Things I Learned this Weekend...

1. State is better than I thought and getting better every week. Hopefully that trend continues.

2. Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va. is a magical place where opponents go to die. There is not a better atmosphere in the ACC and only a few can be found in the country. That place is loud every play. You can't tell if it's third down or first down. One word: relentless.

3. Wisconsin may be in the midst of a special year to end Alvarez's career.

4. The honeymoon is over in Oxford. Mississippi is in melt down mode after their loss to Wyoming.

5. Meyer will win a lot at Florida, but he won't be hated like Spurrier. Florida scored 49 points in the first half at Kentucky and Meyer pulled his starters early in the third quarter. Spurrier would have hung at least 70 on the Wildcats.

6. If you live on the edge, you lose as many as you win. Clemson lost in overtime for the second straight week after a 2-0 start in which both games were decided late in the fourth quarter against A&M and Maryland.

7. Cornhole is a ridiculously fun tailgating game.


(Photo of Orgeron walking through the Grove before Saturday's defeat at the hands of the Wyoming Cowboys is courtesy of Bruce Newman, Special to The Clarion-Ledger.)