Big 12 Wrap: Week 3
The Big 12 continued to look like a so-so conference in week 3. Here's a quick look at the games.
Oklahoma 53, Utah State 3
It was 48-3 at the half, after which Stoops ran in lots of reserves. Sam Bradford continues his stellar play, and Oklahoma's depth at running back, o-line, and d-line has them looking strong.
Texas 35, Central Florida 32
Mack Brown has set the bar high at UT, which is why Longhorns fans are aghast that their beloved Burnt Orange were actually extended, late, by a lowly CUSA directional school. This does not look like a Top Ten team.
USC 49, Nebraska 31
The final score is misleading, as this one wasn't even that close. Nebraska still has a ways to go to reclaim its old place among the college football elite.
Texas A&M 54, Louisiana-Monroe 14
The expected (or at least hoped-for) blowout -- but boy, did Coach Fran need it. The contest this week against Miami could prove to be a real setback for college offense.
Texas Tech 59, Rice 24
Boy, Rice is bad. And Tech can score.
Missouri 52, Western Michican 24
Boy, Western Michigan is also bad. Maybe worse than Rice.
Kansas 45, Toledo 13
Toledo is not good, but due to the Jayhawks' sorry schedule, we really have no idea how good Kansas is.
Kansas State 61, Missouri State 10
Wow, the Wildcats can beat the hell out of a I-AA team. Well, that's more than Michigan can say.
Troy 41, Oklahoma St. 23
If Boone Pickens donates a few more million, will OSU give him the privilege of firing Mike Gundy on the sideline sometime during the season?
Iowa State 15, Iowa 13
Proof that weird things can happen in state rivalry games. Since Northern Iowa beat dreadful Iowa State last week, does that make Northern Iowa the state champ this year?
Baylor 34, Texas State 27
Baylor was extended by a I-AA program, but at least they didn't lose.
Florida State 16, Colorado 6
Hard to believe these were two elite programs in the 90s. Especially Colorado. They can't seem to run two plays in a row without making a mistake.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/16/07 22:28 | Big 12 Football | Technorati
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I went to the Rice game last Saturday. The game was close for almost one half and then the Coach Bailiff blew it with a strange fake punt deep inside their own territory.
At the time the score was 24-14 and you thought...just punt the ball away and play some defense. (Rice had just stopped Tech to force a punt)
Bailiff is going to have a short D-1 career if he keep making that type of decision.
All that being said, it's too bad Dillard and Clement are stuck at Rice. Both are REALLY good.
As for Tech? Their offensive line is atrocious (9 holding penalties that I counted, and 2 more that weren't called) and their defense is (again) lacking.
OU is licking their chops thinking about playing them.
Tech fans were classy however. Nice folks.
Posted by Cory @ 08:30 on 09/17/07
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