On Saturday, I got the chance to watch most of the college games I listed last week, and here are my observations...

(Thursday) Virginia Tech 24, Clemson 7 - Whoa! Don't write off the Beamer's squad just yet, apparently. Now that the Tigers trail BC by a game and since the Eagles have the tie-braker in hand due to their OT win vs. Clemson earlier this season, this loss just about spells the death blow to Clemson's season. Their only real hope is that they can beat Maryland, then Maryland can turn around and beat BC, setting up a three-way tie atop the division. As for VaTech, they still trail Georgia Tech by a game and the tie-braker, and the only ACC opponents the Yellow Jackets have remaining are NC State (who suck this year), Duke (who suck always), and UNC (ditto), so it looks like too little too late for the Hokies to take the division, but they still have only two losses, so a decent bowl game could still be in their future.

Oklahoma 26, Missouri 10 - I didn't catch this one, as it wasn't on in my area, but Oklahoma seems to have made a statement. That statement being that they and Texas are still the class of the conference, better by far than anything the North division has to throw at them. Unfortunately for the Sooners, they've already lost to Texas, and the Longhorns look like they are going to put together an undefeated Big 12 season, so the opportunity for them to win seems to be behind them, barring a miracle (half of which almost happened in Texas' near-loss to Texas Tech). As for Missouri, the loss was dissapointing, but they are still tied for the lead in the Bog 12 North with Nebraska, a tie which will be broken this week when the two of them meet.

Notre Dame 38, Navy 14 - 43 wins in a row for Notre Dame. I think it's high time they took this game off the schedule.

Penn State 12, Purdue 0 - I napped on and off during this game, but I didn't miss anything.

Florida 21, Georgia 14 - the World's Largest Cocktail Party went to the Gators in a game as entertaining as that match-up usually is (especially in the post-Spurrier era). Florida kept their National Title hopes alive, and they seemingly have the SEC East locked up.

Georgia Tech 30, Miami (FL) 23 - A huge win for Georgia Tech, who, as mentioned above, now have the ACC Coastal division in hand, even with Virginia Tech's win over Clemson. For Miami, this is another in a string of dissapointing seasons, and Larry Coker's fate is just about sealed.

Maryland 27, Florida State 24 - This win was really big for the Maryland football program, which looked to be falling off the face of the Earth after back-to-back 10 win seasons not too long ago. The Terps are tied atop the leaderboard with BC; both schools have one conference loss apiece. But things don't get any easier - the last 4 dates on their schedule are against Clemson, Miami, Boston College and Wake Forest. As for the Noles - they are now 2-4 in conference (read that again...) and 4-4 overall. The boosters think Bobby Bowden has lost it and he needs to step down for the good of the program, but I remember this exact same discussion taking place about an iconic figure in Western Pennsylvania a few short seasons ago.

Tennessee 31, South Carolina 24 - Tennessee got the win, but you didn't think Steve Spurrier was going to let Phil Fullmer off the hook easily, did you?

UPSET OF THE WEEK: Oregon State 33, Southern California 31 - wow, I did not see this coming. Well, actually, I kinda did...USC hadn't been playing dominant ball and I figured sooner or later it would catch up with them, but I thought it would come against Oregon, California, or Notre Dame - not the against Beavers.

RUNNER UP UPSET OF THE WEEK: Oklahoma State 41, Nebraska 29 - Just more proof that the Big 12 North still sucks. Hey Big Red, you still feeling that firing of Frank Solich?