10. No matter how overmatched this last weekend was, it still sucks that athletic departments sell out the DI-AA schools as a sacrificial lambs to the Power-Slaughterhouses of major conferences so that they can earn a "W" for opening weekend and the mangled and dejected teams can walk home with a big fat check for their Athletic Director.

9. Is there any way Duke football can go one season without being shutout o####ame?

8. Preseason polls and predictions are, more or less, dictators of doom rather than glory.

7. It's never too early to enjoy a beer on football Saturday…hey, it is five o'clock somewhere in the world, right?

6. While some teams blew out their opponents by 50 or 60 points, the game to watch was the defensive juggernaut of Notre Dame and Georgia Tech. 14-10 is only the score, hardly the story.

5. Nothing brings tears to my eyes faster than going to a football game with my dad and watching the dotting of the "i" during "Script Ohio" at an Ohio State game. (Well, I usually cry every time I watch Rudy, but that's a given.)

4. While the roar of the crowd can stir a team to victory or defeat, the deafening sound of a moment of silence in memory of Randy Walker at the Miami (OH)/Northwestern game on Thursday was positively chilling.

3. Regardless of willpower, I will gain weight every time I visit home for a football game. I just can't resist a good bratwurst with sauerkraut, hot mustard, sautéed peppers and onions with a beer to wash it down.

2. If Ohio State expects to win in Austin next weekend, they'd better practice in full gear with the heat turned on at their practice facility and music blaring in the background. By halftime, temperatures in Austin on Saturday were hovering around 100 degrees and the $8 million dollar "Godzillatron" scoreboard shook the stadium with its Texas-sized sound system.

1. If Texas expects to win against Ohio State, they'd better start to look past their freshman quarterback's debut against a pitiful opponent and begin to question if his 6'3", 195 lbs. frame will recover once he gets a sack or a hit by a top ten competitor.