College football has been consistently blowing up this year, and yesterday was no different, with both #1 and #2 falling for the only the sixth time in AP poll history. The polls are in shambles, the BCS (due to be released later today) is certain to be an utter joke, and the standings include Arizona State, Kentucky, Kansas, South Florida, and Virginia leading five of the six BCS conferences.

With this kind of season, it’s always enjoyable to peruse the agony, ecstasy, schadenfreude, and paranoia that is bound to erupt from the media covering these teams. Let’s delve, shall we?

— Sports By Brooks has the links and pretty pictures from the aftermath of Georgia’s last-second win at Vanderbilt, where the Georgia players celebrated their victory by going to midfield and stomping on the “V” logo. I must echo SbB’s sentiments here…how do you justify going and celebrating a last-second win against VANDERBILT like that? Good lord, Georgia, you want everyone to think that you’re a top-tier college football program, yet you celebrate like this after beating the a school that doesn’t even have an athletic department?

— Michigan football, and the Big Ten, appears to be back, with the Wolverines 48-21 at home against Purdue sending them into a tie for first in the conference with Ohio State. Bonus quote from the article: “Purdue is fully fraudulent again.” Righteous.

— Miami head coach Randy Shannon tells the press that the fans have a right to be mad.

— The Baton Rouge paper wasted little time, eh? From the article: “If the Tigers were to lose this season they would have their own hands around their throats.”

— One day after their stunning 45-14 homecoming loss to Oklahoma State, Nebraska’s fans don’t seem any happier. And yes, one of them actually talks about driving off a bridge. From the same paper, they’re already projecting the end of the Callahan era.
— I admire South Florida coach Jim Leavitt’s realism. When asked about whether he’d try to keep his players from examining the BCS standings, he responded: “No matter what I say they’re going to see it, they’re going to notice it. They don’t live in a cave.” Meanwhile, the Bulls are becoming a national phenomenon.

— Tom Keegan of the Lawrence newspaper thinks Kansas’ 6-0 record (and bowl eligibility) may have a lot to do with upgraded pass defense.