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Colt McCoy & Aaron Ross are players of the year.

Brings back memories right?

Seriously, if you wrote a script of how everything went down with Vince and the Texans, and this was the ending, people would probably laugh at you saying it was unrealistic. Well not when you are dealing with Vince Young. He continues to amaze everyone, so much so that Merril Hoge might even have to say a positive comment about him.

One question I have, where was Mario Williams on that play? Ha.

Want to see complete highlights of the game, check this out.

Thanks to TexasOwnzYou for the video.

Our Thoughts

Brian – No changes for me this week as only Darren McFadden and Steve Slaton were in action. McFadden had a solid game and was one of the reasons Arkansas was able to hang with Florida as long as they did, but he didn’t do enough to win and didn’t do enough too move up my list. In the Rutgers/West Virginia game Ray Rice made a strong case for himself to be the Big East running back on my list over Steve Slaton, but overall Slaton has had the better season of the two.

Matt – No changes this week for me either. I was pretty surprised to hear that Brady Quinn won the Maxwell Award. What did everyone see from him this year? All I saw was that he played two good teams, and in both of those games they got killed. No way he should win anything over Troy Smith. McFadden is the only reason Arkansas did anything this season, and I think if it were not for Troy Smith he would have had a legitimate shot to win. Oh well, there is always next year.

Related Links

• Last week’s poll
• ESPN Experts Poll

The Wizard of Odds has up some videos and a poll on this year’s worst cheap shots. Right now our good friend Kellen Heard is running away with the voting but the best part is the Aggies defending him and everyone else mocking how stupid they sound.

I voted for Heard but the play by Iowa’s Mitch King where he rips off an Ohio State player’s helmet and then gives him a fist to the face is a very close second:

Go check out the plays and vote for yourself.

Sounds like the ACC blocked a preferred Texas-Clemson matchup.

He told his teammates, ‘Man, I need this one.’ I suspect there will be a lot of burnt orange in Reliant on Sunday.

Chris Rainey might want to keep the wads of cash on the down low.

Bush over VY, Marques Colston, or Joseph Addai is hilarious.

Our Thoughts

Brian – USC loses and all sorts of BCS hell breaks loose. It was a much more entertaining scene to watch without a dog in the fight, I’m sure I’d be going nuts right now if I was a Michigan fan. I think the voters got it right though, Michigan didn’t play well enough this year to earn a rematch with Ohio State. I think last year’s top 5 teams might all be better than any team this year.

Matt – Man, something about seeing USC lose just warms the heart doesn’t it? And can you imagine if the refs don’t blow the call in the Oklahoma/Oregon game? Oklahoma could have been right there in the National Championship hunt with Michigan and Florida. Oh well, I guess that’s what they get for being Sooners.

I know it may be just a little crazy to have LSU #2, but I just feel they are playing like the second best team in the nation right now. I think they would give Ohio State a much better game than Florida and probably even Michigan.

Related Links

• Last week’s rankings
• AP Top 25
• USA Today Coaches Top 25
• Master Coaches Survey

Sounds like it could happen, but it just doesn’t seem like a good fit. Leach should stay in Texas.