Has the college football world been turned upside down? Considering how things have gone so far, I seriously doubt it.
Can you believe that winless Notre Dame and pathetic Stanford won both of their games? Can you imagine that for the first time in the history of college football both UCLA and Notre Dame Fans cheered together when the USC score was announced at the Rose Bowl?
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