Shake up at the top! (Week 7 Recap)

For the second consecutive weekend, college football saw their top team fall on the road as Ohio State lost in Madison 31-18.  Fifth ranked Nebraska was also defeated on Saturday, managing only 202 totals yards of offense at home against an unranked Texas squad.  Lets rundown the weekends action!

• Terrelle Pryor routinely threw balls into the ground when it mattered most on Saturday and his passing ability is still vastly overrated.  He is a supreme athlete but he lacks the passing polish to succeed at the next level.  Jim Tressel has no history of creating star quarterbacks so it comes as no surprise that Pryor's development seems stunted.  Ohio State's defense must also be a concern in Columbus.  In other news, I suspect Wisconsin Athletic Director (and former coach) Barry Alvarez is in need of a history lesson.  Following the Badgers win, Alvarez proclaimed "We play football here; we don't play basketball here" while referring to Ohio State's unsuccessful use of the spread offense.  Apparently Alvarez is unaware Florida won 2 championships in 3 years under Urban Meyer using the spread offense. 
• A week after single-handedly defeating Kansas State, Taylor "Whitey" Martinez was benched at home.  Nebraska managed just 2.8 yards per carry and 3.7 yards per pass attempt without scoring an offensive touchdown in their 20-13 loss to Texas in Lincoln.  Three quarterbacks combined to go 12 of 37 for 139 yards in the game.  Those are Josh Cribbs ratios!  Texas won a game while completing only 4 passes.  I'm no historian but that has to be some sort of record for Texas.  Coach Brown has to be happy with a win against a top-5 foe on the road, but its difficult to be too excited about an ugly performance
• Oklahoma annihilated Iowa State en route to a No. 1 BCS ranking.  DeMarco Murray set the career touchdown record for the University of Oklahoma.  Holding a record like that at a school with that much history is always impressive.  Congratulations DeMarco!
• Staying the Big 12, Justin Blackmon is an absolute machine.  Oklahoma State's defense probably won't win them many games this season, meaning Justin Blackmon will be wholly responsible for this teams success going forward.  Following his 10 catch, 207 yard performance this Saturday, Blackmon made an appearance in the ESPN Heisman top-5.
• The SEC had several tremendous games this weekend, beginning with Cameron Newton's dominance over Arkansas.  Newton ran or threw the ball 39 times for 328 yards and 4 touchdowns.  Newton's ascension on the Heisman list was met with Ryan Mallet's falling as he was forced from the game by injury.  Newton's biggest opposition could be his defense.  The Tigers over 400 yards passing and 5 touchdowns, mostly to the Razorbacks back up who entered the game with a 3-5 TD-INT ratio.  Luckily for Newton and Auburn, the Tigers face passing juggernaut LSU in their next game. 
• South Carolina followed their upset of then top-ranked Alabama by racing to 28-10 lead in Kentucky.  Following the departure of star running back Marcus Lattimore to injury, South Carolina struggled t find a rhythm offensively and was shutout in the 2nd half.  The Gamecock defense couldn't stop Kentucky quarterback Mike Hartline or receiver Chris Matthews.  A late Randall Cobb score and USC interception sealed the victory for Kentucky, the first over Coach Spurrier in school history.
• Florida continued their post-Tebow offensive free-fall, scoring just 7 points while losing to former Offensive Coordinator Dan Mullens.  Mississippi State completed just 4 passes in the victory.  John Brantley is a tremendous dropback passer, but offense will be tough to come by in Gainesville as long as Coach Meyer insists on using Brantley in the spread. 
• Alabama returned to it's winning ways on Saturday, but current Heisman trophy winner Mark Ingram was held to 60 yards rushing, his most in 3 weeks.  After exploding against week defenses at Arkansas and Duke, Ingram has mostly disappointed through SEC play.  It certainly appears that for the 3rd consecutive year a Heisman winner will fail to repeat.  
• Denard Robinson played well against Iowa before leaving with a shoulder injury and a multi-score deficit.  D-Rob's Heisman train appears to have been derailed and he has no shot at the Heisman if he continues to watch Michigan losses from the sideline in the 4th quarter.  
• Boise State, despite early reports suggesting otherwise, did not earn the top ranking in the inaugural BCS polls.  Boise entered the polls ranked number 3.  Of the 12 teams on Boise State's schedule, only 2 are from AQ-conferences.  Those teams are a combined 8-5.  One of the teams lost at home to James Madison, the other let Jake Locker throw for 5 touchdowns, he had 8 in his previous 5 games combined.  Only time will tell if these lovely Boise State cheerleaders can convince the BCS computers to send them to a national championship.