A worker paints an Oregon State football practice field blue on Monday in Corvallis, Ore. No. 24 Oregon State plays at No. 3 Boise State and its blue turf on Saturday. Oregon State diluted 70 gallons of white grass paint as a base under 280 watered-down gallons of blue grass paint. The paint was donated. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Oregon State University, Ethan Erickson)

Top Cutlines:

• 1. Being more intelligent than their brethren to the south and west, the U of I saved money when they changed the color of their uniforms to green to match their field, rather than the other way around -- JohnA.
• 2. The Smurfs are coming, the Smurfs are coming -- Charlie.
• 3. Brings new meaning to “Bluegrass Miracle" -- Jamie Lynn Morgan.