College Football's Week Seven Recap: Tommy Bowden Resigns!

By Nostradamus.

Hold on to your hats—this is looking to be a frenzied finish for the ages.

What did we learn in Week Seven of College Football?

1) You can't spell ouch without OU.

2) The best team in Missouri history just isn't good enough.

3) Okie State might be ready for prime time.

4) Texas Tech has some work to do.

5) Penn State is legit.

6) LSU was exposed.

7) Florida is back in the race.

8) Texas is for real.

9) Tommy Bowden has resigned.

Texas

The 'Horns were down 14-3, and then Jordan Shipley returned a kickoff return 96 yards for a TD. The 'Horns were back in it. But then a dagger-like 52-yard TD reception by OU's stud TE Jermaine Gresham followed less than three minutes later.

In the past, this is about when you would have expected Texas to just roll over. At least without Vince Young, right?  Enter the gunslinger: Colt McCoy.  Donning the name made for an Old West Shootout, Colt picked the 'Horns up and threw them on his back.  

For the remainder of the second quarter, down 21-10, Colt led them on a 12-play 80-yard TD drive and a six-play, 51-yard field goal drive to make the halftime score 21-20. The 'Horns just weren't going to go away this time.

In one of the best Red River games in recent memory, Colt and the 'Horns outlasted Sam Bradford and the Sooners.

Their reward?

A perch atop the rankings in College Football: the first time they have been there since that Young guy left. How long they will remain is the question? So far so good, and welcome to the Heisman party, Mr. McCoy.

Oklahoma

Texas wasn't the only team that played well and fought hard on Saturday.  Oklahoma played well enough to have beaten just about any other team in the country.  They just ran into a well-prepared, focused, and driven Texas team.  No doubt that the Sooners will respond.  

They also cannot give up on the season.  Run the table, and you still have a shot at the Big 12 and National Championship games because Texas has a brutal schedule left.  The Sooners definitely have some things to work on, but this is far from being the humbling loss that many other teams that are still ranked in the top 10 have on their resume.

Missouri

Sporting what is arguably the greatest team in Missouri history, Chase Daniel and company simply came up short against an upstart Oklahoma State crew at home on Saturday night.  The three interceptions thrown by Heisman contender Chase Daniel didn't help much either.

It always seemed like Missouri was going to come back and win this thing.  It just didn't happen, but...

Oklahoma State

Give Oklahoma State their due credit. They used a potent mix of run and pass behind their unheralded signal caller Zac Robinson to pull off the upset in Columbia. Kendall Hunter is a pretty damn good RB as well.

When it came down to it, the Cowboys made more plays, at the right times, than Missouri and deserved the victory.  They forced the turnovers, they forced the mistakes, and in the end they came away with a hard-fought win...on the road—something this team just isn't known for.

They will get their chance to prove their worth in upcoming games with Texas, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech.  My, how the "South" (in the Big 12) has risen.

Texas Tech

Most were likely expecting another 70-10 beatdown when Nebraska rolled into Lubbock, TX on Saturday night.  That is what happened the last time the Huskers visited.  This was a team coming off the biggest loss in the history of their program at home, and now they had to go back to the biggest disgrace of the entire history of the program.

Surely there would be carnage, right?

Down 17-7, the Huskers could have imploded.  However, something happened in Lubbock on Saturday afternoon.  

The 'Skers showed some heart and exposed some weaknesses in the Red Raiders.  You can't give up over 40 minutes of Time of Possession in future contests and expect to walk away with a victory.  You also can't have Graham Harrell throw for 73 fewer yards than his opposing QB and come away with wins in the future.

The Red Raiders simply aren't a top 10 team—upcoming contests with Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma will prove it.

Penn State

That was an impressive beating they put on the Badgers in Camp Randall.  Sure, the Badgers were coming off two disheartening losses, but we should have at least expected them to fight.  That didn't even come close to happening, and Penn State has now legitimized themselves as true National Title contenders.

The only games that likely stand in the way of the Nittany Lions' run to an undefeated season are a trip to Ohio State and the season finale with Michigan State at home.  

With the teams left on the schedule for Texas and Alabama, it is very difficult to see those teams remaining undefeated.  A spot in the National Title game seems to be well within their grasp.  The question is, will fans and voters be willing to accept a Big Ten team in this year's National Championship game?

LSU

Nothing like being caught with your pants down. After all the smack talk of Ricky Jean-Francois, who didn't even play in the game, coincidentally, it was the Tigers that got their teeth kicked in.  Early and often.  If Ohio State gets lambasted...

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