2026 Week 10
November 8, 2026
Now that's the sort of weekend of football that I want to say - highly rated teams battling it out with very few cupcake games on the schedule.
The top matchup was in South Bend, where Notre Dame jumped out to a three touchdown lead then held on to defeat Miami 31-24. We had quite a good time watching the game up here. Coach Holtz has slowly been acclimating himself to his new digs but he was kind enough to join a few of us. It was a special treat to have former Miami coach Howard Schembechler hanging out with us too. I think Lou is a little disappointed though only having Howard around. It's clear that he's been waiting and waiting for Jimmy Johnson himself to show up as he still wants a piece of him, though I'm guessing Coach Jimmy, when the time comes, may be destined for the nether regions with his pork-faced Satan friends.
In any event, the Irish move up in the ratings and the Canes move down while, uh, UCLA holds steady in the top 5. Those are words I did not expect to utter at the start of the year, but the Bruins have continued a great season and I'm definitely looking forward the final weekend for that matchup in LA when I can thoroughly examine the Cheerleader's Bowel.
One of the other big matchups involved Bring 'Em Young and U.T.A.H. BEY fell behind 14-0 then dominated to take a 20-14 lead, then gave up two late scores and lost 28-20. It's great to see a team from the beehive state do so well and be so highly rated this late in the season, though it was a tough matchup to go play a team in their home stadium in Houston.
One of the biggest shockers took place in Columbus where Oregon, similar to Bring 'Em Young, fell behind 14-0 on the road, but roared back and ended up scoring 38 straight points on the Ohio State Huckeyes. The Ducks then coasted to a 41-28 win, handing OSU their third loss of the season. I'm not saying Coach Day is in trouble with the rabid Huckeye fan base but I'd suggest he kennel his dog somewhere out of town.
Elsewhere in Big Ten country, the Michigan State Fighting Chippewas handled their cross-state rivals Michigan in Anne Arbor, winning 15-6. Now I do get a bit confused about these trophy games, I always thought Minnesota and Wisconsin played for Paul Bunyan's Ass while Michigan and Michigan State played for Paul Bunyan himself. But it turns out they actually play for "Paul's Bunions", which has got to be the oddest trophy in existence.
Well, maybe not. Because Tennessee re-established dominance over Kentucky with a 34-6 win and retook possession of The Golden Tooth.
Houston had a nice 31-24 win over Cincinnati. I haven't seen Bum Phillips in a while but I'm sure he was proud of the Oilers' performance.
Speaking of other pro coaching legends, Coach Palpatine took the Tar Heels way up north and emerged with a 38-21 win over Yukon. I figured with those sweatshirts he'd be a natural in the Klondike.
Texas had a fairly dominant second half and took down a fine ranked Missouri team 34-20. Meanwhile their JV team, Texas State, beat the Ducks' JV team, Oregon State, 42-21. The future looks bright for Coach Sark!
Alabama stuck it to Monte Kiffin's Bayou Bengals, winning 31-13. Coach DeBore seems to have turned it around while LSU apparently needs more pro players, more college players, and more input from Coach Ogre.
Western Virginia headed out to Lubbock for a late night intersectional tilt and the two teams put up over 1,200 yards and scored 101 points as Texas Tech came from behind to beat WVU 53-48 in a Coach DickRod defensive classic.
Georgia seems to have turned things around completely after the loss to the Tide as they pounded #10 rated Ole Southern Piss, 42-7. I didn't see any of the guys from Oxford lifting their legs at this group of Bulldogs, they only do that in the Egg Bowel. Which makes for a mess.
The good news is we are now a mere two weeks away from that great tradition, SEC cupcake week. This coming week I'll be scouting the SEC cupcake foes, such as Wofford when they play East Tennessee and Chattanooga as they battle Furman. I'm just glad none of the cupcakes are taking on my daughter Beth Cook, she's worn out enough as it is.