Jim Knowles is the highest-paid defensive coordinator in college football, leading one of the most respected units in the nation. Jerry Neuheisel wasn't even an offensive coordinator a week ago, inheriting a unit that had just dropped all of 14 points on Northwestern in its previous outing, and prior to that just 10 on mighty New Mexico.
And so, of course, UCLA exploded for 42 points, with 280 rushing yards, on No. 7 Penn State and its $3-million-a-year coordinator. Of course that happened.
The aftermath of UCLA 42, No. 7 Penn State 37 leads to many questions, beyond just, "How did this happen?"
How might this outcome change UCLA's ongoing coaching search? Could it create a coaching search at Penn State? Can you possibly imagine a preseason top-2 team so utterly failing to meet expectations?
Oh, yeah.
In Sunday's FootballScoop Podcast, our Scott Roussel, Doug Samuels and Zach Barnett also discussed the ways in which preseason No. 1 Texas failed in losing 29-21 at unranked Florida, and what big questions might lie ahead in a season heading south.
Also, how should Alabama and Vanderbilt feel after the Tide's 30-14 win in Tuscaloosa? Is there any fight left at Wisconsin? How the heck did Washington pull that off?
All that and more below.
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