It’s been nearly a decade since the Notre Dame Fighting Irish started a season 8-0.  It’s been even longer since the program won a national championship.  The drought for at least one of these ended tonight, as the Irish ran by Oklahoma for a 30-13 victory. But tonight’s win isn’t simply the team’s eighth win of the season, or a good win against a solid team. Tonight’s win helps Brian Kelly’s squad answer the many ...

The No. 22-ranked Michigan Wolverines were powerless against the No. 23-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers as the Wolverines dropped their third game against a ranked opponent, 23-9, thus proving their fraudulence as a Top 25 team. Denard Robinson did leave the game in the second quarter with an aggravated nerve injury to his elbow, but even with the dual-threat quarterback, Michigan failed to get anything going on offense before his exit. The Wolverines offense produced a season low ...

The No. 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish earned their most important victory in over a decade, handing the No. 8 Sooners a 30-13 loss at home in Norman Saturday night. The game was closer than the score indicates, as Notre Dame put up 17 unanswered points to close out the fourth quarter. While Notre Dame wound up with 30 points, this was a defensive battle, and it is the Irish's defense that deserves the majority of the ...

The Alabama Crimson Tide showed why they are the best team in the country, dominating the Mississippi State Bulldogs from bell to bell 38-7. The victory made Alabama the last SEC team standing after beating the previously unbeaten Bulldogs.The Tide controlled the game from the get-go, establishing their dominant defense as AJ McCarron paced the Alabama offense with two passing touchdowns in the first half.With a 24-0 lead at halftime, the Tide went on cruise ...

The No. 9 Ohio State Buckeyes went into one of the most hostile environments in the country and came out winners, defeating the Penn State Nittany Lions, 35-23, Saturday night.The Buckeyes overcame a rough start by scoring four second-half touchdowns in the 12-point victory. Braxton Miller was once again the key to Ohio State's success, leading the Buckeyes to their first 9-0 start since the 2006 season.Here's a look at 10 things we learned from ...

LSU and Alabama have been perennial contenders in the nation's best conference for quite some time, so when they meet up, it always causes a ruckus. However, is next week's matchup between the No. 1- and No. 6-ranked teams in the nation really as exciting as it is being made out to be? Here are five reasons the Crimson Tide will blow out LSU next Saturday.Begin Slideshow

The Michigan Wolverines are a dangerous team when quarterback Denard Robinson unleashes his freakishly freaky athleticism.However, the worst-case scenario for Michigan (5-2, 3-1) would be a Robinson injury—a scenario that played out Saturday night during a 23-9 road loss to the Nebraska Huskers (6-2, 3-1).After leaving in the second quarter with reported nerve issues in his right elbow, Robinson never returned and Michigan was never the same.Nebraska didn't need much from Taylor Martinez, though. He's ...

Auburn is in a free-fall after an embarrassing 63-21 loss at home to Texas A&M. It may in fact be the last game that head coach Gene Chizik gets to coach at Auburn.  However, the loss to Texas A&M could teach Chizik one thing: to trust a freshman quarterback with your job. First-year coach Kevin Sumlin has done a fantastic job at Texas A&M. His Aggies have surprised teams this year in their new conference ...

It looks like my prediction of Brian Kelly’s tenure at Notre Dame is wrong. Before Kelly coached a game at ND, I predicted that he was over his head. Despite turning around a Cincinnati program into a top-five team, I had my doubts whether or not Kelly could do the same at Notre Dame, it appears he has. I felt there were similar aspects of Kelly to ND as there was Rich Rodriguez to University ...

Few of Oklahoma State’s games this season have seen the Cowboys (5-2, 3-1 in the Big 12) be held to under 30 points.  After opening the season with an 84-point thrashing, the team went on to lose two of its next three games. However, the surging Cowboys have now won three straight following their 36-14 victory over TCU earlier today. The Cowboys’ 605.3 net yards per game not only leads all of Division 1-A, but ...