College football continues to prove that the second you think you have figured out what is going on, Saturday shows up and punches you directly in the mouth.

Week 4 gave us just about everything.

Oregon went into the Coliseum and beat USC, but the game will be remembered just as much for the hit that knocked Dante Moore out of the game.

Florida didn't just upset Ole Miss. The Gators hung 52 on the No. 4 team in the country.

Iowa somehow turned into the most dramatic team in college football and won at Michigan on the final play.

Penn State blew a 17-point lead at home against Wisconsin.

And somehow all of that still leaves out Texas surviving Tennessee, LSU destroying Texas A&M, Mississippi State staying undefeated and another rough weekend for both Colorado and Colorado State.

So yeah.

We have some things to talk about.

OREGON 41, USC 27: THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THAT HIT

I want to start with the thing everybody is going to be talking about from this game.

The hit on Dante Moore was dirty.

I don't really know how else to describe it.

Moore took off running in the second quarter and began his slide. USC's Desman Stephens II came in, lowered his shoulder and hit Moore directly in the head.

Stephens was immediately ejected for targeting.

Moore stayed down for an extended period of time, was eventually carted off the field and transported to the hospital.

Football is violent. I understand that. Defensive players are asked to make decisions at full speed and quarterbacks sliding at the last possible second can make those decisions incredibly difficult.

I coach defense. I understand that side of it.

But there still has to be a line.

That crossed it.

What bothered me even more was what happened immediately afterward.

Stephens celebrated.

While Moore was still lying on the ground receiving medical attention, Stephens was smiling, interacting with teammates and showing basically zero awareness of how serious the situation had become.

That is the part I really can't defend.

USC apparently couldn't either. The school announced Sunday that Stephens will be suspended for its next game against Washington, and Stephens released an apology acknowledging that his reaction was inappropriate.

Good.

Because that reaction was completely unacceptable.

Hopefully Dante Moore is okay. At the time I'm writing this, Oregon has not released a complete medical update, although Dan Lanning said Saturday night that Moore had movement in his extremities and was continuing to be evaluated.

That matters infinitely more than anything that happened afterward.

But there was still a football game to finish.

And Oregon responded about as well as a team possibly could.

Dylan Raiola came into the game after Moore went down and threw for 289 yards and two touchdowns. Oregon finished with more than 500 yards of offense and eventually turned a 27-27 fourth-quarter game into a 41-27 win.

That says something about this Oregon team.

They had every excuse in the world to lose focus.

Their starting quarterback had just left the stadium in an ambulance. Emotions were boiling over. They were playing a ranked USC team on the road.

Instead, Oregon took control of the game.

USC tied it at 27 early in the fourth quarter, and from that point forward Oregon basically said, "Enough."

Two touchdowns.

Game over.

The Ducks leave Los Angeles 3-1 with a huge conference win.

USC leaves 4-1 with a loss that is going to sting for a while.

And Oregon leaves wondering what comes next at quarterback.

That is now one of the biggest stories in college football.

FLORIDA 52, OLE MISS 28: OKAY, GATORS. YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION.

What the hell happened in Gainesville?

Ole Miss entered this game ranked No. 4 in the country.

They were coming off an emotional win over LSU.

They looked like one of the best teams in the SEC.

And Florida absolutely ran them out of the Swamp.

Not beat them.

Not survived them.

52-28.

Florida ran for 302 yards.

Jadan Baugh carried the ball 29 times for 142 yards and three touchdowns.

Duke Clark added 126 yards and another touchdown.

Together they basically spent Saturday afternoon running directly through an Ole Miss defense that didn't have an answer.

And every time Ole Miss started making the game interesting, Florida responded.

Ole Miss cut the lead to 24-21 in the third quarter.

Florida immediately scored.

Ole Miss eventually cut it to 38-28 in the fourth.

Florida immediately scored again.

That was probably the most impressive part to me.

There was never that moment where Florida panicked.

They just kept answering.

And now we have to start having a very different conversation about the Gators.

Florida is 4-0.

They've already won at Auburn.

Now they have a 24-point win over the No. 4 team in America.

At some point you stop calling something a nice start and start admitting that maybe the team is actually good.

Florida has officially reached that point for me.

Ole Miss, meanwhile, just experienced the other side of college football.

Last week you're celebrating one of the biggest wins of the season against your former coach.

Seven days later you're walking out of Gainesville after giving up 52.

That is the sport.

There is absolutely no time to enjoy anything.

IOWA 20, MICHIGAN 19: IOWA DID WHAT?!

I need everyone to understand what happened here.

Iowa was losing 19-14.

They got the football at their own 9-yard line with 1:46 remaining.

They were playing Michigan.

At the Big House.

They drove 91 yards.

Then with two seconds left, Iowa faced fourth down from the Michigan 16.

One play.

Game on the line.

Hank Brown dropped back and found Reece Vander Zee in the corner of the end zone.

Touchdown.

Game over.

Iowa wins 20-19.

That is one of those endings where if you're a Michigan fan you just sit there staring at the television afterward wondering what exactly you just watched.

Michigan actually outgained Iowa 429-285.

It didn't matter.

Iowa found a way.

That is now a 4-0 Iowa team.

And here's the part that is going to take some getting used to.

Iowa has a quarterback making plays.

Brown threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns. Both touchdowns went to Vander Zee in the fourth quarter.

This isn't just Iowa winning games 13-10 because the defense forced six turnovers and the punter kicked somebody into submission.

They just went 91 yards in 1:46 to win a game at Michigan.

I don't know what to do with that information yet.

But Iowa has my attention.

Michigan, meanwhile, just let one get away.

Bryce Underwood and the Wolverines put up 429 yards. They had a five-point lead with less than two minutes remaining.

You have to finish that game.

They didn't.

And now instead of Michigan leaving the weekend undefeated, Iowa is 4-0 and suddenly staring at a huge game against Ohio State.

Welcome to the Big Ten.

WISCONSIN 24, PENN STATE 20: HOW DO YOU LOSE THIS GAME?

Penn State was winning 17-0.

At home.

Against Wisconsin.

Let's start there.

Because I'm still trying to understand how we ended up at Wisconsin 24, Penn State 20.

The Badgers started fighting back before halftime and eventually got the deficit down to 20-10.

Still, Penn State had control.

Then Wisconsin scored with 3:31 remaining.

20-17.

Okay.

Now we have a game.

Penn State gets the football back needing to finish the job.

They don't.

Wisconsin gets another opportunity.

And with 1:13 left, Colton Joseph finds Jacob Harris for a 72-yard touchdown.

24-20.

Game.

That is an absolutely brutal loss for Penn State.

Wisconsin deserves a ton of credit because coming back from 17 down on the road against a ranked team is not easy.

But this feels just as much like a Penn State collapse as it does a Wisconsin comeback.

Especially when you look at how Wisconsin got there.

Joseph threw three interceptions.

Three.

And Penn State still couldn't put the game away.

Wisconsin basically spent portions of the afternoon trying to give Penn State the football game, and the Nittany Lions refused to take it.

That's one you remember later in the season.

Because when we start talking about conference races and playoff résumés, somebody is going to look back at September and say:

"Remember when Penn State was up 17-0 against Wisconsin at home?"

Yep.

We will.

THE 2-MINUTE DRILL

There were too many other games worth talking about this week, so the 2-Minute Drill is officially back.

Let's go.

Wake Forest 30, Louisville 27

Another ranked team goes down.

Wake Forest went into Louisville and beat the No. 16 Cardinals behind a monster performance from Carlos Hernandez, who finished with 194 receiving yards.

Louisville had a chance to tie the game late, but Wake Forest blocked the 57-yard field-goal attempt.

Ballgame.

The Demon Deacons are 3-1 and just grabbed a ranked road win.

Mississippi State 31, Missouri 24

Don't look now, but Mississippi State is 4-0.

Missouri fell behind 14-0, fought all the way back and eventually took a 24-17 lead in the third quarter.

Mississippi State then scored the final 14 points.

Kamario Taylor threw for 360 yards and three touchdowns as the Bulldogs knocked off No. 19 Missouri.

The SEC continues eating itself alive.

LSU 35, Texas A&M 6

Remember last week when LSU lost to Ole Miss and suddenly everybody had questions?

Apparently LSU heard them.

This was a beatdown.

Texas A&M scored six points.

LSU held Marcel Reed to 106 passing yards and completely suffocated the Aggies offensively.

Meanwhile LSU put up 35 and more than 500 yards of offense.

That's how you respond after a loss.

And Texas A&M is now 2-2 with some serious questions to answer.

Texas 20, Tennessee 17

No. 1 Texas went into Neyland Stadium and survived.

And I definitely mean survived.

Texas led 20-10 late before Tennessee scored with 1:27 remaining to make it 20-17.

Then Tennessee recovered the onside kick.

Suddenly Neyland is losing its mind, Texas is hanging on for dear life and the Volunteers have another shot.

Texas' defense eventually finished the job.

It wasn't pretty.

But going into Neyland and leaving with a win counts exactly the same in the standings whether you win by three or thirty.

Texas is 4-0.

Keep moving.

Baylor 23, Colorado 13

Colorado had an opportunity here.

The Buffs were down 13-6 entering the fourth quarter and eventually tied the game at 13.

Then Baylor responded.

The Bears scored the final 10 points and sent Colorado home 2-2 overall and 0-1 in Big 12 play.

Joseph Williams was excellent for Colorado with 11 catches and 127 yards, but the offense never really found enough consistency to take control of the game.

Colorado isn't buried.

But conference play has officially started, and the margin for error gets a whole lot smaller from here.

UTSA 59, Colorado State 45

What a completely normal football score.

Colorado State actually started this game perfectly.

Mel Brown returned the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown.

Then on CSU's first offensive play, K'saan Farrar hit Terrance Smith Jr. for a 74-yard touchdown.

14-0.

Great!

UTSA then scored 35 unanswered points.

Not great!

Colorado State kept fighting and eventually put up 45 points, but the defense simply could not get enough stops.

UTSA finished with 542 yards of offense and won 59-45.

The Rams fall to 2-2 heading into conference play.

At least nobody can accuse that game of being boring.

FINAL THOUGHT

Week 4 felt like the first Saturday where the season really started sorting itself out.

Oregon showed something after losing its quarterback.

Florida announced itself.

Iowa suddenly looks dangerous.

Wisconsin pulled off one of the biggest comebacks of the weekend.

Penn State and Michigan both let winnable games slip away.

Texas survived.

Mississippi State is still undefeated.

And the SEC has already reached the point where every Saturday feels like somebody's season is getting launched into the sun.

But the thing I keep coming back to is Dante Moore.

There are going to be arguments about targeting. There are going to be arguments about when quarterbacks should slide. There are going to be people slowing down the video frame by frame trying to assign percentages of blame.

I watched the play.

I watched what happened afterward.

I know what I saw.

There is a difference between playing violently and playing recklessly.

There is also a difference between making a mistake at full speed and celebrating while another player is lying on the field.

Hopefully Moore is okay.

Everything else can wait.

Because somehow we're only four weeks into this college football season.

And I have absolutely no idea what Saturday is going to do to us next.