In THE SUNDAY HURRY-UP PRESENTED BY DAD WATER, Richard and Alex discuss Week 5 of the college football season:

Oregon 30, Penn State 24

Ohio State 24, Washington 6

Indiana 20, Iowa 15

Illinois 34, USC 32

Northwestern 17, UCLA 14

Alabama 24, Georgia 21

Texas A&M 16, Auburn 10

Tennessee 41, Mississippi State 34

Vanderbilt 55, Utah State 35

Ole Miss 24, LSU 19

UVA 46, FSU 38

Notre Dame 56, Arkansas 13

Louisville 34, Pitt 27

Georgia Tech 30, Wake Forest 29

Duke 38, Syracuse 3

Cal 28, BC 24

Virginia Tech 23, NC State 21

Stanford 30, San Jose State 29

Iowa State 39, Arizona 14

Utah 48, WVU 14

BYU 24, Colorado 21

Cincinnati 37, Kansas 34

Kansas State 34, UCF 20

Arizona State 27, TCU 24

Houston 27, Oregon State 24

North Texas 36, South Bama 22

Memphis 55, FAU 26

Navy 21, Rice 13

ECU 28, Army 6

Boise 47, App State 14

JMU 35, Georgia Southern 10

Louisiana 54, Marshall 51

Southern Miss 42, Jacksonville State 25

ODU 21, Liberty 7

Louisiana Tech 30, UTEP 11

ULM 28, Arkansas State 16

Ohio 35, Bowling Green 20

Central Michigan 24, EMU 13

San Diego State 6, NIU 3

Hawaii 44, AFA 35

Wazzu 20, Colorado State 3

New Mexico 38, NMSU 20

Montana 41, Idaho 30

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Producer: Anthony Vito

The interim head coach is a feature of every college football season. As of publication of this episode, there are more interim coaches (five) than there have been weeks in the season (four). How do schools decide who should take over when a head coach gets fired? What patterns can we detect in how they make these choices? What are the many archetypes of interim coach, and what do they suggest about schools’ goals? Most importantly: How do interim coaches do when they get the “interim” label removed and take the permanent job? Should we be taking more of them more seriously as long-term candidates? Rodger Sherman leads Alex and Richard on a journey into the world of the interim. Meet the seven different types, including:

* The Special Teams Coach

* The Interim Who Used To Be A Head Coach

* The Please Don’t Decommit Interim

* The Frequent Flyer Interim

* The Lifetime Achievement Interim

* The Remember Some Guys Interim

* And most important: The Interim Who Actually Gets The Job

Producer: Anthony Vito

Our overview of the Week 5 college football schedule, with notes, questions, and some predictions on dozens of games. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of games:

* Army at ECU

* FSU at Virginia (upset??)

* TCU at Arizona State

* USC at Illinois

* UCF at Kansas State

* Louisville at Pitt

* Notre Dame at Arkansas

* Auburn at Texas A&M

* LSU at Ole Miss (Kiffin vs. Kiffin?)

* Ohio State at Washington

* UCLA at Northwestern (don’t watch this)

* NMSU at New Mexico

* Tennessee at Mississippi State

* Appalachian State at Boise State

* Montana at Idaho (FCS top-10 showdown)

* Alabama at Georgia

* BYU at Colorado

* And, of course, Oregon at Penn State: THE MAIN COURSE, featuring Audrey Snyder of Inside the Lions. If you haven’t paid much attention to Penn State in its three warmup games, you’re not alone. Audrey tells us how the Nittany Lions are looking, where the trouble spots might be, and what she makes of this marquee rematch of last year’s Big Ten Championship.

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Producer: Anthony Vito