Moments from week two that make college football great

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Week 2 of the college football season was filled with drama. There was an Oregon road upset over the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes, a disastrous welcome to the Southeastern Conference party for Texas and a Stanford beatdown of USC, which led to the firing of Clay Helton, the Trojans’ head coach.

I could write an entire column about these games, but amid this excitement were stories that make college football so wacky and unique. Here were my favorites:

The Flying Cat

By now, you’ve probably seen the video. A gray and white cat somehow made its way into the stands and even more astonishingly, found itself hanging off the edge of the upper deck at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. As fans tried to lift it back up to safety, the cat fell — dropping what appeared to be at least 20 feet onto the lower concourse.

When I first saw the video, I gasped. But Craig and Kimberly Cromer, University of Miami season ticket holders, according to The Miami Herald, made the best catch of the Appalachian State-Miami football game. They used an American flag to brace the cat’s fall; the feline survived. Someone else in the stands then picked up the cat and raised it like Simba from “The Lion King” and fans roared. I’ve never seen anything like it. It may never be clear what ultimately happened to the cat, but the band of people that came together to save its life made for an awesome moment.

How far will one go for love?

There have always been a number of exciting sports proposals. Whether it’s at halftime on the 50-yard line, in between innings in the outfield bleachers or the occasional proposal-gone-wrong, they always capture an audience.

You may remember Boise State’s Ian Johnson proposing after its dramatic upset over Oklahoma in the BCS Fiesta Bowl back in 2007. But never have I seen anything like what Florida State offensive lineman Brady Scott did on Saturday. Moments after the former college football powerhouse team lost at home on a Hail Mary to FCS Jacksonville State, he got down on one knee. Thankfully, she said yes. What an awful night that would have been. I’m sure he had planned this for weeks, but what awful timing. On Twitter, some fans of the 28-point favorites seemed to not appreciate Scott’s decision.

Thankfully, he didn’t take it to heart and even posted the link to his gift registry for the wedding.

Brigham Young ends the drought

Maybe it’s time I mention some actual football that was played on Saturday.

Before BYU played its in-state rival, Utah, on Saturday night, it had already been an exciting week. On Friday, BYU was invited to join the Big 12 Conference, a major move for an up-and-coming program. The following day, the Cougars ended their nine-game losing streak in the Holy War with a 26-17 win at home. The win marked the school’s second consecutive win over the Pac-12 after the school defeated Arizona in its first game of the season. While I’m not a BYU fan or have any ties to the school, it was cool to see the excitement from the crowd as they stormed the field with an early season rivalry victory.

CN+R Intern Max Baker can be reached at max@chathamnr.com or on Twitter at @Maxbaker_15.