Photo by Vironevaeh Virginia vs Southern Miss: I gather that the U. of Virginia took note when Southern Miss adopted the rugby-style punt last year. The Golden Eagles soared on that tricksy-looking punt, turning the season around after an awful start marked by dreadful special-teams performances and eventually nabbing a ticket to a bowl game. When the 0-3 Cavs deploy the rugby punt, though, it doesn’t feel like Southern Miss’s quick-fix for a special-teams…

Photo by sharkycharming Virginia vs William & Mary: Good news, Tribe alumni! Those of you who survived your education and its notoriously high (if maybe misleading) suicide rate have a reason to keep on keepin’ on after the season opener against UVa’s Cavaliers. W&M officials ought to think about hiring on cornerback B.W. Webb as a campus counselor for at-risk students following his performance in the game. He was on call for three passes…

LSU vs Arkansas: Sure, Arkansas won this nailbiter. And in the leadup to the game, all eyes might have been on Arkansas’s dueling quarterbacks, brothers Casey and Nathan Dick. But the true star to emerge today was LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson. No, his numbers weren’t electric — 9 of 21 for 143 yards and 2 touchdown passes — but they’re downright remarkable for a true freshman. Jefferson ran for a respectable 50 yards and, moreover,…

The Big Three: Texas beat Oklahoma. Texas Tech beat Texas. Oklahoma puréed Texas Tech. It’s a BCS nightmare: Three one-loss teams in one pivotal conference division, all vying for the basically arbitrary nod that will likely decide both the Fiesta Bowl and the BCS Championship. Yet three teams in college football have a right to complain about something worse: a dream deferred. As the Washington Post reports today, each of Utah, Boise State, and Ball…

In which DCist surveys the Saturday that was in college football. This week, the weekend editors borrowed a page from Jezebel’s playbook. aaron: There were a lot of games this week that really, uhh, sucked. In terms of competitiveness, at least. kriston: And all of them were played by Michigan. aaron: Eight losses. Unreal. kriston: They set something like the worst team record since the 17th century? It’s unacceptable. aaron: Well, only if you’re not…