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For years, Bill Parcells has been tagged with the label “Football Genius”.&#160 Sunday, Parcells proved that even geniuses can be too clever by half.

Arlington Heights 7, Western Hills 14 (OT)
TCU 49, New Mexico 28
Oklahoma 43, Kansas State 21
LSU 37, Mississippi State 7
Dallas 13, Oakland 19

As expected, Heights-Hills came down to overtime.&#160 Hills scored in OT, Heights didn’t.&#160 Duke Christian, if you only win one district game per year, it needs to be Western Hills.&#160 Get with the program, bud.

As I recall, I predicted OU in a squeaker against K-State.&#160 Gotta admit – I like those 22-point squeakers. (grin)

However, the story in Norman Saturday night wasn’t the game – it was what was happening about a couple hundred yards from the stadium.&#160 An engineering student apparently committed suicide by blowing himself up.

I say “apparently” because while the police are calling it a suicide, a second bomb was found in a nearby courtyard.&#160 An investigation continues.&#160 The SpatulaGoddess has an interesting take thereupon.

LSU turned in a workmanlike effort in taking out its Tennessee frustrations out on MSU.&#160 I imagine Bo Pelini was kicking ass and taking names this week in practice.

One could claim that the actual final score in Fort Worth Saturday night was Prevailing Southerly Breezes 63, TCU 14, New Mexico 0.

And one would’ve had a pretty strong case.&#160 Out of the eleven touchdowns scored in the game, nine of them went to the north end zone.&#160 As the two teams exchanged sides of the field, you could almost see momentum physically shift as if it were a weathervane.

TCU won the toss and elected to defer until the second half (as is their usual custom), choosing to take the wind in the first & fourth quarters.&#160 And promptly went out on the strength of that wind and put a massive hurt on the Lobos, helped by two interceptions, one of which was made by the heretofore ripped-to-shreds Quincy “Toast” Butler.

(Memo to Butler:&#160 You’re faster than you think, bud.&#160 If you can just convince Patterson and Bump-ass to let you guys play bump-and-run, then learn how to really jam the receivers at the line, not only will you have solved your secondary problems, but you guys could stand a good chance of being first-round draftees in the NFL.&#160 Quit playing tentatively and go kick ass.)

Jeff Ballard ran for two TDs in the quarter (part of six in which he would have a hand for the evening) in helping TCU roar to a 28-0 lead.

Then they switched sides, and the balloon deflated nearly as quickly.&#160 New Mexico would score the next 28 points (two TDs in the second, two in the third) to tie the game.&#160 TCU could manage just one first down during that entire sequence, and even had a punt blocked during the third quarter, leading to UNM’s third touchdown.

With the score tied at 28 and the natives restless, TCU got the ball on its 34 after a missed UNM field goal attempt and drove to the Lobo 38.&#160 On 4th-and-1, Ballard dropped back, then lofted a semi-wounded duck in the direction of tight end Chad Andrus as he was being hit.&#160 Andrus caught the ball and rumbled into the end zone for what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown.&#160 TCU’s defense would solidify thereafter, intercepting Lobo QB Kole McKamey twice more and recovering a fumble.&#160 Ballard would rush for two more touchdowns, accounting for the final margin.

Fact:&#160 The Oakland Raiders’ secondary has been torched for over 300 yards per game in the first three games of the year.

Fact:&#160 The Oakland Raiders possess two of the fattest defensive tackles in the league – Ted Washington and Warren “Thug” Sapp.&#160 When they line up together, opposing running backs would generally have an easier time running through a brick wall.

Fact:&#160 The Dallas Cowboys have the third-ranked passer in the NFL, and a corps of outstanding wide receivers.

Which is why, all these things taken together, Bill Parcells – the Football Coaching Genius&#153 – decided he would try to beat the Raiders yesterday by running the ball.

Julius Jones – 22-76, 3.5 average.&#160 Tyson Thompson – 7-32, 4.6 average (better, but he also missed an assignment that nearly got Drew Bledsoe killed).&#160 No rush went for more than 14 yards.&#160 This is football according to our very own Coaching Genius&#153.

Even so, Dallas had a chance to win the game yesterday.&#160 A 57-yard grab by Terry Glenn set the Cowboys up deep in Raider territory late in the 4th quarter.&#160 But with 4th-and-4 from the Raider five, Bledsoe – with Jason Witten all alone in the end zone – went to the well once too often, and wound up bouncing a pass in to Terry Glenn with 1:49 left.&#160 Bledsoe never even looked Witten’s way.

But hey – such is risk-free “safe” football under Bill Parcells.&#160 Safe, risk-free, boring, losing&#160 football.

Hey, Jerry Jones – have you enjoyed these last few years of shitty football?&#160 I hope you have – I hope you have very much.&#160 (Listeners of KTCK/1310 AM radio will understand the reference.)

The PFW will return Friday for another go-round.

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