the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa won 55-24 hosting Ohio State. Despite a weather delay of more than three and a half hours, it was the Michigan Stare Spartans putting the 27-24 hurt on #7 Penn State. Big win for Sparty. Also of note is #9 Wisconsin winning 45-17 at Indiana. The Badgers' rout of the Indiana Hoosiers keeps Wisconsin undefeated and is now 8-0 on the season.
* From the Big Ten to the Big XII. First- DOWN GOES IOWA STATE! Be proud, wvumidget- your Mountaineers took down the #15 Iowa State Cyclines. So one Iowa team does great; the other... not so muuch. There was Bedlam in Oklahoma. The #11 Oklahoma State Cowboys lost at home to the #5 Oklahoma Sooners 62-52. The #8 TCU Horned Frogs blew out the Texas Longhorns 24-7.
* A little Pac-12 talk now. DOWN GOES STANFORD! #21 Stanford failed at #25 Washington State 24-21. So how did the other Pac-12 team in Washington do? You know, Crash's Washington Huskies? They were just fine. Washington State's Apple Cup rivals devoured the Oregon Ducks 38-3. Both Washington and Washington State won at home this weekend. In Los Angeles, the #17 USCal Trojans won at home against the #22 Arizona Wildcats. The other Arizona Pac-12 team on at home as the Arizona State Sun Devils won 41-30 over the Colorado Buffaloes. The Utah Utes had NO problem with the UCLA Bruins- a 48-17 smashing of the boys from Pasadena, CA.
* Now for a little SEC loving. Georgia passed their first test as a #1 team as they won 24-10 hosting South Carolina. Alabama knows about being #1. This #2 were surely #1 against #19 LSU. Tuscaloosa was rocking as the Crimson Tide won 24-10. Strange both teams won by the same score and the same margin. Still- both won. Believe it or not, Georgia and Alabama do NOT play each other this season! UGA's remaining schedule is: at Auburn (rivalry), Kentucky, and at Georgia Tech (rivalry).
* When I first got into college sports in 2002, I always thought it was a big deal when the University of Miami was winning. While the 2017 Miami Hurricanes are not the ballin' 2001 'Canes, Miami remains undefeated with a 28-10 whacking of Virginia Tech at home.
* So you mean to tell me that Michigan pummeled Minnesota 33-10, and all they get for their troubles is... a Little Brown Jug? That ain't right! Still cool, though!
* Northwestern needed Overtime (three, in fact) to sink Michigan State last weekend at home. The Northwestern Wildcats needed Overtime to take down Nebraska 31-24. This game needed only one Overtime.
* My Houston Cougars trounced the East Carolina Pirates 52-27 at fabulous TDECU Stadium here in Houston. The Coogs are Bowl Eligible as they are now 6-3 on the season.
Congratulations to all other winners from this past week of college football. Get ready for this new week!