Some questions

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How is it possible that California and Oregon are playing and the Ducks don’t have the ugliest uniforms on the field?

It’s possible. Whatever color it was the Bears were wearing, head to toe (banana yellow, crayon yellow, Mountain Dew yellow?), it was awful. Whoever becomes new Pacific 10 Conference commissioner might need to start thinking about a dress code for the teams. Interesting that USC and UCLA don’t seem to have the burning need to outfit themselves top to bottom in some eye-hurting variant of their team colors.

And, what the heck? Is Dave Wannstedt a better football coach than Charlie Weis? The Panthers played with more confidence and some swagger at South Bend, Ind., to win in four overtimes, 36-33.

Even Notre Dame’s iconic mural, Touchdown Jesus, might have lost confidence in the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame stadium sprinklers went off when the game went to overtime. Was Touchdown Jesus crying, knowing what was soon to happen?

Now that USC is safely ahead of Washington, 42-0, with still a few minutes left in the second quarter, it’s time to take our dog, Dillon, to the park so he’s ready to watch the 5 p.m. Texas-Texas Tech and Oklahoma-Nebraska games without interruption. Three Heisman Trophy candidates on display at the same time.

-- Diane Pucin