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We start this edition of the Perfect Football Weekend™ by noting that former Cowboy running back Ron Springs is on life support and near death (in fact, earlier reports on Yahoo! News had indicated he was already brain-dead).

The PFW, and I suspect the entire Cowboy and Redskin Nation (cornerback Shawn Springs is Ron’s son) mourns the impending death of this fierce NFL warrior and fine man.&#160 Ron Springs will be missed.

Next, we note with more than a little bit of anticipation that the University of Nebraska fired athetic director Steve Pedersen on Monday after the worst home loss in nearly 50 years.

Pedersen, as you’ll recall, is the one who gave the Husker Nation the “greatness” (cough) of Bill Callahan – this when both Turner Gill and Bo Pelini were angling for the gig.

Now granted, Turner hasn’t burned up Division 1-A with the UBuffalo program, but he is&#160 making a bit of progress – he’s 3-1 in conference play, and reports indicate they’re starting to play a little better.

Former Husker head coach Tom Osborne is taking over temporarily as AD – and the hope from here is that it’s permanent.

Memo to Tom:&#160 Hire Bo or Turner, and all will be forgiven.&#160 Hell, I’ll even make Nebraska a PFW team again.

KORRIOTH:&#160 Wow, what overwhelming, irresistible incentive.

LSIK&T:&#160 Oh, hush, Bumpy.

KORRIOTH:&#160 (chuckle)

Alright, let’s get to it.&#160 We’re doing this early because the Texas Christian Horned Frogs are at home tonight in Mountain West Conference play against the Utah Utes – or, as the more smart-assed among us like to call them, the Oo-taw Ootes.

Now, the Froggies are 4-3, but they’re 1-2 in conference.&#160 This game will go a long way towards determining where – or if&#160 – they go to a bowl this year.

Also tomorrow night, my Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets will seek to get a measure of revenge against the O.D. Wyatt Chaparrals.&#160 Wyatt won last year’s game 20-17, so I’ll go out on a limb and predict a squash for Heights.&#160 Not.&#160

Speaking of Turner Gill’s UBuffalo Bulls, Saturday they travel to Syracuse to take on The Second-Ugliest Uniforms In College Football™, aka the Orangemen.&#160 Syracuse simply does not believe in putting any white on their home unis – orange jerseys are trimmed in blue numbers.&#160 (Believe it or not, they actually looked better in Donna McNabb’s day.)&#160 The line is actually Syracuse by 4 – memo to Turner:&#160 see what a couple of wins will do for a program?&#160

You gotta feel for Iowa State.&#160 On the heels of getting smashed by TU…here comes fifth-ranked Oklahoma.&#160 So help me Cthulu, Sam Bradford is licking his chops.&#160 The OU offense gets well this week – look for them to hang 60 on the Cyclones.

Things don’t get any easier for the fourth-ranked LSU Tigers (SIDE NOTE:&#160 I am&#160 pleased that the pollsters apparently realized that the Ken-Fucky loss wasn’t their fault), as they host 17th-ranked Auburn.&#160 But I absolutely, positively, no-doubt-about-it guarantee that the Tigers will win.

MERLIN:&#160 Boo.

KORRIOTH:&#160 Hiss.

OZY MCCOOL:&#160 We don’t get paid enough for these puns.

KORRIOTH:&#160 For once, I’m in complete agreement with you, Ozy.

OZY MCCOOL (looking shocked – Korrioth’s never called him by name before):&#160 Uh…thank you, Captain.

LSIK&T:&#160 Look, guys, is it my fault that both their mascots are Tigers?

MERLIN:&#160 No, but it’s your fault that you have to be so damned corny about it.

LSIK&T:&#160 Aaaaah, go fly a kite.

MERLIN:&#160 In space?

LSIK&T:&#160 What-ever.&#160

Anyway, LSU’s favored by 11, but I don’t trust that line.&#160 Especially if Doucet doesn’t play.

UPDATE:&#160 According to Holly Rowe of ESPN, Doucet is healthy and will start.

Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys are at home for a return engagement against the Minnehaha Minnesota Vikings.&#160 This may be a bad time to be catching the Purple & Yellow, as former OU running back Adrian Peterson seems to have found his next gear (he put up a ton of yardage agaisnt the Bears last week).&#160 The Vikings don’t have a pass defense, though, so look for Romo to go nutzoid – around the second half, as usual.

We’ll try to be back Monday for the recap, but it may be as late as Tuesday.&#160 In the meantime…is Bucky ever gonna win another game, Humble DevilDog???