Week 5 in review

Upset weekend has finally come....
Where do I start... 5 top 10 teams fall this weekend also 3 more top 25 teams fell in upset fashion.
So where do I start? Well with #3 Oklahoma visiting Colorado. Easy win right since Oklahoma has been beating teams easily by an average of 50 points? Well it seemed like that way when it was 24-10 at the end of three quarters. With Oklahoma looking like it was going to get out of the hostile enviroment easily. They allowed Colorado to score making it 24-17. Then with about 5 minutes left in the game Colorado was punting it. So Oklahoma should be done right? Well tell that to the return man as he muffed the punt and Colorado jumped on it deep in Oklahoma territory. Then with a pass to Sprague wide open in the endzone the score was tied. Then Colorado would kick it off and Oklahoma's drive would start. Now what seemed to be a strong drive was hurt by a personal foul on Oklahoma. So they punt the ball away and a great Colorado return set them up in great field position. A few plays later Colorado in field goal range. The clock runs down to 2 seconds the timeout is called. The kicker Kevin Eberhart comes out on the field and makes his season long field goal as time expires to knock off #3 Oklahoma 27-24. Colorado fans left there seats and were on the field after that.
Now on the other side of the Red River Shootout Texas a team that had been looking shaky recently played Kansas St. Now this should be a victory for Colt McCoy right? Well had he not thrown 4 interceptions it may have been. But Kansas St. routed Texas 41-21. With a punt return for a touchdown a kick return for a touchdown and a Interception return for a touchdown it really isn't that much of a surprise that Kansas St. pulled off this upset... as they rise to Number 24 in the AP poll. The game was close until the end of the third though as the score was only 24-14 at halftime and then Texas would score first in the second half to bring it within three but then they wouldn't score again. So what does this mean for the Red River Shootout? Well a lot but not so much. The winner of that game next weekend really should still win the Big 12 south and should win the Big 12... but now it isn't as simple seeing that North teams are knocking off South teams. It does though take away any kind of national title implications on the Red River Shootout... almost. If a few more undefeated teams drop the winner could still go. But I see Oklahoma still as a potent team since their offense really is good... they just need to get back to it.
Next on the upset list was #4 Florida... they had unranked Auburn in the swamp though why would they lose? Wouldn't Tim Tebow prevent it? But Auburn would jump out quickly in the first half and take a 14-0 lead by half time. So they should have it in the books right? Well the Gators had other plans coming out and scoring making it 14-3 but then Auburn would answer right back making it 17-3. So going into the fourth it looked as if the Florida offense was going to be stalled out all night. But they didn't allow it as they would score 14 unanswered points to tie it up. But then on a Florida drive that was stopped a shanked field goal gave the Auburn Tigers great field position. They would march from there too. Until they got in position for a 43 yard field goal. So Byrum makes it and the upset is over right? The Tigers are already on the field... well Urban Meyer used the timeout trick that the Broncos started by waiting til the absolute second to call a timeout. So what does it mean a re kick. Both times this has happened in the NFL the team missed the second field goal... well Byrum is cooler than that as he made the field goal again giving Auburn the 20-17 win. So the gators fall in the East opening it up for the now #7 Kentucky Wildcats.
Then the Big East also had two upsets as Rutgers lost to Maryland in a game of cat and mouse. Seeing as Rutgers could never really catch up to Maryland. Who kept getting away further. Rutgers had there chances but kept failing so the Terpins made it out with a 34-24 win in big fashion. Then Friday night the West Virginia Mountaineers traveled to South Florida. Slaton and White should have great games right seeing to how powerful their offense is. But right in the first quarter Moffitt would return an interception for the bulls and from that point on the Bulls would never look back. They would come out with a 21-13 win. Resulting in the Bull fans ignoring the announcements not to charge the field. So what does this mean for the Big East? Either it means that the powers aren't really that good. Or on the other hand it proves that South Florida is a really good team with wins over Auburn and West Virginia. I don't think you can write the Big East out even with West Virginia and Louisville losing games. This conference will be fun to watch this year.
Then in the Big Ten the Nittany Lions were trying to bounce back from a loss to Michigan at the Big House. So who better than Illinois to play right? Well it would seem so but that proved not so. Rejus Benn of Illinois would bring a kick off return to the house and have a recieving touchdown. The result ended up another win for Ron Zook as Illinois knocked of #21 Penn St. 27-20. Now Illinois is 4-1 and 2-0 in the conference... so they can't be counted out of the Big Ten race yet. Neither can Indiana who managed to pull of an upset against Iowa. In a 38-20 rout. So you wonder is Indiana a threat now as they are 4-1 or is Iowa just no good this year? So then in Madison Wisconsin would play Michigan St. Now in the 3rd quarter Wisconsin score a touchdown to make it 34-24 so Michigan St. is just going to fall apart now right? Well they had other plans. Possibly even a win as they'd tie it up in the fourth quickly. But then the Badgers would score the game winning field goal with about 6 minutes left. Then the Badger defense would step up finally and keep the Spartans offense from scoring again. Therefore Wisconsin would win 37-34. Then Michigan would travel to Northwestern to play their spread offense. The first half was 16-7 NW. But then the Second Half Michigan would take over and just smash Northwestern. Henne's first game back was a success as they win 28-16 with Henne throwing 3 touchdowns. Then Ohio St. would knock off the Gophers 30-7. Now how does this shape up the Big Ten? Well we see Michigan, Ohio St., Illinois, Purdue, and Wisconsin all undefeated in conference play. With Indiana and Michigan St. with only one loss. The rest all sitting on two losses.
Now as for the Pac 10... USC had a close call against Washington... with a penalty ridden game. But Washington would block a punt with 1.5 minutes left and then get into the endzone but unfortunately on the onside attempt they wouldn't recover. So USC could just run the clock out in a 27-24 final. Then Cal and Oregon would go at it in a very close game. That started off slow but once it got going was really exciting. But in the last few seconds a Dennis Dixon fumble out the endzone would give Cal the ball back and cost Oregon a shot to win. In a final of 31-24 the Bear broke their losing streak at Autzen Stadium.
Heisman Watch:
1. (RB Arkansas) Darren McFadden Rushing: 657 yards 6 TD Recieving: 56 yards Passing: 1/2 42 yards 1 TD
2. (QB Oregon) Dennis Dixon Passing: 97/140 1238 yards 12 TD 2 INT Rushing: 308 yards 5 TD
3. (QB Hawaii) Colt Brennan Passing: 133/182 1631 yards 15 TD 6 INT Rushing: 32 yards 5 TD
4. (RB Michigan) Mike Hart Rushing: 761 yards 7 TD Recieving: 18 yards
Others to watch:
(Louisville QB) Brian Brohm, (Florida QB) Tim Tebow, (USC QB) John David Booty

Coming Tuesday: McConkey Poll.