1. Are you ready to get excited about No. 13 Clemson? The Tigers knocked off Auburn and Florida State, both of them ranked, in consecutive weeks and made it to 4-0. Are you ready? No, I’m not either. Those are impressive wins but they are each easily explained. Auburn is young. Florida State had to play on the road one week after a bruising battle against Oklahoma. If Clemson can maintain its focus after two emotional wins and go on the road to beat No. 11 Virginia Tech, then I’ll be impressed.

2. No college head coach is more old school than Chris Ault of Nevada. The Hall of Famer has given fifth-year walk-on quarterback Tyler Lantrip every opportunity to be the Wolf Pack starter -- until now. Redshirt freshman Cody Fajardo, who split time with Lantrip, rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown and threw for two more scores in the 35-34 loss at Texas Tech. It will be interesting to see how Ault uses them Saturday at No. 4 Boise State, which is looking to revenge the 31-30 loss last year that cost the Broncos a BCS bid.

3. It’s official -- the Big East football conference should tell its colleagues at Villanova, “Thanks but no thanks,” and invite Temple to rejoin the league. The Big East booted Temple a decade ago because the Owls couldn’t sell their tickets. The Owls couldn’t sell their tickets because they couldn’t compete. That has changed. Al Golden pumped life into the program, and his replacement, former Florida interim coach Steve Addazio, just led the Owls to a 38-7 rout of Maryland. If I were the Big East, I wouldn’t wait.