5th Quarter (College)

Conference Play Separates Contenders From Pretenders

1. Ohio St-Buckeyes fans knew this day was coming. The day when they were ranked number #1 and would lose on the road because of their conservative play calling coach. Tressel philosophy puts his team in a bad spot when they get down big, and Saturday night was no surprise when Wisconsin knocked them from the ranks of the unbeaten. In the end you knew OSU would find a way to disappoint. Now there is a new leader in the driver seat in the Big Ten...

2. Sparty-Beat a rival out of state? Check! Beat big brother rival in the state? Check! Michigan St. has an opportunity to run the table because their toughest game left is at Iowa. The Spartans in the past have always found a way to lose a game they have should win, but this season seems different. There is a new found confidence brewing in East Lansing, and this state needs some good news.

3. Mizzou Played Big Boy Football-Today the Missouri Tigers went down to College Station and smacked around Texas A &M. The Aggies aren't the best team in the Big 12 but the Tigers have routinely struggled when they have gone south. One of the biggest areas of improvement of the Tigers has been their defense. They took it to the Aggies and made a statement to the rest of the conference. What to strap on your helmets and knock around a Texas school!

4.Speaking of Texas-Nebraska spent much of the offseason stewing about last years Big 12 Championship game. One of the reasons why they are leaving the conference is because they felt that Texas got all the calls and the conference catered to them. Nebraska got physically dominated and exposed. It was obvious that the Huskers could run the ball but Taylor Martinez is not a passer and Texas made them one-dimensional. Once Texas pinned their ears back, they dominated the Huskers O-line. That was the rudest going away present that Texas gave them today.

5. SEC-Auburn won in a shootout out and Cam Newton is now the frontrunner for the Heisman trophy. I said last week that no one is talking about Auburn and the reason why is their defense. You can't give up 48 points to a team with their backup quarterback. The battle for SEC supremacy will be Saturday when LSU comes to town. Who knew this would be such a huge game a month ago. By the way, LSU fans the only way you get rid of Les Miles is for someone to find 15 million dollars to pay him out. That was an awful contract that the AD signed him to.

Quick hit-Boise St. schedule in the end will cost them if they go undefeated. Their schedule just took a hit when Nevada who was ranked lost to Hawaii. The Broncos could not afford that one.