The Rundown: College football week 4

September 22, 2:48 PMCollege Sports ExaminerJacob Osterhout

Previous Next

Comment Print Email RSS Subscribe

Subscribe

Get alerts when there is a new article from the College Sports Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.

Email Address   Include other special offers from Examiner.com Terms of Use

Florida's got reason to jump for joy.

Man, I got my butt kicked in Vegas this weekend. I mean, I consider myself a big boy, but that city smacked me around like Florida did to Tennessee this weekend.

But that's the great part about Vegas -- it separates the men from the boys.  In this week's Rundown, we'll check out which college football teams proved themselves and which crumbled like the College Sports Examiner at the blackjack tables of the Mirage.

• I already mentioned it, but Florida trounced Tennessee in Knoxville, adding to Urban Myer's dominance of Phillip Fulmer.
• East Carolina fell to NC State in overtime, putting a plot twist in the best Cinderella story of the season.
• Michigan State beats Notre Dame and catches Charlie Weis with an unauthorized computer in the press box. The good news for the Irish: Clausen looked confident at times in the pocket. The bad news: the running game didn't exist.
• No longer the quarterback of the future, Terrell Pryor is Ohio State's quarterback of the moment.
• Vanderbilt beats Mississippi to start out the season 4-0 and the Commodores find themselves ranked for the first time in 24 years.
• Boise State takes advantage of Oregon's injuries, beating the Ducks in Eugene.
• LSU surges late to beat Auburn.
• Georgia handles Arizona State like professionals, beating the Sun Devils 27-10.
• Ball State loses their top receiver to a scary injury, then goes on to beat Indiana.
• Virginia Tech beats North Carolina, but Wake Forest is clearly the team to beat in the ACC.

Hey, if you've made it this far and want to read more about the past week in college sports check out my article for SI.com called "The Dean's List."