Oregon underestimates Sun Devil's and Notre Dame works Air Force

Last weekend's college football games were so exciting that narrowing down three games to cover is downright disrespectful. Pac-ten football is generally avoided, but last weekend, the Oregon Ducks game against the Arizona State Sun Devil's was too attractive to pass up. Notre Dame faced off with undefeated Air Force with the winner remaining undefeated and still in BCS competition.

Does Arizona State actually have a football team? Apparently they do and the squad is actually 6-2. Well, they were 5-2 before going to Eugene, Oregon and shocking the then sixth-ranked Ducks. Behind quarterback Andrew Walter, the Sun Devil's placed a rain cloud over the head's of all Duck faithful.

Oregon was 6-0 with legitimate National Championship dreams. The Ducks seemed like they would have very little trouble putting away the upstart Sun Devil's as they jumped to a 21-0 lead five minutes into the second quarter. Arizona State started chipping away at the lead after that, scoring ten points in the second quarter to Oregon's seven and then exploding for 22 points in the third to Oregon's 14.

State took its first lead in the fourth quarter after Walter connected on his fourth touchdown on the day. Oregon later tied the contest, but a field goal by kicker Mike Barth with 1:58 left on the clock sealed the deal for Arizona State 45-42.

Heisman hopeful, Oregon running back, Onterrio Smith rushed like a mad man, amassing 172 yards, scoring three touchdowns. Even with the spectacular day, Smith could not outshine the diamond in the rough that is Andrew Walter. Walter tossed for 536 yards, completing on four touchdowns, while tossing only two picks.

Arizona State has quietly put together an undefeated in Pac-ten play and is tied for first place with Washington State. Oregon suffered its first loss in conference as well as overall.

What do Tiger Woods, Venus Williams, lil' Serena Williams, and Tyrone Willingham have in common? Answer: they are all the black poster people for their respected Caucasian dominated professions. Willingham is one of a hand-full of black Division I football coaches in a sport that is heavy in African-American talent. Football analysts have studied Willingham's work to find flaws harder than detectives trying to find a bloody glove at the OJ Simpson estate. With his Notre Dame team still undefeated, critics expected a solid then-undefeated Air Force team to break the Irish out of National Championship contention.

The game ended 21-14 in Notre Dame's favor, but the score is in no way a measure of the thrashing the Irish put on the Falcons. Behind 190 yards on the ground from Ryan Grant and 71 from quarterback Carlyle Holiday, the Irish totaled 335 yards on the ground to Air Force's 104.

The Falcons passing game was surprisingly weak for a school named Air Force. Quarterback Chance Harridge threw for 57 yards with one interception. Had anyone bothered to calculate his QB rating, I would find that the rating would be as weak as Jumbo Love match host, Andy Katzenberg's, pimp hand.

The Air Force's ground game needed help from the Army as they totaled only 104 yards as a team. Notre Dame's passing game needed a band-aid as well, being that Holiday (8-15) only threw for 112 yards. The Irish did what it took to win, scoring a touchdown in the first three quarters. Notre Dame remains undefeated at 7-0, while Air Force drops out of the nation's top 15 and to 6-1.