This week's episode started off with Alex still reeling from his fallout with Kristin. After his triumphant victory on ESPN last week, he was expecting nothing but celebration and adoration, but instead, all he received were bitter rants and a cold shoulder from nearly everyone. For some reason, no one believed that everything was strictly platonic between him and Keagan. They had never hooked up. In fact, what had transpired was nothing more than some innocent schoolwork. Alex explained, "One day at school, she came up to me in the hallway, and I was like 'I got a project to do,' and she was like 'Well, you need some help doing it?' and I said, 'Yeah, sure.' She came over. Nothing happened." Of course, it just so happened that this project was called "When a boy and a girl have sex." Okay, I made that up, but who else totally heard porno music playing as they replayed this alleged scene in their heads?

"What does it mean when they call you a 'young Thomas Hayden Church?'"

Well, Kristin was quite angry about all the rumors, and for now, the two were broken up. Keagan, meanwhile, defended herself, saying she'd never hooked up with Alex. In fact, she insisted that she'd never even been alone with him! But wait! What about the project? Did she or didn't she? I mean, who cares about if they hooked up. I just need to know what their joint shoebox diorama looked like (because that's CLEARLY what the project was. I just can tell).

I'll just assume it looked like this. It's supposed to be the Crusades.

All this drama was fun, but there was football to be had. The guys were none too pleased when they found out the official name for that day's Rush Propst regimen was "Get Tough!" Apparently, none of these guys were tough enough, and dammit, they needed to get tough (hence the name) because this week's game was against the cross-town rival: SPAIN PARK! Oh, those Spain Park jerks! They probably think they're all special with their fancy name that evokes images of a verdant, European recreational area. WELL! Hoover's named after an American President! Take that, commies!

USA! USA! USA!

Sorry. This show makes me oddly jingoistic. Anyway, while the guys got tough (whenever I say that phrase, just imagine Rush Propst spitting, turning to the camera, and then giving the thumbs up), Kristin was gettin' emotional at home with her bestie, Blair. In case you didn't know, Kristin was still upset with Alex; so much so that her life was slowly turning into a Michelle Branch song. "You look around, and everything reminds you of him," she said. "EVERYTHING!" Yes, it's almost as if she lives in a room decorated with cheerleading and football memorabilia. Funny how that happens.

Nevertheless, Kristin hoped that this whole mess could be resolved by the homecoming dance. Otherwise, who would she go with? One downside about living in a Southern football town: no gay best friend to take to a dance in a clutch. Even that other MTV Kristin had her token gay buddy in Laguna.