How about those Baylor Bears.? I do not know how many times Baylor will get the headlines, but you have to hand it to them. After calling them out a couple of weeks ago, they go out and lay 55 on Kansas. I know that Kansas is just waiting for basketball season, but come on, give Baylor some love. They should have destroyed the Jayhawks and what do you know, they actually did. On the other end of the winning scale, what is going on in Baton Rouge? Weird things happen in Death Valley, but I can’t imagine that anyone has figured out what happened Saturday night. All we know is that the Bayou Bengals escaped with a win and the Miles haters have to wait another week to send him down the tracks. But don’t worry, with three of the next three four at the Swamp, at Auburn, and then back at home against ‘Bama, you can start warming up the train.
Week 5 was all about the Tornado Division. It started on Thursday night in the Battle of the Land Grants when Oklahoma St sent a FG through the uprights as the clock expire sending the Ags home on the short end of the score. Both teams blew 14 point leads, so a FG at 0:00 seemed just the way to end the game. On Saturday, the Crimson and Cream blew into the State Fair of Texas and stuffed Bevo into one of those corny dog vats. Bevo was already licking his wounds from the mauling by the Bruins last week, so you are looking at one beat up steer. Good thing BYE is showing up in Austin this week. That is a team searching for an identity. Throw in the Mustangs running wild in Rice Stadium and you have a 3-0 sweep by the twisters. In non-conference action, TCU turned in another boring 27-0 win. It is amazing that people are actually gripping about how TCU wins. It was not that long ago that any win was parade worthy in Ft. Worth. Friends, this is a program that is doing just about everything right. If the Frogs can keep Patterson, they might keep turning out 10+ wins per year for a long time. And out of respect for the dead, I will not even mention what happened in Ames, Iowa.
The headliners this week are the Arks and the Ags battling across the street from Six Flags and the Bears going out to the South Plains. If A&M can get through a game with less than 4 turnovers, we might be able to see what they can do. My guess though is that Jerrod will play catch with the defense and the Hogs will run wild in Arlington. As for Baylor and Tech, you may be seeing two programs going in opposite directions. Baylor has been trying to work the TCU model, but has had much tougher competition over the past 15 years. They finally have the right coach, they seem to have a good QB, and maybe this is their break out season. Keep your eye on the Bears; I see them beating Tech by two TDs. Another good match up this weekend is UH hosting Miss St. Terrance Broadway has had two weeks to get ready and the freshman QB gets to see what a big bad SEC team looks like. If Case was rolling along in mid-season form, I would put this one in the win column for the Coogs, but Miss St should prevail in a close one. TCU should have another boring win against Wyoming (even Texas could beat Wyoming) and Les Miles may not survive his trip into the Swamp. Ok St may hang a hundred on La-La and Rice is already talking about baseball season.
Let’s hope the fabulous weather continues and see you next week.
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