LamarCheeks

Up one spot in AP rankings. Jumped past the Ducks -- they fell from No. 2 to No. 6.

Their obsession with us goes a little above and beyond. I have relatives who went to PU and frankly, are obnoxious about the rivalry. And it was always all PU fans except for my mom and me -- both IU grads. So we were always outnumbered something like 7 or 8 to 2. At a holiday gathering several years ago -- just a few days after the Wat shot (no pun intended) beat No. 1 Kentucky -- my distant cousin (at that time, a PU student) and I had this conversation. Cousin: "Well -- let's hear it. Aren't you gonna brag?" Me: "About what?" Cousin: "Well -- you just beat the No. 1 team in the country." Me: "Yeah -- it was a great win. Very exciting. But it had absolutely nothing to do with Purdue -- or you. Why would I brag to a Purdue fan about that?" Cousin: Silence Later on that day, during the now-defunct Crossroads Classic -- PU lost to Butler before we played Notre Dame. My cousin's girlfriend (now wife), who also went to Purdue, stands up and says: "C'mon everybody, let's do the Tom Crean clap." Then she proceeds to march around the room, clapping like CTC used to while pacing the sidelines. Most of us, including the PU fans, sat in stunned silence -- especially since it was the first time many of us had met her. Me: "So, lemme see if I've got this straight. You just lost your game, so you're making fun of Tom Crean and IU? That doesn't compute." Cousin's fiancee: Silence My mom (God rest her soul) actually asked the young lady essentially the same question: Why obsess about IU, when you just lost to Butler? The girl, stung by the loss (and probably the comments from my mom and me), then went outside and cried. Those fans are just weird.

Power out at Florida State ... 7:30 p.m. start between 'Noles and SMU now pushed to 9:15. They expect to play, but without full power: No scoreboard, no clock, no PA, no wireless communication between coach and QB. Geeze -- just postpone the damn thing. Meanwhile, authorities are looking for this man ...

Can't be sure, but I thought I saw Z moving around pretty well -- though with her, it's almost like waiting for the storm to hit. These videos annoy me a little because they move so fast and show the players for less than a split-second -- so you can't really get a chance to see who they are and what they're doing.

Upon further review, the B1G says it was a legit play. So ... it was a legit play

Someone's got some splainin' to do!

Holy crap. Stripes gets an assist on this one.

The ball was clearly still in the air when the clock hit 0. How did they find 1 second there?

This wasn't a mere punt rush -- this was a tsunami.

Baylor gonna come up about 2 inches short.

What do you do when make your debut as a defending national champion and claim your program's 17th straight victory. When your reigning national Coach of the Year improves to 28-2 in Bloomington? When you score 52 points before a sellout crowd on a 90-degree day despite a bit of an uneven performance? YOU SING! (Not exactly sure Hoover knows the words -- LOL).

Man -- that was a pretty throw.

Third and 23 -- and they get it? Yikes.

Huh? Dude pushed Becker down -- but there's no penalty!

Sheesh -- this tackling is simply atrocious.