Saturday Night Five: BYU escapes, USC flops and kicking games implode as wild results highlight Week 8

Instant reaction to Week 8 developments on the field (and in post-game news conferences) …

1. The good, the bad and the brutal

The weekend brought a slew of notable results across the region. We’ll start with a handful of victories worthy of mention, then move to the losses.

— Perhaps the best win of all came on Friday night, when Brigham Young snatched victory away from what would have been a bad loss to Oklahoma State.

After allowing the go-ahead touchdown with 73 seconds remaining...