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The good, the bad, and the weird: College football's Week 4 roundup

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College football is sport at its zaniest.

The coaches, the college towns, and the fact that the game is played by those (mostly) 18-to-21 years old contribute to Saturdays that are never dull. And with 130 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision, you never know where the most memorable moments of the weekend will occur.

Each week this season, theScore is here to break it all down - from the good to the bad to the weird. Here's what happened in Week 4 and why it matters:

The good

UCLA, Wazzu, and all of the touchdowns

Three years ago, Baker Mayfield and Patrick Mahomes engaged in one of the silliest shootouts of all time. Mahomes attempted 88 passes, threw for 734 yards, and lost 66-59 on his home field to Mayfield and Oklahoma.

Saturday's game between UCLA and Washington State had more points than that epic and featured a comeback from a seemingly insurmountable 32-point deficit. By the time it was over, with Chip Kelly's Bruins topping Mike Leach's Cougars 67-63, UCLA had scored more points on the Palouse than it had in its first three games combined.

After clawing their way out of a 49-17 hole, the Bruins secured the win when Dorian Thompson-Robinson completed a 15-yard touchdown pass to Demetric Felton with 67 seconds to play. Washington State quarterback Anthony Gordon, meanwhile, threw nine touchdown passes - in a loss.

Give us that Pac-12 after-dark goodness every week.

Catch up on the craziest moments from the game here.

Justin Fields' second quarter

Ohio State flew under the radar Saturday, mashing Miami (Ohio) 76-5.

Quarterback Justin Fields continued to pad his stats, throwing for 224 yards and four touchdowns and rushing for 36 and two. The most impressive part: All six touchdowns came in the second quarter.

Fields has now completed 69.5% of his throws with 13 touchdowns and no interceptions this season. He also has six rushing touchdowns and ranks fifth in the country in quarterback rating behind only Jalen Hurts (Oklahoma), Joe Burrow (LSU), Tua Tagovailoa (Alabama) and the aforementioned Gordon.

SMU (and the Iron Skillet)

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The Iron Skillet might be college football's best rivalry trophy.

Yes, the Big Ten has some terrific trophies (and many of them), but the winner of the game between Dallas' SMU and Fort Worth's TCU can use its trophy to make breakfast. Hard to top that.

SMU, wearing some terrific Dallas-themed uniforms, beat the Horned Frogs for the first time since 2011 on Saturday, edging past them 41-38. Quarterback Shane Buechele, once the starter at Texas, threw for 288 yards against TCU. The Mustangs are now 4-0 under second-year coach Sonny Dykes and could be unexpected contenders in the AAC.

Between UCF, Memphis, Tulane, and SMU, the AAC has the potential to be one of the more entertaining conferences the rest of the season - and that's without including Houston and quarterback D'Eriq King. The Mustangs, who avoid UCF in the regular season, travel to Memphis and Houston in back-to-back weeks at the end of October.

Eastern Michigan's crazy finish

One week after upsetting Illinois, Eastern Michigan was about to let one slip away against FCS Central Connecticut.

Instead, the Eagles produced one of the weekend's best finishes:

(Don't try to adjust your screen. Eastern Michigan plays its home games on gray turf.)

The bad

Michigan still being ranked

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If we judged teams solely on their on-field results this season, Michigan likely wouldn't receive a top-25 vote. In three games, the Wolverines have one regulation win. That came against Middle Tennessee State.

Saturday's 35-14 loss at Wisconsin was uglier than the final score indicated. And with Michigan facing a tough schedule ahead, the defeat could send the Wolverines to a disappointing season. For now, though, Michigan is still ranked 20th - and as high as 13th on one ballot.

Tennessee (again)

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We might as well reserve a weekly slot for Tennessee in this section.

It felt like the Volunteers had a chance to turn around their season around this week, lucking out with a matchup against a Florida team starting a new quarterback in Kyle Trask.

It turned out not to matter. Tennessee got hammered 34-3 and is 1-3 entering its bye week.

The Volunteers could do nothing on offense. Jarrett Guarantano threw for 107 yards and two interceptions before freshman Brian Maurer replaced him, while the rushing attack generated less than 4 yards per carry. Tennessee scored its fewest points in a game against the Gators since getting shut out in 1994.

Things might get worse in the near future: Two of Tennessee's first three opponents after its bye are Georgia and Alabama.

San Diego State's fourth-and-10 execution

The offense isn't leading San Diego State this year; the Aztecs' 3-0 start included wins by scores of 6-0, 23-14, and 31-10.

Still, at home and with the game on the line, they could have done better than this.

A fourth-and-10 play from their own 39-yard line ended with senior quarterback Ryan Agnew getting chased all the way back to his goal line. The official ruling on the play: A 37-yard sack and a penalty for intentional grounding.

The weird

Oklahoma State's fake field goal

With his team trailing 28-23 early in the fourth quarter Saturday, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy sent his field-goal unit out to try a 39-yarder on fourth-and-1.

After a delay of game pushed the Cowboys back to fourth-and-6, they tried one of the strangest fake attempts in recent memory.

A flip from the holder to tight end Jelani Woods appeared to be the plan, but Woods was well covered. Maybe, just maybe, in a perfect world, the play would have converted the fourth-and-1. But it turned into a mess.

The blunder wasn't the reason OSU lost the game - struggles in the red zone were perhaps the largest factor. But putting faith in special-teams trickery over a talented offense's ability to gain a single yard was an undoubtedly weird decision.

Texas throws A&M shade

From the same game:

All we have to say is, it's been too long - eight years. Longhorns, Aggies, play each other again. Soon.

Deliciously, perfectly Wisconsin

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You won't find a more perfect marriage of fan base and football team than this image. No program has an offensive line worth celebrating like Wisconsin. The Badgers did these fans proud Saturday, rushing for 359 yards at 6.3 yards per touch. The only way this gets better is if this group sports the same look in November.

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