NCAA College Football: 8 Thoughts on Week Three

Well, it seems that every week brings at least one upset in amongst the Top 25 nationally-ranked schools. As I said seven days ago, I love the NCAA College Football season for it's predictable unpredictability. You know, going into any given weekend, that something crazy is going to happen!

To my thoughts...

1. USC has MASSIVE problems being the favourite in the 'little games' - those where they are expected to blow out the opposition. Reference Stanford, Oregon State, UCLA and now Steve Sarkisian's Washington Huskies.

2. Laine Kiffin needs to keep his mouth shut until his football team at the University of Tennessee can live up to the hype spouting out. It's apparent that Kiffin didn't learn humility or grace during his time with Pete Carroll at USC. Then again, he did have to work for Al Davis in Oakland for a while...

3. We can all stop the love affair with BYU. Yes, I bought into it, too. I went as far as to suggest that they might have the inside running to the BCS National Championship Game in January. Maybe I was the one who put the mozz on the Cougars. They were woeful, going down 54-28 to the Florida State Seminoles in Provo. QB Max Hall was awful.

4. Speaking of the 'Noles. Just think...they are only a handful of seconds away from being undefeated thus far. Had their wide out not dropped the perfectly-thrown ball by QB Christian Ponder that would have given them the go-ahead TD in the season opener against Miami and we'd probably be now switching our love over form BYU to FSU. Go figure.

5. And speaking of the 'Canes. Jacory Harris and that awesome U of M backfield led by Graig Cooper, was awesome against Georgia Tech on Thursday night. It's nice to see the Hurricanes back in the national picture - or at least sneaking back in that direction. Vindication for Randy Shannon, too.

6. Charlie Weis won the game he needed to win against Michigan State. Just.

7. With BYU's loss, the Boise State Broncos appear to have the inside running on the "at large" BCS bowl bid. It was a wild one in Fresno against the Bulldogs, but Kellen Moore and the running backs pulled it out. There's a lot to like about the Broncos.

8. There was nowhere near as much offense as I expected in the Texas vs. Texas Tech game. It seems like Taylor Potts is the new Graham Harrell for Mike Leach's Red Raiders. He's putting up massive numbers. Their match-up versus the similarly hot Houston Cougars next Saturday night should be insane!!