We've seen some pretty awesome plays this season, but Marshall receiver Aaron Dobson delivered one Saturday that may go down as the catch of the season.

With 39 seconds remaining in the first half against East Carolina, Dobson wasn't able to turn his body around while being guarded in the end zone. So he reached out with the outside of his left hand, palmed the pass from quarterback Rakeem Cato and brought it to his side while falling to the ground.

He was so excited, he even knocked the official out of the way to clear room for his celebration.

Really, my description doesn't do the play justice and you might have to watch it several times before you fully see the sheer difficulty and awesomeness of Dobson's catch. To have the athletic ability to reach backward — while moving forward — and the strength to palm the ball with his arm turned outward is just sick. Trust me when I say it's worth watching several times.

The touchdown was Dobson's second on the day: He also had a 77-yard

Robert Griffin's amazing season is likely going to end in a banquet room in New York next month, but whether Baylor's rising star takes another snap between now and then is in the air after a frightening hit tonight by Texas Tech defensive back Cornelius Douglas.

Douglas delivered a shoulder to Griffin's helmet after Griffin was well into a slide to give himself up after a run that started on one side of the field and resulted in Griffin lying motionless — seemingly unconscious - on the sideline inside the Tech 5-yard line.

Griffin started to move a couple minutes later and removed his helmet before members of the Baylor athletic training staff got to him and helped him off the field.

At that point, everyone thought Griffin might be done for the game. Well, everyone, but Griffin, who trotted onto the field a couple plays later and actually ran in a 3-yard score to give the Bears a 31-21 lead with about 2 minutes remaining before halftime.

That's where it got weird.

When the Bears

Kellen Moore is doing his best to make sure he remains in the Heisman conversation, by adding a few more highlights to his already ridiculous reel.

This week's gem came with 1 second remaining in the first half of Boise State's 36-14 win against Wyoming. With the score tied 7-7, Moore scrambled to his left and heaved a 46-yard Hail Mary pass toward the end zone. Wyoming cornerback Tashaun Gipson attempted to pick the ball off, but it went through his hands and into the waiting hands of receiver Matt Miller, who was lying on his back on the goal line.

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Actually, the pass sort of landed on Miller as he did one of those jubilant, "Look what I found!" one-arm thrusts into the air with the ball.

The score put Boise State up 13-7 (the PAT was blocked) and the Broncos never looked back en route to their 10th win.

While this was an awesome Hail Mary, it pales in comparison to the one that nearly cemented Moore's legend a year ago when

Kentucky 10, Tennessee 7.
When Derek Dooley was hired last year, Tennessee fans took to him. He had the charming Southern accent. He was the son of Georgia legend Vince Dooley. And best of all, he was the antithesis of Lane Kiffin.

But two years later, the new coach smell has worn off and Dooley's critics may be on the verge overtaking his supporters after the Vols' first loss to Kentucky in 26 years.

The loss was the worst in Dooley's short tenure and left the Vols without a bowl berth for the first time since 2008 when they were supposed to be on upswing under a new regime. But even Dooley admitted that he saw a potential decline on the horizon.

"Our biggest fears were realized," Dooley said after the game. "Now we have to begin our climb up because I did believe we were going to hit a place that wasn't good. We were headed in this direction all along and just couldn't fight our way out of it."

Dooley didn't need to add any fuel to an already smoldering fire. Fans were already

The Iron Bowl is more than just a football game in Alabama: It's a way of life. Just ask one hospital that asks new parents to declare their child's team preference right out of the womb.

The hospital issues parents a questionnaire asking whether their child would like an Alabama blanket or an Auburn blanket? There's also a choice for "Undecided" — you know, if the newborn isn't ready to make such a weighty choice yet — and "Other" for all those Alabama State fans. (Hey, the Hornets are 8-3.)

I wonder if they put all of the Alabama babies or one side of the hospital and the Auburn babies on the other? Or perhaps, at halftime, they have a Baby Iron Bowl where the parents wheel their children in those plastic portacribs in a makeshift football game in the hallway. Whatever the form, it's always nice to see young parents who make it a priority to instill values.

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Bobby Petrino probably won't be sending Les Miles a Christmas card this year, not after the way LSU abused — and kept abusing — Arkansas in this week's edition of the "Game of the Century."

After Arkansas jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and appeared poised to give No. 1 LSU legitimate competition for a spot in the national title game, the Tigers woke up and outscored the Razorbacks 41-3 through the rest of the way, including a late fourth quarter field goal that extended the final score to 41-17. The gratuitous boot irked Petrino so much that he pointed at Miles from the opposite sideline and said some pretty unsavory things for those of you who read lips.

But the last field goal, which came with about 5 minutes remaining in the game, was significant because it gave LSU the same margin of victory over Arkansas as Alabama, which beat the Razorbacks 38-14 earlier in the year. And if you think coaches don't think about that kind of stuff as they jockey for position in the

Houston 48, Tulsa 16.
Another week, another Houston win and another step closer to a BCS bowl berth.

Doubters are officially on notice: This Houston team isn't going anywhere.

To skeptics, Friday's game against Tulsa was supposed to be the Cougars' undoing. Tulsa came in riding a seven-game winning streak, its only losses coming at the hands of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Boise Sate, and had been step-for-step with Houston in league play, beating its opponents by an average of 24 points.

And, in the first half, the game lived up to its billing as a close contest though most of that was thanks to solid play by both defenses that resulted in a quiet 13-10 Houston lead after two quarters. But in the second half, Houston's offense, which has been devastating thanks to the play of sixth-year senior Case Keenum, snapped out of its funk and scored 35 second-half points to rout the Golden Hurricane 48-16 and win the Conference USA West crown.

Keenum, who became the FBS leader in 300-yard

A&M Thanks

The hard feelings between Texas and Texas A&M, especially in light of the Aggies moving to the SEC, has been well documented. Each side has thrown verbal jabs and both have — at one time — said they don't want to continue the rivalry once A&M switches leagues.

However, not all facets of the Texas athletic department harbor ill will toward the Aggies.

During the halftime of Thursday's rivalry game, the Texas band spelled out "Thanks aTm" and played "Thanks for the Memories."

And what a memory the rivals created on Thanksgiving night. The game — and perhaps the series — came down to the final play, a 40-yard field goal by Justin Tucker to seal a 27-25 win, thwart an A&M comeback and secure a winning season for the Longhorns. The loss dropped the Aggies, preseason darkhorses for the conference title, to 6-6.

Earlier this week, Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds seemed to soften on the idea of renewing the series in the near future, after dismissing the possibility after A&M's departure