It was a good week for America. There haven't been many opportunities to say that lately, but when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned early Monday, it became undeniably so. Gonzales has been a divisive and damaging presence during his time at the helm of the Justice Department.

Let's get one thing straight. When comparing the NFL to college football, there is no question as to which has the better talent. It goes without saying that NFL players are bigger, faster and stronger simply because they were the crme de la crme in their respective college classes.

Oregon State senior Yvenson Bernard is a great running back, probably the best the Utes will face all year. But that only provides Utah fans with a miniscule amount of relief. The disaster that was the Utes' run defense allowed Bernard and the rest of the Beavers to rush for 241 yards last Thursday night, the most allowed by a Utah defense since Sept.

As the replay rolled showing Appalachian State defensive back Corey Lynch block Michigan's last gasp field goal attempt, collect the loose ball, frantically race nearly the length of the field, get ridden down by a Michigan player as time expired and then get piled on by just about every Mountaineer in uniform, I wondered: How much more awesome could college football be? I'm sure Lynch was thinking just about the same thing as he smiled at the bottom of the human heap of 40 teammates crushing him: Does it get any better than this? The Mountaineers' epic 34-32 upset of Michigan -- the first victory for a Football Championship Subdivision team over a division 1A school ranked in the Associated Press top 25 -- proved that anything can happen in college football, making it far better than the NFL.

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The best indication of a prepared and efficient coaching staff is often its ability to make adjustments in critical situations. The U coaching staff will have that opportunity this week. In other words, the injuries to star quarterback Brian Johnson and tailback Matt Asiata will force the coaches to earn their paychecks.

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Students can buy books for a dollar or less at 666 Guardsman Way, where the Marriott Library is holding a year-round book sale. The book sale quietly moved to the Archives Building near the Steiner Aquatics Building due to ongoing construction at the library.

The National Institute of Health awarded U researchers a $19.2 million grant last week to work on how the HIV virus is replicated and assembles to infect healthy cells. The NIH awarded similar grants to research centers at the University of Pittsburgh and University of California, San Francisco.

Candidates running in election for the Salt Lake City Council District Two listed changing the negative reputation of their west side neighborhoods, a typically poor district of the city comprised of Glendale, Jackson and Poplar Grove, as their top priority.