Football weather is officially here! Time for the hoodie to it's return as the daily staple of your wardrobe and time you justify slamming that third order of chicken wings as a tactic for staying warm. It's a grand time of year.

But enough about my love for the seasonal changes, let's get to some post game day thinking!

After Party Thoughts:

The SEC West
All the other AQ conference winners should really just win a spot to play a team from the SEC West in a bowl game.

Between Alabama's 38-10 romping of Florida, Arkansas' 42-38 comeback win over future conference brother, Texas A&M, Auburn squeaking one out yet again, 16-13 over South Carolina, and of course LSU rolling with ease over Kentucky, is there a better division of teams in the country? Better yet, is there a more powerful over all conference than just that side of the SEC? Nope.

It kind of makes you feel bad for whoever wins the SEC East. Congrats, you just earned the right to add a late season loss to either LSU or Bama to your resume. Enjoy.

Buying Clemson?
I buy Clemson, but in the same way I buy pumpkins. This time of year they are fun to have around, they look great, but by that first week in November I expect they'll have turned all brown and shriveled. That is if they escape being smashed by the 10-year-old hooligans in my neighborhood. Come on parents, get with it.
 
Yes, I know they have a list of wins against impressive football names, including Saturday night's 23-3 man-handling of Virginia Tech, but really how much stock can we put in those teams? An Auburn team that seem to steal more games than they win. A Florida State team sans E.J. Manuel. And a Virginia Tech team, who let's face it, has played one really good team, Clemson.

I'm not saying they aren't good. They are. For now. I'm just saying pre-Halloween Clemson and post-Halloween Clemson may very well be completely different teams.

Badgers continue to impress
As the weeks of the season add up, so does the of people who claim they saw this Wisconsin Badgers team coming. Now I will say that I did label them as a sleeper in my season preview, but honestly, that's a spot I give to teams I think CAN succeed, but not necessarily WILL succeed. So count me among the more honest, slightly shocked, folks.

By the way, you know it's a good day when your quarterback's 255 yards and two TDs is barely mentioned because of your running back's 151 yards and four scores. Obviously Russell Wilson and Montee Ball's stat line in the Badgers 48-17 dismantling of Nebraska.

RG3 is EVERYONE'S sleeper for the Heisman
Robert Griffin III has replaced Kellen Moore as the guy everyone tells you they want to vote for in the Heisman race, but then no one really votes for.

Despite Baylor getting edged 36-35 by K-State, Griffin's 346 yards passing and five TDs on 23-of-31 attempts will keep him in the conversation and will keep folks on TV thinking they are blowing our minds each time they say, "I'm going to say something crazy here. Robert Griffin III should win the Heisman. Yup, I'm just edgy like that!" Be honest. There is no way a Baylor Bear is taking the Heisman. There is no way you are really casting that vote, no matter how awesome Griffin continues to be.

So go ahead and keep being that guy who tells all his buddies if he won the lottery he would just assume invest a dependable Ford Taurus, rather than splurge on Porsche. We'll pretend we believe you.