Columnists Corner

Jim Souhan, Minneapolis Star Tribune: If Jerry Kill can't find a way to perform his duties, and if his doctors can't find a way to more effectively help him, Souhan believes the Minnesota coach will walk away.

David Jones, PennLive.com: No matter how bad it got, Indiana was always the market floor. It can't get much worse than this for Penn State. Or can it?

Mike Hlas, Cedar Rapids Gazette: All you need to know about Iowa's loss to Michigan State is that the Spartans' punter, Mike Sadler, had more rushing yards than the Hawkeyes' entire team.

Kevin Scarbinsky, Al.com: Auburn is better than we thought and chances are those who predicted a 6-6 regular season are going to be wrong.

Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star: Missouri is 5-0 and the hit of the fall season. It's hard not to like everything the Tigers are doing entering Saturday's game at Georgia.

Matt Tait, Lawrence Journal-World: It has been 1,064 days — and counting — since Kansas won a Big 12 game.

Jenni Carlson, Oklahoman: Close games are the new normal for Oklahoma State.

Larry Stone, Seattle TImes: Washington showed the early buzz was deserved, despite the angonizing loss to Stanford.

Rick Telander, Chicago Sun-Times: It's all about finishing and Northwestern can't figure it out.

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