In his weekly wrap of the weekend that was in college football, Cris Sykes starts out by hitting on the Buckeyes big win in Austin. Sykes goes on to point out that it was a tough week for the rest of the Big 10, but a big week for some big name QBs' across the country. He also hits on the developing Heisman race, and an upcoming week three slate of matchups that are enough to make any football fan salivate.

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Erik Cassano notes that the tables were turned this year in the big showdown between Texas and Ohio State. It was the Buckeyes that had the very special Heisman trophy candidate at quarterback this time around. Papa Cass hits on Troy Smith's performance versus the Longhorns, the importance of strong quarterback play in big games, and starts talking a little Heisman Trophy this morning in his latest.

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Troy Smith - welcome to Heisman frontrunner status. Mack Brown - welcome to life without Vince Young. And The Sweater Vest ... is there a better big game coach in the country? I take a look at last nights game, and the rest of the path to another potential national title for the Bucks in my morning wrap. Something tells me Colt McCoy woke up this morning with a bad case of Laurinaitis.

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In Furls wrap of the big Buckeye win last night, he gives some credit to the Buckeye defender no one is talking about that he saw as a big key to last nights game. And as always, he grades the Buckeyes by position, and grades himself as a prognosticator. Man ... that one felt good last night.

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It's payback time. Number one versus number two, and a rematch of last years thrilling contest that ended up essentially deciding the national championship. And the first regular season meeting between the two top ranked teams in the country in ten years. Furls chimes in this morning with an excellent preview of one of the most hyped college football games in many moons. GO BUCKS.

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FIVE true freshman saw significant time in the Buckeyes opener versus Northern Illinois. Some, like Chris Wells (pictured), Ross Homan, and Ray Small ... were expected to see time. Others, like Kurt Coleman and Dexter Larimore, were thought of as possible redshirts. In his latest, Furls hits on all five of these freshman, their performances in the opener, and their expectations for this season.

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As if being a Cleveland fan isn't painful enough, Cris Sykes went out and got married a couple weeks ago. The good news for us is though ... he's back baybee. No more honeymoon planning, flower ordering, meetings with the caterers. And back to wasting his life away working for the man and writing for The Blurbs. In this new weekly column, Sykes looks at the week that was in college football.

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Furls is back with his recap of yesterdays Buckeyes opener versus Northern Illinois, and delivers position by position grades in addition to his overall analysis of yesterdays game. It was a tale of two games says Furls, a first quarter that was more impressive than possibly imaginable. And then the pedestrian final three quarters in which the Bucks essentially played to a tie with the Huskies.

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With college football season now underway, Mike Furlan goes on the record with his predictions of what he thinks will take place this season. Who will win the Heisman? Who will meet in the national championship game? Who will disappoint and surprise? Will LLLLoyd Carr (at least 4 L's) still have a job at years end? It's prediction time.

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In what will be a weekly feature here on The Blurbs, Furls breaks down the Buckeyes upcoming opponent. We open the season at home versus the Northern Illinois Huskies, one of the better teams from the MAC this year. The Huskies have one of the best running backs in all of Division I in Garrett Wolfe, and have a solid head coach in Joe Novak, who has local roots, and has done a masterful job rebuilding this program.

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