Sixth Year Seniors

Houston, Stanford and Colorado State provide miracle finishes that nearly overshadowed the Pacific Northwest offensive war for Pac-12 leadership. Meanwhile, Louisville chokes away its ACC title hopes, the Big 10 future isn't so pretty, and a couple conferences could already have their title games booked.

Mortgage Plays are 7-3 since Week 1, and we have three more this week, including the Top 10 Pac-12 matchup in Seattle. Plus, we look at which teams are still unbeaten against the spread and on totals.

Oklahoma pulls out a legacy-making Shootout victory. Jermaine Burton single-handedly leads Alabama over Texas A&M. A top team survives another defensive meltdown--and it's not just USC. In the ACC, Louisville vaults into playoff consideration, Dez Walker is free and Mario Cristobal did what? UCLA lucks into Pac-12 contention, and Fresno finds out how tough it is in Laramie.

Neither work or travel or smoke bars prevent us from offering Guaranteed Winners, including Mortgage Plays on Rutgers/Wisconsin and Fresno/Wyoming.

Georgia survives the SEC Agent of Chaos, but begins to lose ground in the polls. Duke's season may have ended on the last play against Notre Dame.  NBC should be fined for what they force us to watch. In Oxford, a fan learns field awareness from an LSU defender. And in Knoxville, we learn stuffed chickens are really expensive.

Throw all your money against Colorado as we find out how bad the Buffs offense is against a supposedly poor Trojan defense. More Pac-12 favorites, and an ugly parlay possibility with Michigan State.

Kyle McCord steps up for Ohio State against 10-man Notre Dame. Alabama's defense steps up to protect its offense. Oregon steps up to cash Prime Time's verbal checks. Clemson doesn't step up at all. Plus look ins at the Pac-2 title, Sun Belt/Mountain West battles and late-night fireworks.

Mortgage Plays on the Florida State/Clemson and Ohio State/Notre Dame games, plus opinions on contests big and small for the best week of the season so far. Also, more news on the Colorado/Colorado State media feast.

Tuscaloosa has a quarterback problem, but the Tide isn't the only team with issues this week. Meanwhile, Prime Time banks the ratings with a game made for Twitter. Random thought: If Colorado hired Deion in 2022, could the Pac-12 have been saved?

Three Mortgage Plays on a bad week of college football. Watch if your dare--and you can find it.