Huh?

I think OU is going to win the OU-Texas game for a number of reasons (Texas: Roy Williams not at full speed, Cedric Benson possibly not at full speed, Mack Brown choking in big games, Chris Simms choking in big games, soft schedule that hasn't tested the team; Oklahoma: coaching, everyone is healthy, Hybl is steady but not spectacular, two close games have the Sooners ready to play).

Whether or not anyone agrees, at least those are legitimate reasons. And then there are a couple of arguments that Texas will win that are just silly. Here's one from the Dreadful Chron:

Their vastly different personalities are obvious, but that has little to do with who is the better coach. Three years worth of head-to-head matchups give little indication either.

Especially since Texas will beat Oklahoma by at least 10 points to tie the Brown-Stoops series 2-2.

Next week, Brown will tell you how going to Kansas State after the big win scares him to death and right after they beat the Wildcats he'll tell how getting his team ready for that one was the most difficult week of coaching in his career.

Gibberish. But this is such bad writing, it seems almost certain that Jerome Solomon didn't steal it from Daily Oklahoman columnist George Schroeder this time.

And then there's Jim Donnan (who used to coach at OU):

Each teams is extremely well-coached, and as a former OU assistant it is hard for me to not pull for the Sooners. But having coached Mack Brown in college at Florida State I feel he needs this win more at this point in his career than Bob Stoops. I predict Texas will win in a tight game.

Good gawd, Mack Brown's entire career suggests he will LOSE a game if there's a lot on the line -- yet Donnan gives this as a reason UT will win? Retarded.

These are two teams that are evenly matched. Good arguments can be made in favor of both teams, which makes this rivalry fun. But the two "arguments" above are just stupid.

[Posted at 20:25 CST on 10/10/02] [Link]