Big 12 Wrap: Week 2
It was a crummy week for the Big 12, especially for the North.
It was so crummy that I'm not much in the mood to recap it, so this is going to be a fairly crummy wrap.
Oklahoma 63, Houston 13
Oklahoma played like the best team in the Big 12. A coverage bust led to an early score for Houston, which led briefly (once) in the game. That only seemed to annoy the Sooners, who romped to a 49-7 halftime lead and played just about everyone. Crazy thing is, Houston played somewhat better in this one than against Rice last week. But Oklahoma is not Rice. Adrian Peterson gained 100 yards for the second straight week.
Texas 22, Arkansas 20
Texas recovered a fumble late in the game as Arkansas moved within field goal range, and held on to avenge last year's loss. The Longhorns won a tough road contest behind a strong running attack. The passing game still needs a lot of work, however, and Selvin Young's broken ankle is a bad break for UT. Rice and Baylor should provide nice scrimmages before the Red River showdown.
Oklahoma State 38, Tulsa 21
OSU takes care of business against Tulsa, which is finding it harder to surprise teams after last year's turnaround. Donovan Woods only threw the ball eight times, completing three, but the Pokes ran the ball 60 times. So long as they can do that this season, they'll win, but it will be tougher against elite teams. Luckily for OSU, there don't seem to be many of those in the Big 12 this year.
Kansas 63, Toledo 14
Kansas may be the class of the Big 12 North this year. In football. That's just crazy.
Colorado 20, Washington State 12
Colorado goes on the road, gets 5 first downs and 133 total yard (versus 15 and 347 respectively by Washington State), and wins? Upside down. But a win is a win.
Troy State 24, Missouri 17
Missouri still hasn't quite learned to behave like a Top 20 team. And after this one, they won't have to worry about it for a while. Apparently, they thought the game ended when they cruised to a 14-0 lead. It didn't.
Fresno State 45, Kansas State 21
NOW I see why Bill Snyder likes to schedule those I-AA opponents. Darren Sproles' highly unlikely Heisman bid ends here, with 11 carries for 37 yards. Too bad, because he's a good back, but it looks more and more like he's the entire offense, and other teams know it.
Southern Miss 21, Nebraska 17
Ah, that's why Nebraska prefers I-AA opponents like last week's. That terrible thrashing sound you heard was Bill Callahan's West Coast offense crashing in the corn fields.
Texas A&M 31, Wyoming 0
Wyoming looks to be terrible, but that's okay, because A&M hasn't been beating even terrible teams much lately, let alone controlling games like this one. Reggie McNeal finishes with nearly 300 yards passing, and Coach Fran gets to stay in town for at least another week.
Iowa 17, Iowa State 10
There's no shame in Iowa State hanging this tough with the #12 team in the country.
New Mexico 27, Texas Tech 24
Do you think Mike Leach even cares that much about the loss? Quarterback Sunny Cumbie went 44 of 69 for 452 yards, after all, and that seems to be mostly what it's about in Red Raider land these days.
Baylor 24, Texas State 17
Big 12 teams should not be scheduling I-AA opponents, but if they're going to do it, they ought at least to beat the hell out of them. Sadly, Baylor probably is closer to a I-AA program than a legitimate Big 12 team.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/12/04 22:21 | Big 12 Football | Technorati
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Heh - Troy State over Missouri.
As an Oregonian, I have a second point of reference to that score, namely TSU's victory over Portland State in the '89 Division II title game...
Troy State's earned it, and they've been working for something like twenty years to earn it.
I say, more power to 'em, even if I am a Missouri fan.
Posted by ben @ 02:15 on 09/13/04
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