AFTER THOUGHTS Husky Heart It wasn't an easy week to be a Washington Husky. It's hard enough to play a scrappy Arizona team, but to play them with your mind occasionally wandering to thoughts of teammate Curtis Williams, who is at Stanford Medical Center after suffering a spinal cord injury last week, well, that's almost too much to deal with. Almost. The Huskies managed to survive with a last minute score and a last second block of a Wildcat field goal attempt and win 35-32. "It was such an emotional week," coach Rick Neuheisel said. "It was difficult for the players to fly around with reckless abandon given the circumstances with Curtis." Maybe the Huskies just wanted to make it exciting for Williams. After all, they had a TV installed above his bed so he could watch the game. "If nothing else, we were happy to keep him awake for the entire ball game," said Neuheisel, who flew down to Stanford Thursday night to visit Williams. "And a game ball is on its way to Curtis." Best game no one saw Kurt Kittner scored on a 1-yard sneak with 25 seconds left to give Illinois a 42-35 victory over Indiana. The Illini won despite allowing 577 yards of total offense, including 447 rushing. Indiana quarterback Antwan Randle El rolled up 209 yards on the ground and scored four TDs while Levron Williams ran for 161. Kittner finished with 277 yards passing and three TDs. SATURDAY'S STARS Drew Henson, Michigan: Was 23-of-35 for 312 yards and four touchdowns as No. 12 Michigan lost to No. 23 Northwestern. Damien Anderson, Northwestern: Ran for 268 yards and two touchdowns as No. 23 Northwestern beat No. 12 Michigan 54-51. Eric Crouch, Nebraska: Ran for 127 yards and four TDs and threw a scoring pass as No. 5 Nebraska beat Kansas 56-17. Rex Grossman, Florida: Was 21-for-34 for a career-high 334 yards and 2 TDs in No. 6 Florida's 43-20 victory over Vanderbilt. Josh Heupel, Oklahoma: Passed for 313 yards and three touchdowns in the first half and added a rushing TD to lead No. 1 Oklahoma over Baylor 56-7. Brooks Bollinger, Wisconsin: Had 331 total yards, 204 passing and a career-high 127 rushing, as Wisconsin beat Minnesota 41-20. Louis Ivory, Furman: Rushed for 301 yards and three touchdowns to lead Furman to a 45-10 victory over Georgia Southern. Zak Kustok, Northwestern: Completed 27-of-40 for 322 yards and two TDs as No. 23 Northwestern beat No. 12 Michigan 54-51. Chester Taylor, Toledo: Ran for 230 yards and two touchdowns as Toledo beat Northern Illinois 38-24 on Saturday. Kris Stockton, Texas: Tied a school record with five field goals as No. 20 Texas beat Texas Tech 29-17. Rocky Perez, UTEP: Passed for a career-high 323 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores as Texas El-Paso beat Nevada 45-22. Jesse Raynor, Alfred: Rushed for 265 yards and five touchdowns to lead Alfred to a 41-7 victory over Canisius. Matt Cannon, Southern Utah: Rushed for 255 yards and three touchdowns leading Southern Utah to a 48-20 victory over Rocky Mountain. Antwan Randle El, Indiana: Had 209 yards rushing with four touchdowns and was 10-for-18 for 130 yards as Indiana lost to Illinois 42-35. Anthony Thomas, Michigan: Rushed for 199 yards and three scores as No. 12 Michigan lost to No. 23 Northwestern. Let's see, 105 points. 1,189 combined yards total offense. 161 plays -- 71 by Michigan and an insane 90 by Northwestern. And the absolute wildest finish of any game, movie, play, show, event this year. No. 23 Northwestern 54, No. 12 Michigan 51. Hollywood couldn't make this up -- they're not that clever. This game had more drama than most every movie released this year. And that was just in the final two minutes. It will easily be remembered as one of the most exciting in the history of the Big Ten. And, by the way, didn't this used to be the Big Ten -- home of the big, bruising running back? Now Northwestern, led by running back Damien Anderson and QB Zak Kustok, is averaging over 35 points a game with its high powered, spread offense. Northwestern?!? It's frightening how much the Wildcats have improved under coach Randy Walker. Last year, they were 103rd in total yards and 110th in scoring. This year they are 7th and 13th. "I thought they would score coming into the game, but I saw them almost scoring at will," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said. "To play that well offensively and not win is disappointing, especially with the championship on the line." Forget any championship, Lloyd. This is the third loss for the Wolverines and the third time Lloyd's boys couldn't seal the deal in the fourth quarter. Purdue is likely going to the Rose Bowl because they came back against Michigan and Northwestern could be heading to Orlando and the Citrus Bowl as the No. 2 Big Ten team thanks to Saturday's comeback. Michigan? Another fourth quarter slip up and, well, we hear San Antonio and the Alamo Bowl is lovely in December. Upon further review. . . It's just not a good time for Alabama's Mike DuBose. First, he's asked to resign as head coach of the Crimson Tide after a dismal start, including a loss to UCF on homecoming. And now, hoping to finish on a positive note, he becomes the test case for instant replay in college football. Of course, he wanted no part of it, but then it's just been that kind of year. The situation: With 7:06 left in the game and Alabama trailing 23-21, LSU's Domanick Davis returned a punt to the Tigers' 24-yard line where he was hit by Alabama's Shountua Ray and fumbled the football. The fumble was recovered by LSU's Erin Damond at the LSU's 14-yard line. One official threw a flag on Ray, believing he had hit Davis too soon. The flag was picked up, however, and the official said Ray had been blocked into Davis. Then it got even more bizarre. The official awards Bama the ball, sending LSU coach Nick Saban into a Tasmanian Devil frenzy. So, while the officials huddle to discuss the play, stadium workers continued to show a replay on the giant end zone screens and LSU players urged the officials to look at them. In the meantime, DuBose had sent his offense onto the field. "The two officials that were on the sideline that we were on said that they had it our ball going in," DuBose said. "For some reason, the other official decided to look up and change it. I didn't think replay was allowed in college football." After watching the replay, the officials signaled that it was LSU's football. With the matter was sorted out, LSU had the football and drove 76 yards to score and make it LSU 30, Alabama 21. The Tide lost 30-28. "I'm going to give a game ball to the guy that runs the Jumbo Tron (end zone screen)," Saban said. NUMBERS GAME Kassim Osgood set an NCAA Division I-AA receiving record with 376 yards in Cal Poly-SLO's 43-41 loss to Northern Iowa. Osgood, who had a school-record 17 receptions, broke the mark of 370 set by Michael Lerch of Princeton in a 1991 game against Brown. Seth Burford was 34-for-49 with four touchdowns and a school-record 566 yards. Emmett White set an NCAA record with 578 all-purpose yards and scored his fourth touchdown with 28 seconds left as Utah State beat New Mexico State 44-37. White had 322 yards on the ground, 134 receiving and 122 on returns. The previous record was 435, set by Central Michigan's Brian Pruitt against Toledo in 1994. R.J. Bowers ran for 128 yards to become the first player in NCAA history to rush for 7,000 yards in his career as Grove City beat Carnegie Mellon 14-10. Bowers also set an NCAA all-division record for career points with 550, breaking the record of 544 set by Emporia State's Brian Shay. Bowers, who has 7,127 yards, also increased his all-division record for career touchdowns to 90. No. 19 Kansas State scored on five of its first seven possessions and piled up 583 yards of total offense in a 56-10 win over Iowa State. Iowa State came in averaging 426.6 yards but was limited to 291 by Kansas State. Elon failed to complete a pass and gained 251 fewer yards, but forced seven turnovers in a 24-17 win over Liberty. Quarterback Derrick Moore was 0-for-10 passing but scored two touchdowns, and Elon intercepted Biff Parson four times and recovered three fumbles. Colorado set a Big 12 record by sacking Missouri freshman quarterback Darius Outlaw 11 times for 83 yards in a 28-18 victory. The Buffaloes also intercepted three passes and converted three Tigers turnovers for scores. Southern Miss allowed seven touchdowns in its 49-28 loss to Louisville, one more than the No. 13 Golden Eagles yielded in their first seven games.