Big 12 Wrap: Week 11
The South sorted itself out this week, and the North became more complicated. That's the theme for this wrap. Here are the games.
Oklahoma 30, Nebraska 3
Oklahoma dominated this game on both sides of the ball, and special teams were better this week (although a missed PAT suggests there are still troubles). Nebraska becomes the first team to hold Adrian Peterson under 100 yards for the season, although he did not start the game and apparently missed some practice time because of the dislocated shoulder suffered last week. Not to worry -- the team's other Heisman candidate went 28-34 and threw for 376 yards and 3 TDs in shredding the Nebraska secondary. The only thing that kept the score down in this one was Bill Callahan's decison to run every bit of the clock before snapping the ball, running the ball up the gut, and punting. His bizarre strategy seemed to concede any chance of winning the game in exchange for not giving up half-a-hundred. Such is the woeful state of Nebraska football these days. Oklahoma clinched a spot in the Big 12 championship game with the win. Nebraska is still in the running for the North.
Texas 27, Kansas 23
As it has done many times this season, Mark Mangino's Kansas team hung in a game until the very end, only to come up a little short. The frustrated Mangino went off on officials and the conference after the game, and most anyone watching the questionable pass interference call that kept Mack Brown's team in BCS contention can sympathize a little with the big guy. Still, Texas rolled up nearly 600 yards of offense, and Cedric Benson had another monster game on an "off" night for the team -- not bad. Oddly, this 3-7 Kansas team is probably better than last year's bowl team, but too many close losses (20-17, 31-30, 14-8, 13-7, 30-21, and now 27-23) have really hurt. They can play spoilers at Mizzou next week, in an always tough game.
Texas A&M 32, Texas Tech 25 (OT)
Fans expecting offensive fireworks in this one instead got a 12-7 dud through three quarters. But the two teams cranked it up in the final quarter, and in the end A&M simply made more plays than Tech in a game that should improve A&M's bowl standing. The battle with Texas looms in two weeks.
Oklahoma State 49, Baylor 21
No Vernand Morency? No problem. Backup running back Seymore Shaw ran for 172 yards as Oklahoma State rolled up 469 yards against hapless Baylor. The Pokes have to travel to Texas Tech in two weeks. Baylor gets to host Oklahoma next week.
Colorado 38, Kansas State 31
Last week, I noted that Colorado had a chance to play spoiler in their next few games, and maybe even win the North. They will still need some help to win the North, but they certainly spoiled Kansas State's season with a 64 yard touchdown reception with seconds left in a tied game. Bill Snyder's team moves to 4-6, and will not be going to a bowl for the first time in ages (12 years to be exact). Colorado travels to Nebraska in two weeks, with both teams still in contention for the North.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/14/04 22:23 | Big 12 Football | Technorati
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