WOW!!!!...WHAT A WEEKEND

Saturday showed us exactly what college football is all about with some great games and some crying on national television, and not just from Tim Tebow. I could write a recap of all the games but why bore you with that? Here are some quick thoughts from the weekend.





* Skip Holtz gets little or no attention for what he is doing at East Carolina. Carolina dropped Houston yesterday to pick up the Pirates second straight Conference USA Championship.



* Ndumakong Suh from Nebraska is the real deal. I have never seen a defensive lineman keep a team in the game like he did against Texas.



* CJ Spiller of Clemson is with out a doubt the most exciting player in college football today. His performance in the loss to Georgia Tech was incredible.



*The major conferences better be glad Texas pulled it out against Nebraska or the National Championship might have wound up with TCU or Cincinnati and, the big boys would not have been happy.



*Alabama, simply put, dominated the Florida Gators on Saturday. Tebow looked confused and hurried most of the day.



*Tony Pike of Cincinnati showed the poise and confidence in the latter stages of the comeback win over Pitt that will serve him well in the pros.



*Hey, college football fans, those wildcat and spread formations are great but Paul Johnson of Georgia Tech is quite happy with how the wishbone is working for the Yellow Jackets.



*With the loss to Arizona yesterday the USC Trojans finished 6th in the PAC-10. Yes, I said 6th.



*I think Tim Tebow takes a loss too hard. He didn't have a chance and it wasn't his fault. I appreciate the emotion but ,"There's no crying in football".



*Don't ever give up. See Cincinnati, Texas and Georgia Tech.



*Colt McCoy almost cost Texas a chance at the National Championship by playing the last play before the field goal a little too casually.



*Did Mark Ingram do enough against Florida to win the Heisman Trophy? Many in the media are thinking so.



*Pitt's freshman phenom running back Dion Lewis is a future Heisman Trophy winner. 47 carries 197 yards and three touchdowns against Cincy.



*Boise State gets no love. Two seasons in a row without losing a regular season game. This is their third season this decade going undefeated in the regular season, and not one chance to play for a National Championship. Yeah, the college football BCS system is fair.



* Jake Locker of Washington will be a Heisman Trophy candidate and Washington may challenge for the PAC-10 title next year if he comes back for his senior season.
Just one season removed from going 0-12. The Huskies finished the season 5-7 after upsetting #19 Cal on Saturday.

* How much did the Gators miss Carlos Dunlap (DUI suspension) and would it have made any difference?

*Mardy Gilyard of Cincinnati is big time. When the Bearcats needed some big plays to rally from behind, Gilyard was ready and stepped it up.

* Much noise was made about LaGarrete Blount and the punch he threw in the opening game loss to Boise State and the subsequent suspension he received. He quietly came into the game Thursday night and silenced some critics, and gained some redemption.

* Cal and head coach Jim Tedford have to be disappointed with how the Bears performed this season. With USC on the snide this year Cal had a chance to step up and grab the PAC-10.

* Does college football get any better than it this Saturday? Gator fans might disagree. But if you weren't on the edge of your seat almost all day Saturday you weren't watching the same games I was.

*Give credit to Tim Tebow because even with about six minutes to play you thought the Gators still had a chance. Call it the Tebow factor.

*The BCS must be doing the happy dance right now because of Texas escaping the Big 12 Championship with a win. Imagine the chaos that would have ensued with a Nebraska win.

*Gator Bowl officials must also be doing the happy dance with Clemson losing to Georgia Tech. Will it be easier to explain allowing an undeserving Florida State team the chance to get waxed by West Virginia on New Year's Day?

*Going to be interesting to watch Florida and Cincinnati play in the Sugar Bowl. With both coaches being rumored, or having been rumored, to be up for the head coaching position at Notre Dame.

*Was the talk of defensive coordinator Charlie Strong leaving for Louisville a distraction for the Gators?

* The officials got it right putting one more second on the clock at the end of the Big 12 Championship game.