No. 5 Texas swamps the Gators and stands to jump up a couple spots thanks to losses by No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Miami.

"As I told the team, I'd much rather get knocked down in the sixth round than get knocked out in the 12th round," UT coach Steve Sarkisian said ... he always had a bloody nose or a black eye.

"As I told the team, I'd much rather get knocked down in the sixth round than get knocked out in the 12th round," UT coach ...

Steve Sarkisian “didn’t blink,” as he put it. Didn’t even wait for his analytics guy to tell him what the book said to do in just such a situation. And what, exactly, did the book say?

There was pomp and there was circumstance, punctuated by Bevo trying to charge Uga in what felt like a slightly on-the-nose metaphor ... for its presumption. Steve Sarkisian, Herman's replacement ...

Who's the top of the SEC? And who's actually a contender that we dismissed in September? Breaking down Week 8.