It has been a great past few days of NCAA Football and the AP Top 10 didn't smudge one bit with the release of the weekly poll. The top three teams in the country outscored their opponents by a combined 102 points on Saturday and #1 LSU even made their 30 point victory over Florida an interesting one. LSU punter Brad Wing appeared to score a first quarter touchdown on a fake punt, but was called for an unsportsmanlike penalty because of an early celebration. The AP Top 25 also knocked both Florida and in-state rival Florida State from the poll, leaving the Sunshine State without a ranked team for the first time since December 6, 1982. The #2 Sooners and #3 Crimson Tide took care of business as well. Oklahoma blew out arch-rival and then-#11 Texas at the Cotton Bowl in the annual Red River Rivalry and Alabama dominated Vanderbilt at home.
Not all the excitement of college football came from the AP Top 25 or even the FBS this weekend. On Saturday, two FCS independent programs and first year programs faced off in the Alamo City. The South Alabama Jaguars headed west on Interstate 10 to face the UTSA Roadrunners at the Alamodome. South Alabama entered the game as the clear favorites, but the Roadrunners were in the game from the beginning. The Jaguars took the early lead, but UTSA responded and held a 17-10 lead at haltime. The Jaguars scored early in the second half to tie up the game at 17, but the rest of the half was controlled by the defenses. Late in the game, Quarterback Eric Soza drove the Roadrunners down the field and put his kicker in position to win the game. The kick was blocked as time expired and both teams were headed to their first ever overtime game. The blocked kick gave South Alabama momentum and eventually a 30-27 victory in the second overtime to improve their inaugural season record to 3-2. The Roadrunners, on the other hand, lost their 2nd consecutive game to fall to 2-4 on the season.
Although Mondays don't usually bring excitement for College Football fans, today was different. The Big East announced its intention to add six additional football programs to their conference and secure its significance as a major BCS conference. The Big East is interested in adding the three Armed Forces schools (Army, Air Force, and Navy), and three of the following: Memphis, Central Florida, East Carolina, Temple, or Villanova. The finalization of TCU to the Big 12 occurred hours later, but the Big 12 plans to expand even further in the near future. Louisville, BYU, Boise State, and West Virginia have appeared as the favorites to join the conference, but the reuniting of TCU with SWC rivals Texas, Texas Tech, and Baylor could influence the conference to go after other former SWC members, such as Houston, Rice, and SMU.
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