What we learned this week in college football: Week 10

By Chris Maza
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

Notre Dame will be looking for a new head coach this offseason
Notre Dame needed to win out to have any hopes of a BCS bowl and a 23-21 loss to Navy destroyed those chances. Weis can't take all the blame for that loss. A lot of it was poor execution. Freshman kicker Nick Tausch missed two field goals, including a chip shot. Either of those go through and it completely changes this game to another "gutsy," close win for the Irish. Robby Parrish fumbled on the third play of the game, giving the Mids great field position to set up their first score. Jimmy Clausen fumbled on the one-yard line to end a possible scoring drive and Michael Floyd failed to turn around after obviously misunderstanding which play was being run and had a ball that ended up being intercepted bounce off his back. But at the end of they day, the bus driver is held responsible if there's a crash, no matter how unruly the students may be. Fans endured the last two seasons because of the promise of the near future. That future has arrived and, while it's really been no fault of the offense most of the time, that future brings with it another season without a BCS berth. That is the goal and it has not been achieved.

TCU is the best of the Non-Automatic Qualifying teams
Even before the upcoming matchup between Utah and TCU, TCU has pulled themselves above the rest. By simply staying undefeated. Utah's loss to Oregon was a tough one, but a loss nonetheless and looks a bit more empty at this point. Oregon beat USC, but couldn't back it up against Stanford. While Boise State is also undefeated, Louisiana Tech almost made me look like a genius as the Broncos had all kinds of trouble putting them away. Houston needed a last-second field goal to beat a Tulsa team that gained over 500 yards on them and has been mediocre team in the C-USA.

Cincinnati has no business being in the BCS top 5, but there they are
The Bearcats have made a very weak case overall, yet they keep holding their place near the top of the BCS rankings. Against UConn they did little to improve their resume. UConn, still reeling after the loss of Jasper Howard and playing with a backup quarterback, pushed Cincinnati to the brink in a 47-45 loss, outscoring the Bearcats 35-10 in the second half. On the season, Cincinnati has played a schedule that boasts a 34-40 record, a .488 winning percentage. Their toughest opponent to date has been South Florida and they beat them and the Bulls lost their starting quarterback for the season after Week 3.