Courtney Brown's sack of Miami's Kenny Kelly was just one key play in Penn State's win in September.

4. Florida State 41, Georgia Tech 35 (Sept. 11)
It was billed as a showcase of Heisman hopefuls Peter Warrick and Joe Hamilton and it did little to disappoint. Georgia Tech's Hamilton threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to get within six with 1:35 left, but an onside kick was collected by Florida State's Travis Minor and the Seminoles ran out the clock to win the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both schools. The teams produced touchdowns on seven straight series, combining for five in the second quarter alone. Hamilton hit on all 14 pass attempts in the second half and finished 22 of 25 for 387 yards and four TDs. Tech's 501 yards was the most given up by FSU since 1985, but Warrick's play -- at quarterback and receiver -- proved to be too much for the Yellow Jackets to overcome. He scored two TDs and finished with 25 yards rushing on three carries and eight receptions for 142 yards.

6. Army 59, Louisville 52 (Oct. 7)
In the first overtime game for either school, Louisville overcame a 45-17 halftime deficit, but couldn't get over the hump in the second extra period. The stars of the show were Army's Michael Wallace and Louisville's Chris Redman. Wallace rushed for a school-record 269 yards and four TDs and Redman completed 36 of 50 passes for 366 yards and a pair of scores. Impressive totals, but they paled in comparison to the final tally of 1,053 yards of combined offense. Louisville turned a rout into a thriller with 28 straight points after halftime after stopping the Cadets just once in the first two quarters. Predictably, the Conference USA opener for both teams was not determined by defense. But few in the crowd of 26,535 fans in West Point, N.Y.'s Michie Stadium cared to complain when it was over. They were just glad that it was.

7. Oregon 33, USC 30, 3 OTs (Sept. 25)
Someone had to lose this demolition derby of a football game. Not surprisingly, it was the road team that froze up in the late-night chill of Eugene, Ore. Josh Frankel, Oregon's third kicker of the game, nailed 27-yard field goal late in the third overtime and Oregon walked, or rather, limped off with the wildest win in a Pac-10 season characterized by unpredictability. No. 16 USC was hurt by kicker David Newbury's three missed field goal attempts, most notably the two botched efforts in OT. Oregon lost its starting kicker to injury and the Trojans played without their starting quarterback for much of the night. Still, USC coach Paul Hackett would not blame bad breaks. "We just self-destructed at every turn," he said after USC committed a school-record 21 penalties for 178 yards. Said Frankel after his game-winning kick: "It was a great moment in my life."

8. Virginia 45, BYU 40 (Sept. 25)
Thomas Jones ran for 210 yards and scored two touchdowns and Dan Ellis threw for 190 yards and three TDs as Virginia scored a 45-40 win over No. 19 Brigham Young. The Cougars played without injured linebacker and Butkus Award candidate Rob Morris and they appeared helpless to stop Jones, as one of the most underrated running backs in the country staked the Cavs to a 21-0 first-quarter lead. BYU's Kevin Feterik does not play defense, but the senior QB did his best to combat Jones' onslaught. He threw for 303 yards and three TDs but was intercepted in the end zone with 1:37 to play. For Virginia, it was just the 11th time in school history it had played a game west of the Mississippi River in its 111-year football history.