Big 12 Wrap: Week 5
Oklahoma 28, Texas Tech 13
Turnovers hindered Texas Tech in this one, but Oklahoma's inability to generate points from those turnovers kept the score a little closer than expected. The Tech defense actually slowed down the high-powered Sooner offense a bit, but Adrian Peterson had another fine game and Jason White was sharp on third down. The Sooners may have been guilty of looking ahead a bit to the Red River Shootout, and Tech wasn't quite good enough to take advantage in Norman. This one, incidentally, was the most poorly officiated Big 12 game I've watched this year. There were plenty of bad calls to upset both teams in this one.
Texas 44, Baylor 14
Texas had their way with hapless Baylor, as Cedric Benson had yet another monster game running the ball, and Vince Young put up nice numbers passing. Of course, the opponent was Baylor. After thrashing Baylor, Rice and North Texas, and squeaking out a victory over Arkansas (handled by Florida this weekend, a late comeback notwithstanding), Longhorns fans will get to see next weekend if the soft schedule has their team ready to play bigtime football.
Oklahoma State 36, Iowa State 7
The Cowboys didn't get this season's usual overwhelming ground game, but they dominated the clock and turned in an aggressive defensive performance, forcing four turnovers. In a year where too many teams in the Big 12 are performing below expectations, Les Miles' crew continues to surprise. At some point, we'll have to stop calling them surprising, and just call them good.
Missouri 17, Colorado 9
Somebody has to take a turn each week as the North's "best" team (nominally), so why not Mizzou? The Brad Smith/Damien Nash combo outperformed Joel Klatt and Bobby Purify, as the Tigers pulled out a close one with a controversial call by the referees at the end.
Texas A&M 42, Kansas State 30
Kansas State outgained the Aggies and doubled their time of possession. But, four turnovers negated all of that. It's too early to say Texas A&M is back, but clearly Dennis Franchione has the team and the faithful in a better frame of mind. A few wins will do that.
Nebraska 14, Kansas 8
Having had their respective turns as the mythical "top" team in the woeful North, Nebraska and Kansas combined for five turnovers and 20 penalties in this minor setback for offensive football.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/03/04 22:01 | Big 12 Football | Technorati
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