While Oregon's Ducks were splattering all over Penn State's vaunted 'White Out' game late Saturday in Unhappy Valley, deep down south, Alabama's Crimson Tide were washing over the last vestiges of Kirby Smart's Georgia dynasty.
College football's deepest weekend to date did not, in any quantifiable or imaginary standard, disappoint.
The field-stormings began Friday night when Virginia outlasted then-No. 8 Florida State in double-overtime for Tony Elliott's first signature win, and euphoria lasted as Saturday night encroached upon Sunday morning along the Eastern Coast of the United States.
Dan Lanning's Oregon team mostly controlled three quarters against Penn State, briefly wilted late in the fourth quarter and on the opening possession of the first overtime before it steadied itself and does what, well, almost everyone -- and everyone for almost an entire decade -- does against Penn State: defeat James Franklin's Nittany Lions in a top-10 showdown.
Franklin is now, infamously, 3-14 at Penn State in matchups where both his squad and the team he is facing is ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll.
Lanning, meanwhile, added his second win against Penn State in the last 10 months and another high-value pelt for the Ducks' regular-season trophy room. Last year, it was beating then-No. 1 Ohio State at home; this year, it's Lanning securing his first win against a top-five foe on the road.
Kalen DeBoer, whom Alabama fans again wanted gone after an opening-season loss at Florida State, once again vexed Smart's Bulldogs, and this time it was between Georgia's vaunted hedges. The Crimson Tide never trailed, led from the game's opening moments to its final moments and played smarter, tougher and more aggressively than did the host.
Lane Kiffin, meanwhile, got to do what he does second-best in all of college football after lending a hand in what he does best moments earlier: Kiffin helped Charlie Weis Jr. call a masterful game to lead unbeaten Ole Miss past visiting and heated rival LSU.
Kiffin then taunted LSU coach Brian Kelly on X (formerly twitter) after the game with Kelly's own words. The LSU coach had said late-week LSU liked having the Magnolia Bowl Trophy in its possession and intended to ensure its safe return to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Oops. After trailing early, Ole Miss largely controlled the game in its 24-19 win. It could have scored late on a brilliant fourth-and-3 call but instead picked up the first down, picked up the win and left Kelly and the Tigers to pick up the pieces.
— Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) September 27, 2025
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