During last week’s Week 6 edition, we low-key mentioned that it’s the “underwhelming” weeks on the college football schedule when chaos and weird stuff can happen.

And then … boy, did it ever. So the gang’s all here live this week as we break down the first “blood week” in college football since 2022.

It arguably started with SMU knocking off Louisville and continued with Texas A&M demolishing Mizzou. But it didn’t stop there. Tennessee … USC … Michigan. The brand names of college football all fell one by one.

And … of course, the absolute unthinkable happened as Vanderbilt toppled top-ranked Alabama. The Dores win was historic on many levels, including the 2.5-mile journey the goalposts took to the Cumberland River. So we invited bestselling author and special projects director at Vanderbilt Athletics Andrew Maraniss to join us to put Vandy’s win and the celebratory aftermath into perspective.

AJ goes through his #GroupOfFiveAfterDark slate, beginning with a couple of early dandies: Coastal Carolina at James Madison (7:30 ET Thursday, ESPN2) and No. 16 Utah at Arizona State (10:30 ET Friday, ESPN). He then introduces a new segment to the show, “How Will The Big 12 Eat Itself This Week?”

And then … the games we’ve been anticipating for a while now.

No. 1 Texas vs. No. 18 Oklahoma (3:30 ET, ABC): Red River is a rivalry in the truest sense. Throw away the records and rankings. The Horns should win … which means the Sooners are going to make this interesting.

No. 4 Penn State at USC (3:30 ET, CBS): USC’s loss at Minnesota (because that’s a thing that happened) makes this game more intriguing than Carla would like. The Nits’ defense–and the Trojans’ lack thereof–should be the difference here, though.

Cal at No. 22 Pitt (3:30 ET, ESPN): The Calgorithm ran out of gas last week against Miami. And now a cross-country trip to the nationally-ranked Panthers awaits.

No. 2 Ohio State at No. 3 Oregon (7:30 ET, NBC): Has Oregon shored up its run defense? The Bucks are certainly going to put it to the test. Welcome to the B1G, Ducks.

No. 9 Ole Miss at No. 13 LSU (7:30 ET, ABC): This game always gets real dumb. And with a fun index of 63.5, we expect nothing less than stupid here—points on points on points.

No. 11 Iowa State at West Virginia (8 ET, FOX): Night games in Morgantown are always an adventure. Hide your couches, Cyclones.

No. 18 Kansas State at Colorado (10:15 ET, ESPN): Can the Powercats slow down Shedeur and Travis and that Buffs offense in Boulder … after dark?

If that’s not enough for you, Carla also has Wisconsin at Rutgers (Noon ET, BTN) and Florida at No. 8 Tennessee (7 ET, ESPN) on her radar … as well as Robert Morris, which hosts Delaware State for homecoming (3 ET, no TV so listen to Chris Shovlin on the radio). Crappy has his eyes on two CMUs: Ohio at Central Michigan (4 ET, ESPNU) and DIII No. 14 Carnegie Mellon at No. 7 Grove City (2 ET, YouTube). And AJ? Well, he’s watching literally everything else on the schedule, because that's just what he does.

So, enjoy what should be another spectacular weekend of college football, friends. And if you’re in Nashville, watch out for random goalposts on Lower Broadway. Just sayin’. Cheers to the best sport on the planet, yinz.