Week 8 Photo Diary: Boise State's black-out, Duke goes bowling, LeBron watches football

Since we like college football so much here at the Eye on College Football, and a picture is worth a thousand words, what better way to wind our way through the week that was in college football than with a photo diary to document the crazy fans, incredible plays and monumental upsets in the sport? Here's the latest edition covering Week 8, with all photos from US Presswire.

By Bryan Fischer

Oct 22, 2012 at 12:30 pm ET • 2 min read

Since we like college football so much here at the Eye on College Football, and a picture is worth a thousand words, what better way to wind our way through the week that was in college football than with a photo diary to document the crazy fans, incredible plays and monumental upsets in the sport? Here's the latest edition covering Week 8, with all photos from US Presswire.

Boise State had a black-out on the blue turf Saturday against UNLV, and with new uniforms, it looked fantastic:

A slick shot of Boone Pickens Stadium, where Oklahoma State topped Iowa State in new, all-orange Pistol Pete uniforms:

Johnny Football looked much more like a freshman and not a phenom after running into LSU's defense on Saturday:

It was a special 'Carmen Ohio' after Ohio State escaped with a win over Purdue at home:

The Big Game wasn't much of one as Stanford controlled things most of the day against Cal in the first match-up between the schools in the renovated Memorial Stadium:

Jared Abbrederis and Wisconsin took home Paul Bunyan's Axe with a win over Minnesota and naturally tried to chop down a goal post to test whether it was a real axe:

Gene Chizik is firmly on the hot seat at Auburn after losing to Vanderbilt over the weekend:

Rutgers' Jawan Jamison is one of the country's most underrated backs, and a big reason why the Scarlet Knights are undefeated for another week after beating Temple:

Michigan was ready for "Little Brother" Michigan State over the weekend and finally nailed down a win, to the delight of the field-storming student section:

It was that kind of day at the Swamp for South Carolina's offense as Florida turned up the heat in a dominant win over its SEC East rival:

It was a record-setting day at the Coliseum as Robert Woods became USC's all-time receptions leader and the first Trojan to catch four touchdowns in a game while quarterback Matt Barkley set school and Pac-12 records with his 100th career touchdown pass:

SMU scored four touchdowns on runbacks after Houston turnovers, much to the delight of mascot Peruna:

George Atkinson III powers into the end zone to keep Notre Dame undefeated with a home win over BYU:

Optimus (Collin) Klein of Kansas State was unstoppable against West Virginia, while Nebraska came back to top Northwestern, which donned some slick uniforms:

It was a huge party in Toledo as it upset Cincinnati. Across the country in Corvallis, Oregon State's bruising defense said hello to Utah quarterback Travis Wilson to keep the Beavers undefeated: