Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

On a night that four top 20 teams get upset, college football's golden boy is injured and Colorado finally gets a win, you might think one of those is the #1 story. But, you'd be wrong. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Miami Hurricanes!



Their brawl against Florida International was one of the worst shows of sportsmanship ever seen on a football field. It seemed like every player on each side was involved, with helmets and crutches being used along with fists. In all, 13 players were ejected and they are all likely to receive at least one game suspensions. Brandon Meriweather stomped on a downed Golden Panther at least four times, so I hope Coach Coker does the right thing and suspends him for the rest of the year. Also, I'm pretty sure Miami turned it into a brawl to get lots of FIU players ejected so they would have a better chance of winning. It worked, because the Hurricanes won 35-0.
Update: Looks like Coker suspended at least eight players, Meriweather included.

Back to what should be the #1 story, Colorado won! In fact, they absolutely throttled the Red Raiders, 30-6. The Buffs had lost 10 games in a row, worst in school history. But they've turned it all around now! And Sun Devil fan thought they wouldn't get a quality win this season.

AD broke his collarbone after running for 183 yards and two scores. He broke it when he landed on his shoulder after his second TD run, ending his chances at the Heisman. It also ends Oklahoma's shot at a decent bowl game. And why were so many people making a big deal about his dad showing up for this game? He was in federal prison for money laundering, what a shame he couldn't see a college football game in person!

Garrett Wolfe also ended his Heisman campaign, but more because he had a terrible game, not because he got hurt. Only 25 yards on 18 carries against Western Michigan?!? You don't deserve the Heisman. Besides, everyone says it's Troy Smith's award to lose anyway.

The curse of second place also continued this week. After seeing Texas, Notre Dame and Auburn all lose their undefeated status at #2, Florida continued the tradition by losing at Auburn, 27-17. For curse's sake, I hope Michigan jumps USC to take the #2 spot in the AP poll this week. And they probably will because the Trojans didn't look nearly as good as the Wolverines did on Saturday. So please AP voter, I beg of you, move Michigan to #2. The men and women of Troy will thank you.