The Daily Oklahoman‘s John Helsley noticed something about Oklahoma’s defense that bodes well with Adrian Peterson out:
After the Oregon game, OU ranked last in the league and 97th nationally in total defense.
Now: the Sooners lead the Big 12 and stand 11th nationally in that same category.
It hasn’t hurt that the competition post-Texas hasn’t been great. Still, lowly UAB torched that defense early on, so it has definitely improved over the last few weeks.
Madam Speaker? Pelosi likes the sound (Faye Fiore, LA Times)
“The gavel of the speaker of the House is in the hands of special interests, and now it will be in the hands of America’s children….”
I’m not yet sold that the Dems are going to take over the House, but you have to love her assessment of what it will be like if they do.
I’m outta time for a real Big 12 wrap this week (sorry!), so here are some real quick thoughts on the week’s action:
Nietzsche was wrong (Thomas E. Brewton, Enter Stage Right)
Rebutting the present-day contention that Christianity played no significant part in the formation of the United States, Professor Sandoz observes, “And we have noticed that Americans during the Revolution were called to their houses of worship for public days of prayer, fasting, humiliation (or thanksgiving, as suited) many times by formal Proclamation of the Continental Congress, a practice that continued during the early administrations under
Block That Metaphor (Steven Pinker, Powell’s.com)
Bush has capitalized on the concept of freedom in two ways. He has preserved the perception that Republicans are more economically libertarian than Democrats, and he has waged war against a foreign movement with an unmistakable totalitarian ideology. This still leaves his opponents with plenty of ammunition, such as his hypocritical protectionism and expansion of government, and his delusion that liberal democracy can be easily imposed on Arab societies. But his invocation