Big 12 Wrap: Week 6
The theme in the Big 12 this week was, once again, that the league really is the Big One and the Little Eleven. Here are the games:
Texas 45, Oklahoma 12
Texas had a turnover and costly penalties that might have cost them against a very good football team, but they were not playing a very good football team this week. The Longhorns barely broke a sweat in probably the biggest victory for Mack Brown as the head coach at Texas. Oklahoma was mostly without running back Adrian Peterson (Bob Stoops misled gullible media members during the week that Peterson was fine), but a healthy Peterson wouldn't have mattered this year. Oklahoma is just too young and disorganized right now, and Texas is just too good.
Texas Tech 34, Nebraska 31
Texas Tech had this game won, then pretty much gave it away to Nebraska at the end, except Nebraska gave it right back. One Nebraska player called it bad luck, but the better team won this game in Lincoln. Nebraska remains a below average football team despite its record, and the clock is ticking on Callahan's rebuilding project. Nebraska could have trouble at Baylor next week. Texas Tech gets Kansas State in Lubbock.
Colorado 41, Texas A&M 20
Speaking of rebuilding, Coach Fran's little project seems to have stalled out somewhat, as Colorado took a 41-0 lead into the fourth quarter. The Buffs seem a step above the rest of the teams in a poor North division.
Kansas State 12, Kansas 3
Word is that Mark Mangino's job may be in some jeopardy at Kansas. He could have helped his job security quite a bit by beating Kansas State, but his team just isn't quite ready to take that step.
Baylor 23, Iowa State 13
Baylor gets its first Big 12 road victory ever. I'm starting to think these guys are not the hapless doormats we're used to seeing. I'm even starting to think they're going to give Nebraska a little trouble next week in Waco.
Missouri 38, Oklahoma State 31
It's quite a contest in the state of Oklahoma to see which Big 12 school can put the worst offense on the field. Oklahoma's stinker of an offense probably led slightly going into this one, but OSU's quarterback situation and shaky execution of the spread offense aren't inspiring much confidence. Brad Smith had a nice game for Mizzou.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/09/05 21:43 | Big 12 Football | Technorati
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