We told you so. The worse a week looks on paper, the more entertaining it turns out to be. After a Week 1 that featured bright, flashy matchups and no particularly classic games, Week 2 was the exact opposite. It was light in marquee matchups but dazzling from noon to midnight. (OK, the late-evening session wasn't amazing, but still.) There was a tense finish or an overtime game everywhere you looked.

We got points, too! After FBS vs. FBS games averaged just 23.0 points per team in Week 1, we jumped up to a far more normal 26.9 per team in Week 2, and this week's Favorite Games of the Weekend section below -- one that features far more than the customary 10 games because I couldn't help myself -- has scores like 48-45, 42-40, 36-35, 43-36, 56-49 and 39-38.

Saturday was a delight. And it

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