Alabama fell, Tulane rose, and Puddles lost his head: College Football Week 1 recap

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If you thought college football was just about touchdowns and rivalries, think again.

From physics defying trick plays and memes that broke the internet to uniforms that dazzled (or horrified) and bands that brought the house down, the opening weekend of the season had enough chaos to make your group chat explode.

There were early catch of the year nominees, trick plays and more during college football's opening weekend, but nothing captured the essence of college football's uniqueness like South Florida's fake punt touchdown.

Getting away with this on the CFB 26 video game would have started a fight between the best of friends.

A quick peak at the depth chart would have had alarm bells going off when backup quarterback Locklan Hewlett, not punter Chase Leon, lined up to send the ball away.

The pass is slightly underthrown, but that didn't matter for Keshaun Singleton who broke three tackles on his way to the endzone.

This call was made in a three-point game and the touchdown gave USF all the momentum necessary for a 24-point second half and a 27-point win over a top 25 team.

There were a lot of impressive plays in the first weekend of the season, but nothing else quite measured up.

Alabama's 31-17 loss to Florida State sent shockwaves through college football circles with the realization that the Crimson Tide dynasty is now a thing of the past.

There are plenty of questions circulating about Alabama's effort, mental toughness and and identity in the Kalen DeBoer era. The rest of the college football world, meanwhile, is celebrating Alabama's downfall.

One Crimson Tide fan in attendance turned himself into an instant classic meme when he gave the ESPN cameras a death stare before flipping the bird their direction with just over two minutes left in the game.

In 2005 Tulane was forced to cancel its entire fall semester when hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans.

That year the football team was forced to play all of its games on the road, and Green Wave head coach Jon Sumrall intended to have his team wear their road white jerseys to pay respect to that group during their Week 1 matchup with Northwestern, but the Wildcats denied the request.

Tulane, instead, rocked their green jerseys without a logo on the helmet and won the game 23-3 and Sumrall had to let it be known that "you don't disrespect the city of New Orleans, ever."

So, out of respect for the city of New Orleans, the Green Wave get the season's first jersey of the week honors. With the turnover beads to boot, this was an easy choice to make, though Baylor's black and gold and Oregon's green and yellow with Puddles the duck on the shoulder were also valiant contenders.

Before Ohio State kicked off against Texas the Buckeye marching band stole the show by honoring legendary college football analyst Lee Corso.

The rest of the show was on point as well as the Best Band in the Land put on a gospel performance for the ages, featuring formations like a church, doves, saxophones and more.

On a scale from "mild turbulence" to "Appalachian State over Michigan," this week scores 8 of 10 on the chaos meter.

Lee Corso went out with a bang, going 6 of 6 on his picks in his final College Gameday, three FCS schools, Tarleton State, Austin Peay and Presbyterian College, upset FBS schools and TCU hung more points on North Carolina than anyone else in Bill Belichick's coaching career.