OK, this is a warning for all those Northwestern people who crawled out of the woodwork in 1995 when the Wildcats were Rose Bowl bound and America's Darlings, but have been delightfully quiet when the Wildcats were back in the Big Ten cellar the past few year:
Don't come out yet.
Look, we know Damien Anderson has been doing a pretty good Darnell Autry impersonation and who isn't enjoying the fact that Northwestern is 4-1 while Mr. Colorado is struggling at 0-4? But the last thing we need is the group alumni picture with Brent Musberger and Charlton Heston fighting for the center spot (although we'll take the guy with the NRA connections in that fight).
So, enjoy the moment. Dream of the Nov. 4 game at home against Michigan really meaning something. Call the travel agent to see if you can get that room you had in Pasadena again this year. But just do it quietly.
Northwestern is still cute and fuzzy right now. Don't ruin this for us yet.
Goalpost 101
Tough day to be a goalpost.
With seven top 25 teams going on the road and getting knocked off by unranked teams, well, let's just say there will be goalposts all over e-Bay real soon. But, man, there are some really bad students at tearing down those things.
Mississippi State needs a refresher on how to celebrate. The game was over for a good 15 minutes and they were still working on one of the goalposts. They were jumping, bouncing, swinging and nothing. Embarrassing.
Of course, if you haven't knocked off a top three team since 1980, here's guessing you would get rusty.
Not everyone struggled. LSU fans were on the field before the overtime and we swear they were ready to break up Tennessee's final pass if the Tigers needed the assistance. LSU didn't and a mad rush ensued. Oregon State was another fine display of fan behavior. Game over and Marion Jones couldn't have sprinted on the field faster. Very impressive.
The best, however, goes to Oregon fans. We don't know when or how Autzen Stadium became the most difficult place to play in the Pac-10, but the fans have the greatest perk in that they have to go on the field to exit. It's almost like they get to storm the field every week. Very cool.
All good things must come to an end
Alabama had to win and South Carolina had to lose. When we saw this on the schedule, it was almost too easy to see what was going to happen.
Alabama 27, No. 23 South Carolina 17.
Of course, it didn't have to be that way. To show what has happened at South Carolina, here was Alabama talking about coming together as a team and there was South Carolina lamenting two fourth quarter interceptions.
"I'm upset because we're better than that," said Gamecocks coach Lou Holtz, who has resurrected a program that entered the season on a 21-game losing streak. "I think we're a pretty competitive SEC football team. But you can't make stupid mistakes."
South Carolina (4-1) gets a chance to rebound against Kentucky next week while Bama gets a week off before Ole Miss.
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