2025 Week 7
October 15, 2025
Well golly, we've got a whole bunch of great stories this year in college football.
Let's start with the most impressive win from Saturday, Indiana's trip to Eugene to take on Oregon. The Hoosiers had a great fourth quarter and upset the home team 30-20. In fact Indiana held Oregon to just 267 yards of total offense. I don't know much about reproductive biology but I'm guessing Ducks don't react well to the IU D.
In another Big Ten visit to a Pac-8 power, Michigan got stomped by Southern Cal, 31-13. Trojan quarterback Jayden Maiava threw for 265 yards and walk-on halfback King Miller ran for over 150 yards. As you can imagine, that result got a bit of a reaction up here. I looked into the main TV room and John McKay slapped Coach Schembechler on the back and said "just like old times in Pasadena, Bo". Next thing I knew, Coach McKay was racing out of the room holding his nose. Apparently Coach Bo's response was not verbal but gaseous. Fortunately my sinuses were clogged so I missed out on the fun.
My Panthers had a fine 34-31 win over Florida State. FSU looked like they'd turned things around after last season's collapse, but they've now dropped three straight. Well, even the Seminoles can't get by with beating up on weak mid major foes like Kent State, East Texas A&M, and Alabama-Tuscaloosa.
I was glad to see my daughter has cut back on her activities. The Southern Jaguars only scored 14 times on Beth Cook this week. One of these days she'll get through a weekend without any scoring.
In the Red River Shootout Texas dominated the second half and beat previously undefeated Oklahoma 23-6 at the Texas State Fair.
You know, years ago I went to that fair after the UT/OU game, they have a great midway. My favorite midway game was a thing called "the Shocker", where you'd grip paddles and they'd send an electric current through you and you can win a big stuffed panda bear.
I tried it out and it only tickled even when they cranked it up full blast. Finally the carnie said "you don't get the panda - you have too much insulation so you can't feel electricity and you're disqualified". Next thing I knew the cops were escorting me out and had taken the carnie to the hospital. Guess the carnie didn't like my personal version of the shocker.
The wildest game was played in Vegas where UNLV and Air Force combined for 1,200 yards and 99 points, only for the visitors to miss a game tying 40 yard field goal at the buzzer, clinching a 51-48 win for the Rebels. UNLV is now 6-0 and Coach Mullen has to be a hot candidate for open jobs. With his offense I think he'd be a great fit in Gainesville.
Elsewhere in the WAC Bring 'Em Young had a wild win over host Arizona, 33-27 in two overtimes. I'm still not sure about these overtime rules but apparently there was another field goal shootout and BEY hit 3 while the Wildcats only made 1.
Minnesota held off a game Purdue team. Purdue has played an interesting schedule this year with traditional foes like Notre Dame and Illinois but also a game against Southern Cal. In fact this weekend they showed some video from USC's visit to West Lafayette, featuring Purdue Pete with the Song Girls. My good friend Dave Diles said of the mascot/cheerleader video "that looks like the opening scene of the worst porn movie ever made". I don't understand Dave at times.
Tennessee had a major challenge from R Kansas, holding off the Hawgs 34-31. Georgia had a tough trip to Auburn but scored the final 20 points to seal a 20-10 victory. There was a lot of controversy after the game because Bulldog Coach Smart appeared to signal for a time out but then denied he had called one. He insisted he was just clapping to applaud UGA XXXVII for good behavior. Coach explained that this particular bulldog mascot has a tendency to hump male cheerleaders. He said he was glad that UGA's restraint prevented Georgia from being assessed a 15 yard penalty as a new Alabama law bars same sex humping between non-relatives.
Perhaps the most shocking upset was Big Ten bottom dweller Northwestern scoring late and holding on for a 22-21 win at Penn State. After the game Penn State fired head coach James Franklin, a mere 9 months after he took his team to the BS semi-finals. I tried to get JoePa's thoughts on the matter, but nobody up here has seen him. It's apparently a pretty sore spot for management so we don't ask anymore.
The middle of the tenth month is here and that means one thing - the third weekend of October. That means some classic rivalries between traditional powerhouses like Alabama at Tennessee, USC at Notre Dame, and LSU at Vanderbilt. Talk to you soon!