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OK, maybe no one has ever described former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer as a wise man, but he is a funny man and he is one of only two coaches to win both a college national title ring and a Super Bowl ring (the other is Jimmy Johnson).

Everyone knows that the only fair way to get a true national champion in college football is to implement some kind of playoff.

And I do mean everyone.

That includes all those university presidents who refuse to give us one, pretending to care about the athletes and academics and even the bowls when, really, what they care about most is the money.

World Wrestling Entertainment star Chris Benoit undoubtedly killed his wife and 7-year-old son before committing suicide in June 2007.

Whether the police and WWE properly handled the aftermath isn't so clear-cut.

There are several reasons Alabama has never had a Heisman Trophy winner.

Rewind to the days of Bear Bryant, and the legendary Crimson Tide coach didn't believe in putting any individual ahead of the team.

That's why for years Alabama never bothered to actively promote a player for the Heisman. And Bryant had plenty of players who could have won it.

Capsule previews for Saturday's top college games. All times Eastern and all rankings Associated Press.

MINNESOTA (4-3) at No. 18 OHIO STATE (5-2), Noon, ESPN.

FAVORITE: Ohio State by 18.

COACHES: Tim Brewster (12-20 in third year at Minnesota) and Jim Tressel (88-21 in 9th year at Ohio State).

Whether playing it back over a single weekend or an entire season, deja vu rules college football like the house rules Vegas.

Flash back to Week 8, 2007, when some real unusual suspects occupied lofty spots in the Top 10 of that season's first BCS standings: South Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky and Arizona State, at Nos. 2, 6, 7 and 8 respectively.

Keeping up with the developments regarding football concussions will give you a headache.

And really, who gives a spit ... unless you're a player at any level, a parent or friend of a player, or a fan?

Take a minute and go to youtube.com. Type in "Adrian Peterson Fantasy Commercial" in the search engine. Click on the first entry that comes up.

No, wait.

Get the kids away from the computer first. Get 'em out of the room, actually.

What you will see is more frightening than anything that will knock on your front door on Halloween.

Apparently, no one told Alabama running back Mark Ingram that the Heisman Trophy race was over.

After racing through and past South Carolina defenders for a career-high 246 yards rushing (third most ever by a Crimson Tide player), Ingram similarly shot into this week's Scripps Howard News Service Heisman Trophy poll.

Capsule previews for Thursday and Friday's college games. All times Eastern.

THURSDAY:

FLORIDA STATE (2-4) at NORTH CAROLINA (4-2), 8, ESPN.

FAVORITE: North Carolina by 2.

COACHES: Bobby Bowden (311-95-4 in 34th year at FSU) and Butch Davis (16-15 in third year at UNC).