It was fun at the ol' ballyard at Hard Rock Stadium. The Canes ripped Pitt 52-23, with an aerial show featuring Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney. And the best part is it didn't rain... - First of all, before the game, the tailgate at the Black East Lot was great. The Canes 4 Life tailgate had a host of former players, many from the 2001 national title team that was honored this weekend. Also, Jimmy Johnson swung by and had a good time with the people. Multiple Hall-of-Famers were milling around. - As for the game, it was clear that Miami was going with the throw game early and often. Malachi Toney had another monster day (16 catches, 194 yards and 3 touchdowns) and he's right back in the thick of the Heisman race. As is Mensah (31-for-37, 387 yards, 4 TDs). There's a very good chance that Miami could have two Heisman finalists in New York. - Miami didn't run the ball all that well (39 attempts for 119 yards) as Pitt was in a bit of a Catch-22 on defense. They could stop one facet of the Miami offense, not both. - Pitt didn't have Alex Van Pelt walking through that door, much less Dan Marino. That injury to Mason Heintschel has basically ruined what was a promising season at 5-0 just a few weeks ago. - On a Saturday where teams who won last week in emotionally draining games went down it was good to see Miami just methodically blow out a team. Just as big was that it seemed like they came out relatively healthy. Now, it's onto Halloween night at Chapel Hill.

Another eventful week in college football (week 8), I spent the early afternoon at Hard Rock Stadium watching the Hurricanes blow out Pitt. Later on a full schedule of games took place that once again will shake up the top 10. This season is showing that football is more than ever, a week-to-week sport... - So the prime time game saw Texas hold on to beat Ole Miss in Austin. And this was the full Arch Manning Experience. There were splash plays that opened your eyes as the Longhorns jumped on the Rebels to a 24-3 first half lead. And then in the second half some plays from Arch that had you wincing.The question is, which version of Manning( 18 for 30, 212 yards, 1 TD/2 INTs) is closer to the reality? As Ole Miss tied it up, late in the game it was the UT run game spearheaded Raleek Brown (23 carries ,157 yards) that gashed them late. It's interesting, did Steve Sarkisian find something late as he lost faith in Manning? On the flip side, I thought Trinidad Chambliss played his most skittish game I've seen.Regardless, Texas stays alive in the playoff race. - Coming into the week, the Big 12 had three teams in the AP to 10. And two of them had to go on the road -- and they both lost. BYU coming off that emotional high was upset by UCF in overtime, 39-31, as Keyone Jenkins tossed three TD's. You had a feeling that BYU would have some issues hitting the road after their monumental victory over Notre Dame last weekend. There was nothing fluky about the Golden Knights victory, they had more first downs 926-18) and total yards, 463 to 373.Then you had the 'Sorsby Bowl', where Cincy hosted the Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Bearcats came out with a 37-24 victory. Texas Tech hasn't been nearly as dominant as they were last season and Saturday was a full example of that. Cole Tabb had a big day on the ground (16 carries, 173 yards, 1 TD). I gotta give the Cincinnati credit, they haven't fallen off the face of the earth this season and are now 5-2. - Later on, Utah won grinding affair versus Houston at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Cougars had opportunities early on to really separate themselves from the Utes, but they found the sledding tough near the goal line. Still, they had a 10-0 lead in the second half. But over time, Utah just began to control things physically upfront, and they eventually ran for over 200 yards (while Devon Dampier also threw for 200-plus yards. Late in the game, Utah just ran the ball at will on Houston, scoring two fourth quarter touchdowns to win 21-13. - Has Shane Beamer saved his job at South Carolina? Cocktober is in full effect. They pulled one off late versus Tennessee, who might have nightmares over this loss. SC was down late, and they had a big defensive stop late (still wondering why the Vols didn't give the ball to DeSean Bishop in that situation) and then a late George MacIntyre fumble opened the door for them to kick a walk-off game winning. Down late, they somehow found a way to come out on top 27-24.The previously suspended, Dylan Stewart, made some plays defensively for South Carolina, who is one point (versus Kentucky) from being on a three game winning streak. I'm still not sold on LaNorris Sellers as an upper level college quarterback. - So Lincoln Riley was allowed on the flight back to Los Angeles, huh? At this point I think most Trojan fans believe he deserved to fly coach class on Frontier Airlines. The Trojans went up to Madison, and got skunked by Wisconsin, 24-7.What's amazing is that Colton Joseph had all of 58 yards passing on 14 attempts - and the Badgers still won by 17 points (24-7). This is another in a long list of bad east coast Big 10 road trips for the Trojans.It seemed all set up for USC, beat Wisconsin, and then you have Ohio St. with their backup quarterback at the Coliseum. Now, this looks like an absolute must-win (for his job) for Riley, who hasn't made a lot of friends in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, big win for Luke Fickell, who has his team standing at 5-2.- Just when I thought Iowa's offense was a bit better than usual -- they reverted to being Iowa. They put up all of 10 points in a 13-10 loss at Minnesota. Yeah, Iowa's offense went Iowa's offense. PJ Fleck has his guys rowing the boat to a 5-2 start. This isn't an easy job in the Big 10 and he just consistently finds a way to churn out 7-8 victories a year on a consistent basis for the Golden Gophers. - UCLA keeps rolling behind back up Ty Dieffenbach, they vanquish a bad Michigan State squad, 28-10. It's clear what their game plan will be moving forward: run the ball (48 carries for 245 yards, and touchdown each for Wayne Knight, Javian Thomas and Anthony Woods) and lean on a really stout defense. Sammy Omoshigo is playing at an All-American level  for the Bruins on defense, who gave up just 156 total yards. UCLA held the ball for nearly 36 minutes. UCLA is now 7-0, and should be favored in every remaining game. However, I do think trips to Minnesota and Michigan will be difficult. - Colorado played a really good half versus Oklahoma St. They were actually up 24-23 at the half, and then got swamped in the second half, 34-0. 'the Touchdown Maker' Drew Mestaker had another big game as he continues to move up NFL draft boards (21 for 36, 386 yards, 4 TDs), and Caleb Hawkins chipped in 120 yards on the ground to lead a balanced and explosive Cowboys offense. It's clear the honeymoon between the Buffalo fan-base and Coach Prime is over. It's to a point now where one of them is now at the (hotel, motel) Holiday Inn as they call divorce lawyers and weigh their options. CU is now on a five game skid after beginning this season 2-0.

On the latest 'Korean Cosell Podcast', my time in Miami, the #Canes-Pitt and week 8 of college football.(a freebie'. You can subscribe to my Substack at stevekimboxing.substack.com... Korean Cosell Podcast -- Oct. 25, 2026 stevekimboxing.substack.com/…