The Index, Week 12: Samaje Perine breaks Gordon's 7-day old record and Kermit the Frog

The Index is your definitive weekly guide to the real stories and controversies behind the latest college football headlines. This is everything you need to know, but on steroids.

We Like

Samaje Perine

Remember when Melvin Gordon broke LaDainian Tomlinson's 15-year-old FBS single-game record for rushing yards with a 408-yard, five-touchdown performance against Nebraska? 

Well, he didn't keep his spot in the record books for long - only seven days, in fact -  as Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine picked up 427 yards and five touchdowns on 34 carries against Kansas's inept run defense.  

Gordon reached out to Perine to congratulate him on his record-breaking performance, but you can't help but wonder if the senior running back is second-guessing the Badgers' decision to sit him in the fourth quarter, considering he could have likely finished the game with more than 427 yards. 

Roddy White joining the fight to save UAB football

NFL players are no strangers to supporting their alma maters, but Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White went above and beyond the call of duty by pledging to do whatever it takes to help save his former university's football program from going the way of the dinosaurs.

Outside of giving them millions of dollars, White, who played four seasons at UAB and is arguably the best player to come out of the program, seemed eager to help the Blazers in any way he could in an interview with ESPN last week. 

Good on you, Roddy. 

We Don't Like

Jameis Winston making national headlines ... again

Jameis Winston can't seem to get away from the national spotlight. 

The latest incident involving the controversial Florida State quarterback centered on this play, which the ACC deemed "incidental and insignificant" and not worthy of a penalty (he didn't receive one). 

It's for you to decide whether he should have been flagged for making contact with an official or if the play's just being blown up by the media. We're just waiting for the first week where Winston doesn't make national headlines. Unfortunately, with Florida State likely to make the playoffs, that probably won't happen until next season. 

Double-glove fumbles

It's rare to see quarterbacks wear two gloves and, thanks to Ole Miss's DeVante Kincade, now we know why. 

Wearing two gloves as a passer is generally a bad idea. 

We're unsure about

UCLA's excessive amount of eye-black

Two UCLA players got a little carried away with the eye-black during Satruday night's game against USC. 

We're not sure if the players did this as a joke, for intimidation purposes, or because they were unaware of eye-black's actual purpose, but boy did they look ... silly?

Florida A&M's band recreating Kermit drinking tea

They may not be the Best Damn Band in the Land, but Florida A&M's marching band had quite the routine last Saturday as they managed to recreate the internet meme of Kermit the Frog drinking tea.

We're not so much unsure about the formation as we are amazed by it. 

We Want

The AP poll to be relevant again

For the first few Sundays of the season, we were glued to our computers to see where college football's top teams ranked among their competition. But since the release of the College Football Playoff Rankings, the AP Top 25 has become mostly irrelevant. 

We're not sure how one of college football's longest-running polls can continue to stay relevant in the age of the playoff rankings, but we like the idea of teams being ranked by a panel of 60 sports writers and broadcasters from across the nation.

Call us traditionalists.