So, what did we learn this weekend in college football?

– I’m sorry SEC fans, but after this weekend nobody is going to convince me that LSU and Auburn are better than a team like West Virginia. I drank the Cool Aid when guys were harping on me to look more closely at the schedule when ranking teams. Guess what? The Mountaineers would run all over Auburn and LSU would crap themselves at the thought of another “big game” atmosphere.

– Florida just finds ways to win. Crazy plays being drawn in the dirt, the offense has to carry them one weekend, then the defense carries them the next, the use of two quarterbacks, whatever – the Gators just find ways to beat opponents.

– I gave props to one poster last week (slappy SEC fan John) after he said LSU should have been ranked higher in my Power Rankings. This week, I’ve got to hand it to another poster (SEC Larry) as he told me that JaMarcus Russell would throw more than one interception against Florida. Russell had three…great call slappy Florida fan Larry.

– Ohio State is still the most well rounded team in college football and I’m thoroughly convinced that QB Troy Smith is a cyborg robot that was built to do one thing on this earth – throw three touchdown passes in every game he plays.

– The Michigan Wolverines are throwing the ball with a lot of consistency – throwing the ball!

– After Notre Dame, Virginia Tech and Auburn have all fallen the way they have the past couple of weeks – California is starting to look like a pretty good football team again.

– The Trojans can’t make it a habit of eking out wins and being ranked as high as they are, can they?

Lets take a look at the biggest games of the day and then follow the rest of the action with some quick hits:

(#5) Florida 23, (#9) LSU 10
Oh, how I love admitting how wrong I was every week. In my College Football Game of the Week for Bullz-Eye.com, I thought the Tigers were going to somewhat run away with this game. Florida hadn’t started a season 6-0 since 1996, the Gators were winning close games by smoke and mirrors and that stingy LSU defense was going to rise to the occasion and suffocate the better than average Florida offense.

Well, unless it’s an Ohio State game, I’ve proven that I simply can’t predict the winner of a highly touted college football contest. Believe it or not, I’ve been wrong before and I’ll be wrong again – probably next weekend.

Most impressed with: Freshman Tim Tebow is a stud and here’s major props to head coach Urban Meyer for using him even though he already has a highly successful QB in Chris Leak. You see, sometimes coaches over think themselves (like Joe Torre against the Tigers for example) and they don’t use all of their weapons. Meyer found a way to get this kid on the field and it translated into Tebow going 2 for 2 passing with two touchdowns and a rushing score to tie the game at seven all in the first quarter. Tebow finished with 36 yards passing on just the two tosses, 35 yards rushing and also played the quad drums at halftime, I think.

Least impressed with: I built up Russell like a campaign manager for a political candidate in my game of the week. And what do I get for my campaigning? Three interceptions and a costly fumble at the Florida one-yard line in the second quarter that negated a potential Tigers scoring drive. At least he responded well once he got the ball back – by throwing his first of three picks on his first passing attempt after the fumble. I can’t fault LSU’s defense that much, since Russell was totally inept all game and the Tigers had a punt blocked at midfield. But this is twice that the Tigers wet the bed in big games this season and this loss comes after LSU knew that Auburn had already been beaten.

Arkansas 27, (#2) Auburn 10
The score up above is not a misprint folks – #2 Auburn actually lost to the Razorbacks…at home. The worst part about this game for the Tigers isn’t that they lost to an inferior opponent nor was it that they will lose their number two ranking or even that they were beaten at home. The worst part about this for the Tigers is that they didn’t fumble, didn’t throw an interception to beat themselves – no, they just got outright hammered by ArkanFREAKINsas.

Most impressed with: RB Darren McFadden for the Razorbacks was unbelievable Saturday. McFadden rushed 28 times for 144 yards and a score on one of the best defenses in the nation (at least coming into this contest they were on of the best). McFadden won this game by himself on offense and there is no better proof of that than looking at QB Mitch Mustain’s numbers after the game – 7 of 10 for 87 yards and a touchdown. The starting quarterback only threw 10 times, are you kidding me?

Least impressed with: Well done Auburn. Like I’ve already noted – it wasn’t Brandon Cox or Kenny Irons or anything else. The Tigers just got beaten silly.

Quick Shots:
Just a few more seconds and Washington might have pulled out an upset over (#3) USC. The Trojans get the 26-20 victory, but how good is Pete Carroll feeling after two back to back weeks in which his team had to escape the claws of death late in the game?…(#1) Ohio State routed Bowling Green 35-7 thanks to the cyborg Smith going 17 of 20 for 191 yards and three touchdowns. Also, WR Ted Ginn Jr. caught 10 passes for 122 yards and a score… (#4) West Virginia, who will be ranked higher again in my Power Rankings next week, tore up hapless Mississippi State 42-14. I don’t care who they played, the Mountaineers can score and hey, they didn’t lose to Arkansas. Steve Slaton is a freak (26 carries for 185 yards and a TD)…Some people actually thought that Michigan State could trip up (#6) Michigan in Ann Arbor this weekend, because of how close the Spartans usually play the Wolverines. Then Mike Hart, Chad Henne and Mario Manningham ran onto the field and laid a 31-13 beat down on Sparty and those same people vowed never to speak again…I said this last week and I’ll say it again – people are forgetting about (#7) Texas. The Long Horns went into Oklahoma and handled a pretty good Sooners team 28-10 rather easily. Freshman Colt McCoy continues to have a solid season in not doing more than what is asked of him and the Texas defense continues to be pretty solid as well. The Long Horn D couldn’t stop Adrian Peterson (25 carries for 109 yards and a TD) all game, but kept him in the ballpark enough for him not to kill them…After seeing (#13) Tennessee completely dismantle (#10) Georgia 51-33 in between the hedges Saturday, I’m now thoroughly convinced that the Volunteers are a top 10 team. Erik Ainge to Robert Meachem is just fun to watch…Like I said in the intro, (#16) California has been sitting in the back of the bus all season after losing its opener at home to Tennessee. But after a 45-24 rout over (#11) Oregon on Saturday, the Golden Bears are starting to inch closer to the spot they were ranked before the Vols knocked them of course… (#12) Notre Dame beat Stanford 31-10 after another slow start by the offense – whoopee. QB Brady Quinn threw three more touchdown passes – again, whoopee. I will give credit to RB Darius Walker, however, which after rushing for back-to-back 140-yard games, is starting to hit his stride again…Oh, (#15) Clemson you almost scared me! I’ve been pimping the Tigers’ play for three weeks now and they almost dropped the ball against a Wake Forest team that had them up against the ropes for most of the contest. Clemson rallied for 24 points in the fourth quarter alone, however, to beat the Demon Deacons 27-17 and save me from further embarrassment this weekend…

Random Thoughts:

– Another game, another 40-plus points scored by (#8) Louisville. The Cardinals beat Mississippi Valley State Central Eastern Fordham Road Langston U 44-17 on Friday night.

– (#17) Florida State lost to North Carolina State 24-20 on Thursday night. Somebody explain to me again how these new clock rules are better for the game? NC State had the ball with over two minutes left in the game and was able to run the clock out on three plays? Interesting…

– Illinois goes on the road and beats Michigan State last week, but falls to Indiana at home this weekend? This is further evidence that John L. Smith and the rest of the boys up in East Lansing need to be shown the door.

– Here is another shocker: Pittsburgh is now 5-1 after beating Syracuse 21-11 on the road this weekend. But the Panthers only loss this season? Michigan State…at home.

– Speaking of the Orange that is Syracuse, do they not have some of the worst uniforms in college football? I actually like Oregon’s uni’s after starring at Syracuse’s threads for three hours on a Saturday.

– Wisconsin has a pure bowling ball of a running back in freshman P.J. Hill. The kid is 5-9”, 242 lbs. and just rolls over opponents. Hill racked up 249 yards on 35 carries in the Badgers 41-9 victory over Northwestern on Saturday.