Honoring the week's best (and worst) in college sports

By Jacob E. Osterhout

Most dudes are like, "Dude, I never made the Dean's List." And I'm like, "Dude, no kidding." You've got to do something special to get on the Dean's List. Not necessarily positive, but special. 50 Cent knows. So special.

Harvard fans brought their gamefaces to the Crimson's 124th meeting with Yale. AP

Arizona and Texas Tech were in the running for the Dean's List's team of the week. After all, both schools knocked off top five teams. But they also both did it by injuring the opposing team's quarterback, although Dennis Dixon really injured himself, and the Dean's List don't like that. So we're gong to give this honor to Harvard for beating Yale 37-6 in a battle of the Ivy League's two undefeated teams. In the school's 124th matchup, Harvard held Yale's star running back Mike McLeod, who came in averaging 174 yards per game, to a meager 50 yards en route to the Crimson's third Ivy League title in seven seasons. No word yet on how the champagne and caviar tasted in the parking lot, but there was one report of a Yale fan who tried to steal a Harvard flag and received a healthy beating by the Crimson cheerleading squad.

Listen, Tim Tebow should permanently be on the Dean's List. (Except for that game against Kentucky, when he should have just been on the bench.) This week, after a 338 yard, three-touchdown performance, he became the first player in NCAA history to rush for 20 touchdowns and pass for 20 touchdowns. That'll get you on the Dean's List every time.

These days, college basketball is all about the money. That's why the Dean's List would like to recognize Billy Gillespie. Seven months after becoming Kentucky's basketball coach, Gillespie hasn't signed his contract. He's still getting paid $2.3 million a year in base salary and there is a memorandum that lays out his compensation package, but it is refreshing to see a coach who is so concerned with his team that he doesn't have time to hire an agent or sign his contract. Of course, we could be completely misreading this and Gillespie could be haggling over better incentives, but we'll give Billy the benefit of the doubt, especially after his team's season-opening loss to Gardner-Webb.

My grandpappy always used to tell me, "Losing ain't easy." And he would know, the guy lost more card games than anyone in the state of North Carolina. But my grandfather never lost a basketball game quite as bad as the women's team at Fisk did Tuesday. The Bulldogs were just a little over matched by Lipscomb in a 123-22 loss. The 101-point loss was one point shy of the Division-I women's record for biggest margin of victory, or in this case, margin of defeat. Poor Fisk, their leading scorer only had eight points and at halftime they were already losing 61-10. On the positive side, they did make the Dean's List, and Marion Berry graduated from Fisk University. Now that's a notable alum.

The Dean's List would not be complete without the inclusion of a man named Macho. That's what everyone calls Virginia Tech cornerback Victor Harris. You see, last week, Macho was out at a nightclub in Blacksburg, Va., a nationally renowned location for nightclubs, when, contrary to his name, he broke up a fight involving Hokies wide receiver Justin Harper. Later that same night, after Macho and Harper returned from the club, someone riddled Macho's off-campus apartment with bullets. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but I can only assume that Macho's not happy. And at 6-feet, 203 pounds, you don't want to piss off Macho. After the incident, he had his fifth interception of the season and a runback of 44 yards in the game against Miami.