College football is unpredictable, if nothing else. How else do you explain: Iowa State losing to Nebraska by one, then Colorado by 20? Nebraska losing to Texas, then blasting Oklahoma State and Missouri? Texas A&M losing by three touchdowns at home to Missouri, then beating Oklahoma by two touchdowns? So it goes. Nebraska’s one win […]
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Questions abound. Like, where might Texas A&M be if the Aggies had switched quarterbacks earlier? Or, what in the hell was Paul Rhoads thinking? Has Oklahoma lost its edge? And, finally, is Dave Yost the worst offensive coordinator in college football? The answers? 1. Probably in the driver’s seat in the South. 2. Nobody can
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Texas. That’s what may end up standing between Nebraska and a shot at a national title this season after the Cornhuskers whipped Missouri in a game that likely wrapped up the Big 12 North. So what did we learn in last week? Well, Missouri got Pinkeled again. Or maybe it was Yosted or Steckeled. Either way, the
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Oh, the irony. The last several years all we’ve heard about is the South dominating the North. On Saturday, the North scored big. Missouri pushed Oklahoma around in the fourth quarter for a 36-27 win, Nebraska torched Oklahoma State’s Play Station “junior varsity” setting defense in a 51-41 shootout and Iowa State somehow whipped powerful
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We’re a quarter of the way through the conference season, and only three teams (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Missouri) are unbeaten in conference. Each of those teams is 6-0 midway through the schedule. So what did we learn in Week 7? Follow the rapper, yo. This week’s rankings are brought to you by rap videos,
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As I sit here and type, I’m watching the Chiefs-Colts game and wondering if Todd Haley is drunk. An onside kick on the road against Indianapolis on the opening kickoff? Going for it on fourth-and-2 down 3-0 in the first quarter … and HAVING MATT CASSEL THROW on that play when you’ve got two great
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We’re five weeks into the season. And what have we learned? Oklahoma and Nebraska are probably the best teams in the league, Kansas is bad, really bad, and Colorado fans are desperate for success. Oh, that and the eight or nine people who read this blog enjoy the ongoing theme of rankings with movies. With
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Texas got smoked by UCLA, Oklahoma survived Cincinnati, K-State survived a close call against Central Florida, Nebraska looked lackluster. Not a banner week for the Big 12 as it heads into conference play. Week One was “Tommy Boy” edition http://tinyurl.com/29anpkt, Week Two “Dumb and Dumber” http://tinyurl.com/2aamn56 and Week Three “Napoleon Dynamite” http://tinyurl.com/23rrux5. Week Four brings another
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Seventy-three days between blogs. That’s how I roll. At least now we’ve got something to talk about … college football. I’ll try to update this weekly. That’s the promise I’m making to the three people who read this blog. Week One rankings, “Tommy Boy” edition: 1. Texas (1-0): The Longhorns struggled a bit without Colt McCoy
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It’s not that I hate soccer (seriously, I don’t). It’s just not that interesting a sport. Yeah, the rest of the world loves futbol, but we Americans would rather listen to Celine Dion sing “Shook me all night long” than watch a nil-nil game. And, yes, she did actually butcher the legendary AC/DC song. The
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