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The question has been raised:&#160 Why am I blogging about football&#160 when people – Americans&#160 (gasp, arrrrrgh!) – are dying in New Orleans?

Well, we’ll forget, for the moment, that people die every day, all over the world.&#160 And yeah – a damned good many of ’em are Americans.&#160 In fact, we had one good one die this past weekend:&#160 William Rehnquist, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, and a damned good American, IYAM.

There are two reasons why I blog on football:

1.&#160 It’s my damned blog.&#160 You want me to blog on something near & dear to your heart, email me (the address is down on the sidebar) with your idea and I’ll give it all due consideration.

Until then, I blog on what interests me.&#160 Not you, me.&#160 If that doesn’t set well with you, get yer own damned blog.

2.&#160 I haven’t much talked much about the Katrina mess because so many others have done such a better job than I could ever do.&#160 From Misha, BC and Sir George to Aaron’s cc: to the SpatulaGoddess to Bill Whittle, these are masters of the craft, and you guys do yourselves a major disservice by not availing yourselves of their wisdom.

There is&#160 one facet of the Katrina aftermath that I have my eye on – and if I have time this weekend, I’ll blog on it.&#160 Suffice to say – Mary Landrieu, get your skanky liberal Cajun coon-ass front and center, bitch.

With that said, let’s get crackin’ with the PFW.

Saturday evening around 8:30, the TCU Horned Frogs will come to Dallas and say it to SMU’s face.&#160 Normally, when the game’s in Dallas, it’s a squeaker (TCU won two years ago, 20-13, on a last-minute touchdown by Robert Merrill).

However, TCU is off that win at OU last Saturday, while the Shetlands were getting beaten at home by…uh…Baylor.&#160 That’s Baylor,&#160 as in 1-for-their-last-24-Big-12-games Baylor.

Memo to Gary Patterson:&#160 I’m not expecting 44-0 like I got last year, sir – but if you want the OU win to mean anything,&#160 Phil Bennett’s Ponies must be handled with relative ease.&#160 Understood?

Also Saturday, the University of Tulsa goes to Norman and pays for the Sooners’ sins of last week.&#160 TCU had an outside shot in that OU game – the Tulsa Hurricanes have absolutely zero&#160 shot this week.&#160 Best bet:&#160 take your whipping, collect your check, and go home.

Sunday, we find out just how good the Dallas Cowboys might be this year when they travel to San Diego to take on LaDainian Tomlinson and the Chargers.&#160 Tight end Antonio Gates is serving a suspension for this game, so the ‘Pokes key is simple:&#160 Control LT, and you have a better-than-average shot at winning.&#160 The longer you let him run wild, the longer the afternoon will be for you guys.

As it is, I think the Bolts will pull out a close one here.&#160 Six points or less.

We’re back Monday for the recap.&#160 In the meantime, you know the routine – you wanna talk about your teams, have at it.&#160 For my part, I’ll keep writing about what I damned well please, thank you very much.

UPDATE:&#160 Almost forgot about LSU.&#160 The Tigers were scheduled to play Arizona State Saturday in Baton Rouge.

That game will now be played in Tempe, Arizona.&#160 I expect the Sun Devils to win here, unfortunately.