Weird, Wacky Stuff

Michigan State's Keith Nichol (7) and B.J.
Cunningham (3) celebrate after the Spartans beat
Wisconsin 37-31 on a hail mary pass. Mid-October
games like that are only part of the reason Americans
love college football.

If you didn't catch any college football last week, I regret to inform you but your fan card has just been revoked.

From fake refs and the ensuing brawl in the Arizona-UCLA game to Michigan State's hail mary victory upon further review this weekend had just about everything a college football fan could want. Then again, doesn't October always bring out the best in college football?

Think about it for a second. Usually right around Halloween we start to see the major upsets. Teams that once had dreams of national championships and undefeated seasons suddenly show their true colors and become pretenders. Why is that?

The obvious reason is that desperation starts to sink in for everyone. Teams on the bubble for a bowl began to step their game up against the country's top teams, resulting in some of the best games of the season.

It can get messy sometimes — see the brouhaha at Arizona — but it can also be fun. In a matter of hours, we saw two top 10 teams fall on Saturday night — effectively changing not only the BCS scene but also the national championship picture.

This is why we love college football. It isn't just the tailgates, the homecomings and the love for the ol' alma mater that draws us to these games week after week. It's the upsets — knowing that on any given Saturday dreams are crushed, while other live on.

In a couple weeks, LSU will face Alabama. Assuming all goes well, it should be No. 1 against No. 2. And I, for one, can't wait to see how the rest of the season plays out.