The proof is in the pudding, and CFB week one shoveled plenty into our mouths. Here are some of the more meaningful takeaways and debates sparked by last week's contests.

1. Florida State (formerly #10) lost 28-13 to an unranked Boston College squad who completely dominated the line of scrimmage and capitalized on mistakes in FSU's secondary. FSU lost the week prior (in a weird week zero game) against a Georgia Tech squad that was also unranked at the time. FSU has now dropped totally out of the rankings, and many are sounding the alarm on their quarterback and coaching.

This is my personal conjecture, but BC --- under new head coach Bill O'Brien, who comes from the Belichick coaching tree --- looked downright commanding in their win, and I wonder if they might prove to be heavily underrated this year. FSU could just be very bad, so who knows.

2. Notre Dame handled Texas A&M 23-13 on the road in a night game at Kyle Field, one of the nation's toughest venues. Many believe this to be Notre Dame's toughest scheduled game, so --- if they can get the job done the rest of the year --- they might be playoff locks. Note that Notre Dame cannot earn a playoff berth higher than a five seed because they don't compete in a conference.

ND head coach Marcus Freeman was hyping up the boys like an absolute DAWG as they marched into battle. You got to love this guy. Notre Dame might be him this year.

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3. USC topped (sexual style) LSU 27-20 in a neutral-field matchup in Las Vegas. USC QB Miller Moss, who foregoed the transfer portal while riding backup behind Caleb Williams, balled out for a squad with question marks around it after their star QB left to win a Super Bowl for the Chicago Bears.

The loss led to a mournful press conference by LSU head coach Brian Kelly, who basically did the head coach equivalent of yelling "Stupid! Stupid Stupid!" while punching himself in the head. Many are surprised he did not cry.

4. Oregon barely eked out a 24-14 win over the FCS Idaho Vandals in a performance that has much of the world bearish on the Ducks. Maybe it was week one shakes, but this game should not have been close.

5. Miami threw the team on new transfer quarterback Cam Ward's back and homeboy played nasty in a 41-17 road win at The Swamp against the Florida Gators. One of the biggest storylines this week is whether The U is all the way back --- many are saying yes.

In honor of the 'Canes potential, I leave you with a beautiful ditty sung in 2004 by the 7th Floor Crew comprised of several Miami legends --- Tavares Gooden, Darnell Jenkins, Willie Cooper, Terrell Walden, Jon Beason, Akieem Jolla (RIP), and Chicago Bears legend G-reg "Third Leg" Olsen. Note that this rap is not offensive to women because they say so in the beginning:

6. Finally, it brings me no pleasure to say Michigan's 30-10 win over Fresno State wasn't the most convincing performance in the world, even though they covered the spread. A lot of people, including myself, expected junior Alex Orji to start for the Wolverines at quarterback, but it seems like head coach Sherone Moore might be riding senior Davis Warren this year. Moore says they're going with more of a two-quarterback system. Big Blue has a huge prove-it game next week against Texas, who pummeled the shitty Colorado State Rams 52-0, so we'll see.

I asked you who you thought would win the Big One this year, and here I present your answers for public ridicule:

Justin O'Connor: Georgia (#1)

It's not an exciting pick, but Kirby Smart has built a well-oiled machine that seemingly does nothing except work perfectly. How do you lose one million guys to the NFL and still smother Dabo Swinney in a commanding week one win? Some kind of pact with the devil, who has clearly gone down to Georgia.

Sarah Woodams: Oregon (#8)

Sarah enters the stakes with one of the trustier hail mary picks for this year. The Ducks were and are ranked highly going into the season despite question marks around whether they can pull off a title win after superstar QB Bo Nix left for the Denver Broncos.

After an unconvincing win last week against the FCS Idaho Vandals, the webfoots have to rack up some wins to prove themselves.

Maya Brosnick: Ohio State (#2)

God knows I hate to say it, but "an Ohio state university" could pull it off this year. A forgivable but disgraceful pick.

Marla Litsky: Washington (Unranked)

Sure, 10 of their starters from last year left --- including their starting quarterback and four best wide receivers, who are all in the NFL. Sure, their superstar head coach bolted for Alabama. Sure, they're unranked. Sure, they have to face Michigan, Iowa, USC, Penn State, and Oregon before even thinking about the playoff. But why not?

Unfortunately, if they don't win this year, the authorities will have to put Dubs down. That will be unfortunate.

Andrew Taylor & Henry Litsky: Michigan (#10)

God is smiling down with warmth as The Boys all agree that the Lord's greatest football team, the Lord's winningest football program, those gentlemen in Blue, those Michigan Men, just might pull off the repeat. They'll have to figure out they're quarterbacking, but Michigan's defense is tough. With the Lord on their side, how could they lose?

The overwhelming favorite among the gang for worst college football mascot --- being picked by Justin O'Connor, Marla Litsky, Maya Brosnick, and Andrew Taylor --- is the Stanford Tree.

He often places high on national lists, too, for good reason. However, in all fairness, he's (it's?) technically the mascot of Stanford's band. Stanford football doesn't have a mascot, and the annoying school's even more annoying band kids have seized that power vacuum to trot out this monstrosity of their very own.

We're all rooting for California's wildfires to win.

Henry Litsky: Ohio State's Brutus Buckeye

Mr. Litsky has quite honorably chosen Brutus Buckeye, Ohio's most beloved toxic nut. I initially thought this to be an odd pick because of how ingrained in college football he is, but Brutus is weird if you really look at him and think about him for more than a second.

Sarah Woodams: Nebraska's Lil' Red

Yeah this pick knows ball. A very good pick. Not only is Lil' Red a creepy baby, he also has no history and is the second string mascot for Nebraska, a football program that hasn't been good since our racist uncles were kids.

We gotta punt this little corn-fed freak back into the shadow realm.

Uga shot out of the barn after Bevo, pounding his little legs into the hard dirt to propel his stout body forward.

Quickly, he came upon a herd of Texas football fans conglomerated around Texas Memorial Stadium. He couldn't see a damn thing. You'd think a bull would be easy to spot, but Texas football fans are so fat, stupid, and loud that the distinction isn't as clear as it seems.

Goddamn it Bevo, where are you? thought Uga as he stared at nothing but a sea of human calves at his eye level.

Just as he had the thought, his worst nightmare came to pass.

"Yo! JT! Bro check it out, it's fucking Uga!" a bleach blonde white boy with a mullet called out. He scooped up the little dog and jogged to his group of friends. Uga snarled and nipped at his arm, but it was no use.

"Bro that's crazyyyyy," said JT while sporting a Texas Longhorns shirt. "We've gotta take his ass back to the house."

Unhand me, you trifling buffoon! thought Uga as the frat boys ogled and teased him by sticking their fingers in his mouth and dodging his nips.

Quickly, the boys slipped Uga down into their backpack and zipped it up. They began their march towards frat row. Uga sat in the darkness, uncertain for the future.

Damn you, Bevo! Why me, oh why me? he asked God in the darkness.

Read next week's Penny-Saver to find out what happens.

Poll released Sept. 3:

Rank	Team	Movement	Points
1	Georgia	-	1545 (57)
2	Ohio State	-	1478 (5)
3	Texas	+1	1418
4	Alabama	+1	1309
5	Notre Dame	+2	1240
6	Ole Miss	-	1212
7	Oregon	-4	1197
8	Penn State	-	1146
9	Missouri	+2	968
10	Michigan	-1	935
11	Utah	+1	897
12	Miami (FL)	+7	893
13	USC	+10	811
14	Tennessee	+1	784
15	Oklahoma	+1	703
16	Oklahoma State	+1	610
17	Kansas State	+1	607
18	LSU	-5	410
19	Kansas	+3	349
20	Arizona	+1	339
21	Iowa	+4	294
22	Louisville	Newly Ranked	188
23	Georgia Tech	Newly Ranked	161
24	North Carolina State	-	142
25	Clemson	-11	134

Florida State fell from #10 to unranked

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 97, Boston College 49, Boise St. 47, Iowa St. 32, Memphis 27, Nebraska 27, SMU 23, Washington 20, Liberty 12, Vanderbilt 8, Wisconsin 8, Auburn 8, Tulane 4, North Carolina 4, UTSA 3, Appalachian St. 3, Kentucky 2, West Virginia 2, Arkansas 2, UNLV 1, Colorado 1.