Some Potpourri before the weekend

Just some assorted thoughts before we head into the bye weekend:

-As if this season hasn't been insane enough. With Arizona knocking off the 2nd-ranked Oregon Ducks (the 5th time a #2 has lost this season), I think it's official that this has been the wildest season of college football I have ever seen. Granted, I'm only 23, so I can't go back that far, but still, what a year. The only other time I can think of something like this was in 2001 after the Huskers lost to Colorado in the regular season finale but still made it to the national title game. About 10 teams that year lost in the next couple of weeks, allowing Nebraska to get back in. But what makes this year special is that it has been a season-long trend, whereas 2001 was limited to less than a month. Before this season started, Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated wrote an article about how teams lower than 20th in the country in the pre-season polls realistically have no shot of playing for the national championship because there is no way to rise from that low without an unbelievable set of circumstances come into play. The soon to be second-ranked team in the country? The Kansas Jayhawks, who started the season unranked. If this season has taught us one thing though, they probably won't be there for long.

- With Dennis Dixon down for who knows how long, the Heisman race just became even more wide-open. I still think Tebow should get the nod, I don't care how many losses the Gators have. If Chase Daniel can get hot and beat both KU and OU and lead his team to the national championship, he can probably come in and steal it.

- I may not agree with his coaching, but what has happened to Kevin Cosgrove is unforgivable and a horrible representation of Husker fans. Can he coach a defense? No, not really. But he certainly doesn't deserve to have his life threatened by some loser who most likely never played football past middle school. You have to feel for Cosgrove and his family. As much as it sucks to be out of a job, you have to think that they are borderline excited to get out of Lincoln.

- Glad to see Barry Bonds is going where he belongs, which is behind bars. It's not a crime to cheat in baseball (it's against the rules, but it's not a crime). But lying to the federal government? Yea, that's not gonna go over very well. There is one thing bothers me about this whole steroids situation though. Yes, Bonds is a cheater who has been dogged by steroid speculation for years. But why is it that baseball steroid use is so much worse than it is in the NFL? Shawn Merriman, the phenomenal defensive end for the Chargers, was suspended for four games for steroid use, yet it seems like most people have completely forgot about this. If he goes to Canton, will he get an asterisk on his bust? It's almost as if people brush off NFL steroid use as OK because of the violence of the game.

Back into the swing of things next week, hope everybody has a good weekend.