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It was arguably the game of the year in college football. It was certainly further evidence that the Pac-10 is back as a national conference.

After two overtimes and a touchdown with six seconds left in regulation, the Oregon Ducks outlasted Arizona 44-41 to take control of the Pac-10.

For a while, the stars seemed to align for Arizona. California upset Stanford during the the third quarter of the Wildcats' game, bumping one Pac-10 peer from Rose Bowl contention. Meanwhile, Arizona shrugged off a 14-0 deficit to take a 24-14 lead early in the fourth quarter.

However, Oregon then rallied with 17 points in the final frame, including a highlight-worthy touchdown pass from Jeremiah Masoli to Ed Dickson with six seconds left that deflated the home crowd and dispersed the students, who had emerged nearby to storm the field.

Ohio State and Michigan may grab the headlines this fine November Saturday, but focus should also shift to the also-relevants, those programs like Arizona and Oregon and surging Clemson. We have no choice, really, since Florida and Alabama slotted in tomato cans Chattanooga and Florida International. For additional inspiration, look to the Big Tenleven's newest hackneyed rivalry between Penn State and Michigan State.

As usual we'll be here to talk about whats going on as its going on. So come on down, hit the keypad a little and join the conversation in the FanHouse Saturday College Football Chat starting at 3 PM Eastern.

After some competitive games last weekend, college football's powers are oddly synced in lining up the hapless for an uncivilized slaughter. Florida hosts Florida International. Alabama hosts Chattanooga. Texas hosts mutinous Kansas. TCU travels to Wyoming. Boise State travels to Utah State. Combined opponent records? 22 and 28 (.440). This is not good for the competitive image of college football. Like a frustrated Pete Carroll we want to ask, 'what's your deal?'

If that's not interesting conversation, perhaps the ugly hot seat discussions around Bobby Bowden and Mark Mangino will satisfy your taste for mid-day blood as distraction from the rat race. Man drama, embrace it! Point being, lets talk -- college football. You, me, some other FanHouse college football writers. This week's Midweek College Football Chat commences at 2 PM Eastern, chat application after the jump.

ESPN College GameDay is at TCU for their battle with last year's darling, Utah. Unbeaten Cincinnati barely survived a home battle with West Virginia last night. Later today, Iowa and Ohio State face off to determine who goes to the Rose Bowl. Elsewhere, a resurgent Pac-10 is home to several critical conference battles in a wacky race. Yeah, its a good weekend for college football and we're going to enjoy this.

With all that on the docket, be sure to cherish a fine Saturday like this and keep the computer nearby. As usual College Football FanHouse is hosting a mid-day chat while immersed in the day's events. The chat commences at 3 PM Eastern, chat application after the jump.

Four weeks. Four weeks of games and then this muddy mess of a 2009 college football regular season is over. Meanwhile, an uncomfortable six teams remain undefeated. Until all that construction dust settles, and maybe afterward, we're left with angst and BCS drama as the politicking plays out. Lovely stuff.

This weekend should hopefully sort some of that out but in the meantime we've got opinions we'd like to share (pssst, Cincy won't get my BCS vote, not after letting Connecticut drop 45 on them last week), you've got yours. Its Thursday which means lets amicably sort it all out in the weekly FanHouse College Football Chat. You know the drill, chat starts at 2 PM Eastern, chat application after the jump, do join us.

A day after saying that Cincinnati senior Tony Pike would be his starting quarterback when "100 percent" healthy, Bearcats coach Brian Kelly told Cincinnati radio station WEBN-FM that back-up Zach Collaros would start Friday against West Virginia.

Collaros started for Pike the past three games, and has completed 80 percent of his passes. Saturday against UConn, Collaros set a Big East and school record with 555 yards of total offense, including 480 yards passing.

Despite Collaros' impressive showing the past 3 1/2 games, Kelly said Pike would regain his starting position when healthy. Kelly's announcement means that Pike still hasn't fully recovered from his left arm injury.

For at least one Saturday, college football's prime time doesn't carry the headliner. Instead, it's the mid-day shift featuring games between LSU and Alabama and Ohio State and Penn State. Wouldn't you know, those overlap with our weekly FanHouse Saturday chat.

Elsewhere, its a quiet weekend at first glance but 11 ranked teams are on the road, something worth monitoring. So, swing on by and join us and our writers in an ongoing discussion through the middle of the the day. Chat (3 PM Eastern) application after the jump.

The six BCS leagues already get most of the BCS bowl game slots and now there's a greater chance they'll start gobbling up all of the at-large bids to the minor bowls beginning in 2010.

Last week, the NCAA's Division I Board of Directors agreed to sponsor legislation that would treat football teams with .500 records the same as teams with winning records for bowl participation. If the legislation passes, it would allow a bowl, that has to go outside its conference affiliation to fill a spot, to select a more attractive 6-6 BCS school over a 7- or 8-win non-BCS school.

Which is exactly why the Big 12 proposed the legislation. Sources told FanHouse that the Big East and ACC support the legislation, while the other BCS leagues (Big Ten, Pac-10 and SEC) also are expected to support it.

In the middle of a troubled economic climate, most Americans aren't seeing green but the college football world definitely is after Oregon's complete destruction of once mighty USC Saturday night. Our daytime chat missed the wreckage but we're welcoming everyone back for a discussion of that seismic event this Thursday, starting at 2 PM Eastern. There's also this little matter of determining whether LSU is a legitimate stumbling block for suddenly shaky Alabama.

That may be the only marquee game of the weekend but overall this week eleven ranked teams will be playing on the road, an always dangerous event in the bloodthirsty fan atmosphere of college football. So please join us once again in our weekly Thursday discussion. Chat application after the jump.

There's no other way to put it. Oregon's football program unequivocally demolished longtime Pac-10 overlord USC 47 to 20 on Saturday, effectively putting the brakes on two major, likely never to be repeated feats the Trojans had accomplished.

USC's record streak of seven Pac-10 championships is likely done, as is its even more impressive run of never losing by more than 11 points in the Pete Carroll era (and never by more than seven points once things really got rolling in 2002).

The Ducks finished with a 27-point winning margin and it easily could have been more. It was a two-sided wholesale destruction few outside of Autzen could have reasonably anticipated given the nature of USC's run these last few years. As a USC guy I knew it had to happen eventually, but I was thinking something like a 14-point loss, something reasonable.