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SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg provides his opinion of the top three programs in the history of college football. USA TODAY

In the locker room, an ecstatic Gus Malzahn informed his Auburn team – at the top of his lungs – “this is a big boy road win!” Then all the Tigers yelled: “Boom!” And again. And again. Malzahn was correct, of course. And the coolest thing was, Auburn’s 28-20 win at Texas A&M was just some of the big boy football we got this weekend.