Local time where you're at. ("Where you're at"?)

Just call ’em the Diesel Frogs.

at #8 Texas Christian 44, Colorado State 6

at UBuffalo 21, Akron 17

at #25 Nebraska 10, Texas Tech 31

#18 Oklahoma 13, #3 T-sip Shortdicks 16

First off, before we recap, we pause in memory of Connecticut quarterback Jasper Howard, who was stabbed to death following the Huskies’ victory over Louisville this past Saturday night.&#160 Jasper Howard was 20.

—

Memo to T-Sip Shortdick athletic supporters everywhere (and yes, I mean that just like you think I do):&#160 You pussies ain’t all that & a bag o’ chips.&#160 Get that through your thick-assed brain cell right now.

You played an Oklahoma team minus its star quarterback, minus its all-Big XII tight end and Cthulu knows who else – and could only win by three?&#160 And only then because your kicker made his field goal and OU’s didn’t?

Please.

Bradford hurt his shoulder once again – only this time, it was a legal hit (a standard tackle, really, not even that hard), plus he had the ball and was fair game besides.&#160 (Coleby Clawson, take note).&#160 Landry Jones again took over, going 24-43-250 plus a touchdown, but it wasn’t enough.

The ground game was pathetic – 22 rushes for minus-16.&#160 This team misses the hell out of Phil Loadholt.

With this year shot to hell, might be time to start loading up for next year.

—

At ESPN.com, they’re singing the praises of the Texas Tech defense.

No.&#160 No typo.&#160 Defense.

And I still call bullshit.

Zac Lee is making no one forget Young, Montana or Favre.&#160 He went 16-22-128 in the pass-happy West Coast Offense, and when you do that crappy in an offense like this, you’re not gonna win much.&#160 And the once vaunted&#160 Cornhusker running game, against Tech’s swiss-cheese defense…managed a whopping seventy (70) yards.

This is the second week in a row they’ve played like crap on offense, save for the fourth quarter against Mizzou.&#160 C’mon, Bo, shelve that damned WCO for the Old Reliable&#153 running game.

Please.

—

UBuffalo may have to switch to the WCO here soon.&#160 They’re running out of running backs.

James Starks, whom I thought had graduated, really didn’t – he suffered a season-ending injury before the first game.&#160 And Ike Nduka & Brandon Thermilus both suffered sprained ankles against the Zips.

But senior back Mario Henry had 62 yards on 20 carries, including the game-winning touchdown, and Naaman Roosevelt caught 12 balls for 100 yards (making him UBeefalo’s all time receiving leader), as the Bulls pulled out a squeaker.

—

Last year’s Frogs would start out lightning-quick, then coast to victory.&#160 This year, like a diesel engine, they take some time to get going.

Once they do, though…

Colorado State actually led this thing after one.&#160 They won the toss, deferred, held the Froggies to a very lackluster three-and-out, then proceeded to shove the ball right down the throat of Gary Patterson’s 4-2-5 defense.&#160 The drive bogged down, though, and the Rams settled for a Ben DeLine field goal.

TCU then took over after a fairly decent return, and promptly gave the ball back to CSU on an Ed Wesley fumble.&#160 Three plays later, it was 6-0 on another DeLime FG.

Another three-and-out and most of the Frog faithful (yours truly included) were beginning to wonder if this was the year CSU would finally take its frustrations out on Our Heroes&#153.

But Patterson’s boys must have figured out in the nick of time what the Rams were doing, because they didn’t even make it to the Frog 30-yard-line the rest of the night – while for the offense it was “get the ball back, use no-huddle mode to drive the ball down the field, score, rinse, lather, repeat” from the second quarter on.

Dalton was 15-23-211, with TD passes to Curtis Clay & the aforementioned Mr. Wesley, and Jeremy Kerley had another punt return (which, at the end, was somewhat reminiscent of a riverdance) for a score.&#160 The defense contributed a fumble recovery and four sacks of its own (two by Jerry Hughes).

This week:&#160 2-2.&#160 Overall:&#160 25-13.

The PFW will reconvene Friday, at which time we will attempt to ascertain the thought processes of ESPN.&#160 Don’t miss it.

Due to unforeseen familial entanglements…

T-BONE MCMANX:&#160 Brother asked you to come work on his computer again, hm?

VENOMOUS:&#160 Yeah.&#160 Needed it, too – found about half a dozen virii on his network.

MERLIN:&#160 Ew.

…the PFW recap will be Monday, as usual.

ThatIsAll&#153.

William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection has a multi-count indictment against Jugears McHopenchange – one that it is well&#160 worth your time to go and read.

Go.&#160 Shoo.&#160 I got a football game to go to.&#160

This edition of the Perfect Football Weekend begins with an interesting article concerning the Limbaugh-St. Louis Rams outrage (hat tip:&#160 LC Rurik):

In the first segment of today’s broadcast (update: transcript here), Rush Limbaugh revealed that he was approached by Dave Checketts about becoming a member of the group bidding for the St. Louis Rams, and that he warned Checketts of a political backlash. He was told that the deal was “wired.”

Rush said nothing implying that he was set up. I suppose it is possible that Checketts and company never thought that Sharpton and Jackson would get involved. Checketts does control a major league franchise, the NHL St. Louis Blues, but the NHL’s black players are not a very powerful force in the league.

However, Rush also announced that George Soros now is part of the Checketts investor group, citing Reuters.

So the question has to be asked: was Rush lured into a manufactured controversy?

One has to wonder – doesn’t one?.&#160 Given that:&#160 1) leftards have an irrational hatred of conservatives, 2) Soros is the leftards’ primary financier at the moment, and 3) Soros, in almost all probability, knew from Checketts that Rush was in on the deal…it stands to reason that widdle Georgina couldn’t resist the temptation to pull a few strings.

Yet another indictment of the pussies on the Left.&#160 Another one that we won’t forget.

On to the PFW.&#160 Gary Patterson’s eighth-ranked Texas Christian Horned Frogs have a home(coming) date with the Colorado State Rams Saturday.&#160 Now, CState’s only 3-3 – but one of those wins was over the Big XII’s UColorado Buffaloes, who can pretty much hold their own against anyone.&#160 Still, TCU usually plays the Rams well here, so even though I don’t think it’ll be the 20-point win Vegas thinks it does, I like the Frogs in this one.

Earlier that day, the Akron Zips (did I get that right?&#160 I can never remember whether it’s them or Toledo) pay a visit to Turner Gill’s bunch at UBuffalo.&#160 Vegas has the Bulls as an 8&#189-point favorite, which I think is about right.&#160 Look for UBeefalo to get its second straight here.

At the same time, Bo Pelini’s 15-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers will be hosting the Texas Tech Red Raiders up in Lincoln.&#160 Tech is always dangerous, even though Graham Harrell & widdle Mikey Crabtree are no longer there – but at the same time, these are the same guys who lost to UHouston on the road.&#160 (Yes, Houston’s beaten them & Okie State, but they also lost to UTEP.&#160 Go figger.)&#160 Vegas likes the Huskers by 11, but I think it’ll come down to a field goal.

Our first game of Saturday also is our marquee game of the week.&#160 Once again, the Cotton Bowl in Dallas will provide the backdrop for OU and TU in the Red River Shootout – or, as the pussified amongst us are wont to call it now, the Red River Rivalry.&#160 Presumably, these wimpoids will pass out at the first blasting of Colt McCoy.

The Shortdicks – or, as I like to call them, Texas’ third pro team – are favored by three in Vegas, but lines are usually thrown out the window in this game, so we’ll see.

Now, I did promise you that I’d explain why the Dallas Cowgirls were guaranteed not to lose this week.

MERLIN:&#160 It’s because they don’t play, isn’t it?

VENOMOUS:&#160 Well, yes.&#160 They, plus my Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets, are off this week.

OZY MCCOOL:&#160 You pull this every year, y’know.&#160 Gets a bit boring.

VENOMOUS:&#160 Perhaps if your agent could come up with better scriptwriters, y’know?

OZY MCCOOL:&#160 I’m still waiting for him to get me a role in One Of Our Klingons Is Missing.

VENOMOUS:&#160 Okay, okay, I’ll see what I can do.

Anyway, we’re back, probably Sunday, for the recap.&#160 In the meantime, Bucky is favored by 2&#189 at home versus eleventh-ranked Iowa, and my question for HDD is – why?

A Freudian slip, a typo…call it what you will.

Of course, I got a chuckle out of it (and by the time you make it over there, perhaps they’ll have fixed it), but this close to October Thirty-Oneth&#153, you’ll forgive Pundit & Pundette if they were subconsciously trying to scare the Hell&#153 outta you:

If the 2012 election were held today, only 43% of registered voters asked would vote for Barack Obama.

In what may be the ultimate job rating, 43 percent of voters say that they would vote to re-elect President Obama if the 2012 election were held today, down from 52 percent six months ago, from April 22-23, 2009. [. . .]

Despite winning the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday, the latest Fox News poll finds the president’s ratings on foreign issues are lower than his overall job ratings. All in all, 49 percent of Americans say they approve of the job President Obama is doing and 45 percent disapprove. His average approval for the term so far is 58 percent. [. . .]

Finally, in a rare example of bipartisan agreement, majorities of Democrats, 53 percent, Republicans, 78 percent, and Independents, 61 percent, agree the country is more divided these days. All in all, 64 percent of Americans think the country is more politically divided today — that’s more than twice the number who say it is not more divided, 31 percent.

What’s done is done and cannot be undone.

But perhaps something can be salvaged after the 2101 election? (emphasis added))

Uh…after which&#160 election, guys?&#160 You’re thinking we’re gonna be stuck with him how&#160 long, again?&#160

Mheh.&#160

Last week, I posted a little blurb on the St. Louis Rams being bid upon to purchase by a group including a fellow named Limbaugh.

This afternoon, in the wake of the biggest pile of bullshit spewed by retarded leftist pussies (outside the Demoscummic Party) in quite some time, Rush was dropped from that group.

And while it’s not quite enough to compel me to tell the NFL to go piss up a rope & pound sand, my estimation for commissioner Roger Goodfella Goodell and the rest of the chickenshits populating that league, ESPN, Fox Sports, et. al, has dropped a minimum of 20 notches.

Not to mention the RCOB&#153 that’s down around my eyes right now at the thought of the aforementioned leftard pussies.

Congratulations, needle-dicked pissweasels.&#160 That’s one more step.&#160 Not too many more to go before your own personal Armageddon of a backlash hits.

Don’t say you weren’t warned, douchebags.

UPDATE:&#160 And welcome to readers of the asshat not-ready-to-make-nice (&#160 &#160 ) blog A Chicken Is Not Pillage.

All two of you.

Poor widdle Poodlegar whines thusly – after admonishing against whining on others’ part in his rules – about having been “threatened” (again, I’m not giving this dipshit the honor – if you want it that bad, lemme know):

‘You’ll get yours, intolerant liberal darky lovers!’

…he bleated, directly linking here.

Not surprising that a libtard dickweed would quote me as saying something I’ve never said.&#160 Guess I know how Rush feels now.

Anyway, Poodleboy, I’d not worry so much about some guy down in Texas.&#160 You have quite a few more problems up there in Montana – or rather, you will&#160 when finally the Shit Hits The Fan&#153 up there.

But who knows?&#160 Maybe you can get one of your moose boyfriends to help shield you.

Just remember:&#160 “Against all enemies, foreign and&#160 domestic”.

Between work and…well, work…I ain’t got no time –

MERLIN:&#160 “Ain’t got no time”?

K’HADIBAK’H:&#160 Who’re you trying to sound like?&#160 Hilary Clintoon at an all-black church?

VENOMOUS:&#160

K’HADIBAK’H:&#160 Just sayin’.

VENOMOUS:&#160 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

– to do squat.

Maybe tomorrow.

Doesn’t feel like one, but I’ll take it.

Arlington Heights 62, North Side 0

#9 Texas Christian 20, at Air Force 17

at Buffalo 40, Gardner-Webb 3

at #19 Oklahoma 33, Baylor 7

#21 Nebraska 27, at #24 Missouri 12

Dallas 26, at Kansas City 20 (OT)

Call them Heights’ version of the Triplets.

The FW Startlegram write-up notes that QB Omar Valadez, running back Michael Jacobs and WR/all-everything back Marquis Jackson…

are making a committed effort to hang out together off the football field.

It certainly appeared as if the trio shares a tight bond as the Yellow Jackets wielded a sharp offensive trident Thursday night, which proved an unstoppable weapon.

[…]

“We’ve decided to stay in it as a team,” Jacobs said. “If we keep together, we can be as strong as we can be.”

Against a perennially outmatched Steer squad, that was pretty strong.&#160 Jacobs caught one touchdown, ran for another and accounted for nearly 130 total yards.&#160 Jackson caught five balls for 58 yards and a touch and Valadez hit all seven passes he threw.

—

UBuffalo took the ball, drove the length of the field and scored on a 1-yard plunge by Ike Nduka – who (and let’s admit it, it’s official now) has stepped into James Starks’ shoes as the Bull running game (24 carries, 131 yards, 2 TDs).

Gardner-Webb promptly blocked the PAT attempt, drove down and hit a 44-yard field goal.&#160 At that point, the Running Bulldogs probably thought they had half a chance against UBuff.

Whereupon UBeefalo scored the next 34 points.

Zach Maynard was 16-20-232 and three touchdowns.&#160 Brandon Thermilus resumed his role as change-of-pace back to add 82 yards on 10 carries.

—

Bradford came back for the Sooners and did a good job, throwing the ball well.&#160 He needed to – OU’s running game has all but disappeared.&#160 A by-product, no doubt, of what’s left of the Sooner receivers not striking fear into the hearts of the Baylor secondary.

The Bears loaded up the box and dared Bradford to beat them – and for four straight possessions in the second half, Bradford couldn’t.&#160 He’d get them into the red zone with his arm, but then Bob Stoopes would insist on running the ball in, which wasn’t such a hot idea.&#160 He did pop a 3-yarder to Adron Tennell for the final margin.&#160 It was part of a 27-49-389 day for the senior quarterback.

Baylor might have made a game of it had they not been down to third-string quarterback Nick Florence, who started his second straight game in place of Robert Griffin III and Blake Szymanski.

—

This one didn’t look good early.&#160 Didn’t look good late, either.&#160 The rain and&#160 Mizzou were kicking Nebraska’s ass up & down the field, and it was 12-0 at the end of three.

Then, the rain let up a bit, and balls that had&#160 been traveling through Husker hands began to stick.&#160 Niles Paul caught a 56-yard Zac Lee throw for a touchdown to start the comeback.

On the ensuing Tiger possession, Nebraska lineman Ndamukong Suh – who had come )( this close to intercepting a couple of Blaine Gabbert passes – finally did get one deep in Tiger territory.&#160 Two plays later, the Lee-Paul connection hit again to put the Huskers in front for good.

Rinse, lather, repeat – Gabbert got picked off again three plays later, and three plays after that Lee hit Mike McNeill for an 8-yard strike.&#160 Roy Helu would pound the final nail in Mizzou’s coffin six minutes later after the Tigers turned it over on downs.&#160 Helu would finish with 88 yards on 18 carries., while Lee wound up 14-33-158.

—

AP was equally as unimpressed with TCU’s performance Saturday as I was, knocking the Frogs down two spots to 12th (USA Today has them at number 8, which is what we’ll use for next week).&#160 And it was earned, too – the Tadpoles flat-out tried to give this game to the Falcons.

Granted, the Frogs had to deal with even worse weather than usual – this time the preciptation was freezing drizzle & mist, which didn’t facilitate good control of the ball.

Still, the Falcons didn’t seem to have a problem with it, while the Frogs committed two turnovers inside the Air Force 10, and another while trying to ice the game away which Air Force turned into a touchdown, bringing them to within three.&#160 Had AF recovered the ensuing onside kick, they may very well have won the game.

Dalton was 16-28-198 (albeit with one pick), and he & Jimmy Young never seemed to have that much problem connecting, as Young caught six balls for 113 yards.&#160 Joseph Turner was a workhorse, gaining 72 yards on 18 carries, though he committed one of the turnovers.

And the kid I excoriated last year, Ross Evans?&#160 Turns out his field goal at the beginning of the fourth quarter wound up being the winning margin.

Mr. Evans seems to have had the light go on in his head (not to mention his foot).&#160 If that’s the case, we’ve got 2&#189 years left of a pretty damned decent kicker – one about which the Frog faithful no longer need worry.

And that’s a Good Thing&#153.

—

Just as the Cowgirls had no business losing to Denver, they had no business winning this game.

They went into this game with the apparent attitude that they could just show up, collect their win and go home.&#160 Whereupon the Chiefs proceeded to shred the Cowgirl secondary – just like nearly every other team has done.

After Romo had hit Miles Austin with a 59-yard crossing route (Austin broke a couple tackles and outran everyone else to the endzone), the Chiefs were left with a touch over two minutes to drive about 75 yards.

Now, KC hadn’t really moved the ball all day long, except when the C’girls gave it to them deep in their own territory.&#160 Naturally, the ‘Girls defense went into prevent with their base defense (translation:&#160 they let Matt Cassel play pitch-and-catch with his receivers all the way down the field).&#160 1:52 later, the game was tied.&#160 Only a 60-yard pass to Austin on a back-shoulder fade in overtime saved this pathetic team.

The Cowgirls once again took strides to defend their title as the most penalized team in the NFL by committing 13 Sunday for 90 yards.&#160 Four of those were offsides penalties – on just one drive.&#160 The World’s Most Penalized Player&#153, Flozell Adams, was himself responsible for 3 penalties and 20 yards of the total – though he doesn’t appear to have done anything to get himself fined, at least this&#160 week.&#160 And, admittedly, one of those penalties – a 15-yard personal foul against Alan Ball for helmet-to-helmet contact on a Chief receiver – was completely bogus.&#160 Still.

First-round bust Anthony Spencer had a bit more decent game than recently, finding himself in KC’s backfield a couple of times and warranting enough attention to where Demarcus Ware got himself a couple of sacks today.

Romo ended up 20-34-351, and the two Austin catches were part of a 10-reception, 250-yard day, which sets the single-game record for a Cowboys receiver.&#160 Tashard Choice had 98 yards rushing on eight carries.

So we wind up with our first bona fide&#160 Perfect Football Weekend&#153 of the year.&#160 And while I’m grateful for it, it still&#160 doesn’t feel like one – but I’ll take it, nonetheless.

This week:&#160 6-0.&#160 Perfect Football Weekend achieved (1).&#160 Overall:&#160 23-11.

When the PFW reconvenes on Friday, we’ll take yet another crack at the politically correct in football, plus I’ll explain why the Cowgirls will absolutely, positively not&#160 lose next week.&#160 Be here.

Item:&#160 Back in February of 2008, B. HUSSEIN!!!!!&#160 Obambi, called for an end to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy as regards to heterophobes serving in the military.&#160 (The link is at http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/alexokrent/gGggJS – sorry, I’m not linking to it; go look at it yourself if you wanna see it that badly.)

Item:&#160 Bambi pledges once again to repeal the policy.

“I will end ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ ” Mr. Obama told an audience of nearly 3,000 people at a fund-raising dinner for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay advocacy group. “That is my commitment to you.”

(Incindentally, how ironic is it that the Slimes’&#160 article was written by Sheryl Gay&#160 Stolberg?&#160 &#160 )

Reaction:&#160 So he repeated a campaign promise.&#160 It’s federal law (UPDATE:&#160 Wiki, as generally unreliable as it is, has the info on that), and that would require any repeal be passed in the Congress – and that, while eminently possible, isn’t the slam-dunk some folks think it might be.&#160 Yawn.

Jugears might have done better to keep his fucking mouth shut for once.

My esteemed colleague notes that there’s a gloatfest (of sorts) manifesting itself on the Left the last couple of days from B. HUSSEIN!!!&#160 Obambi winning a prize that few outside the Buffoon-o-Sphere consider valuable nowadays.&#160 Sure, there’s about one-point-three ExtraExtraLarge&#153 in US coin that goes along with it – but at the rate Bambi’s Imperial Socialist Treasury&#153 is printing out the stuff of late, how valuable can it really be, hm?

Fact is, this is the same prize “won” by noted pansy-asses Dhimmi Cahduh (emphasis on the “duh”), Yassuh (Nosuh) Arafish and OwlBore.&#160 Plus, ol’ Jugears McHopenchange was nominated for the damned thing only two weeks&#160 after taking office, so to think he’s done anything to even earn&#160 it is asinine.&#160 Moreover, there’s reason to believe that Nobel’s Folly was awarded to the Ayatollah as part of a massive “fuck you” to President Bush – who, it goes without saying, has done far more for the cause of peace and liberated far more people than Bambi’s even thought&#160 of doing.

So therefore, it’s not a stretch to say that the value of the Nobel Peace Prize has fallen below that of the American dollar.&#160 And that’s saying something.

And when you even have libtards criticizing this, you can come up with no better proof that it’s bogus-assed.

Thus, kudos to the Nobel Committee&#153, which has managed to strip itself of any remaining credibility.

Not that it had any to begin with, you understand.

Folks, you can bet the “Fringe Media” is gonna be ALLLLL over this today.

I have one word: “pukefest”

ThatIsAll&#153

Had to dig for this nugget as we start this week’s Perfect Football Weekend&#153, but I’d heard that Chad Johnson (no, I’m not&#160 going to call him “Chad Ochocinco”, now or ever) was going to apologize for something, and while looking for a link, I found this:

Bengal Chad Ocho Cinco loves to dance in the endzone but could you see him dancing in the ballroom?

On Wednesday Hollywood director and former Bengal Matthew “Mac” Cherry sent a message to Ocho Cino’s twitter account. Cherry said he was at “Dancing with the Stars” talking to producers when they told him they want Ocho Cinco on the show next season.

Can you just see him doing his little mambo thingie on the show?&#160

On to the PFW.&#160 I mentioned the concept of “Guaranteed Win Night” on Monday.&#160 That would be tonight, as Steve Hale takes my Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets up against the North Side Steers.&#160 North Side generally wins one game every three years, and this one ain’t it.&#160 Heights in a major squash.

Also tonight, Cable Nation gets to see a game they’d almost always see on Saturday, as Bo Pelini’s 21st-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers travel to Columbia, MO to take on Missouri’s 18th-ranked Tigers in a game on ESPN.&#160 The Tigers no longer have either Chase Daniel or Jeremy Maclin, but they’re still dangerous, and&#160 they’re at home.&#160 Yet, Vegas has the Huskers as a four-point favorite, which is curious.&#160 If I were putting real money on this game, I’d take Mizzou straight-up.

Another interesting thing about this game is the rankings of each team.&#160 AP has Nebraska rated over Mizzou (21-24), yet USA Today has it in reverse (18-22).&#160 We’ll see who’s right, I guess.

Turner Gill’s season of misery appears to catch a break as they get the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs at home.&#160 (Strangely enough, Wiki lists GW as a Division I program.&#160 Weird.)&#160 Vegas doesn’t even have this game rated, which leads me to believe UBeefalo will get that elusive second win.

Speaking of schools that catch a break, Bob Stoops’ 19th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners get one this week, as the Baylor Bears visit Memorial Stadium.&#160 Baylor’s lost all-world quarterback Robert Griffin for the year, and Vegas has taken note, making the Bears a 25&#189-point road dog.&#160 Given that OU is still probably peeved about UMiami, this one may not even be that&#160 close.

The “scares the crap outta me” game this week involves – guess who? – the ninth-ranked Texas Christian Horned Frogs, as they travel to Colorado Springs to take on the Air Force Academy in their first Mountain West Conference game.&#160 TCU has the Mountain West’s top-ranked defense, but Air Force is right there at number two, and the Froggie’s offense hasn’t yet gelled, which is what scares me.&#160 Vegas, though, has Patterson’s boys as 10-point favorites, so we’ll see.

Sunday is a “must-win” game for the Dallas Cowgirls as they travel to Kansas City to take on the 0-4 Chiefs.

The Cowgirls are an 8&#189-point favorite, but then they were supposed to beat Denver last week, too.&#160 One thing’s certain – lose to the Chiefs, and DFW may not see another home game the rest of the year, as there won’t be enough people want to come see JerryMahal to lift any NFL blackouts, because the season will be over at that point.

We’re back Monday for the recap.&#160 In the meantime, Bucky’s a 16-point road dog to Ohio State, so my question to HDD is:&#160 Should Bucky even bother showing up?

Don Hill was, at one time, the Mayor Pro Tem of the city of Dallas.&#160 He was convicted Monday of money laundering (or, what they’re calling the “funneling of bribe money”), among other official corruption charges.&#160 Essentially, they were found guilty of selling their votes on certain zoning cases involving projects in their districts.

Federal prosecutors say that public outrage over the selling of votes at Dallas City Hall led to near-complete convictions Monday in a historic corruption case that brought down former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and his cohorts.

Acting U.S. Attorney Jim Jacks called the verdicts a “resounding decision” showing that the public doesn’t want a government “where the game is rigged.”

It’s rather a shame Jerry FuckBuchmeyer couldn’t have survived to see this.&#160 This is his legacy, after all.&#160 When you’ve got, basically, 14 little fiefdoms run by 14 little slum lords, and those slum lords have almost totalitarian control over zoning issues in their fiefdoms, corruption was bound to occur.&#160 And since Jerry the Tin-Horned Bench Jockey&#153 was solely responsible for forcing 14-1 on the City of Dallas, the blood is on his hands for this one.

I didn’t say it before, but I’ll say it now:&#160 Good riddance, Jerry Fuckmeyer.

This could get verrrrrrrrry interestink (a little Arte Johnson lingo, there)…

(One quick note:&#160 I didn’t mention it Friday, but Nebraska was off this week.)

Has anyone considered the not-terribly-remote possibility that these pussies simply aren’t…that…good?

Arlington Heights 9, OD Wyatt 0

at #10 Texas Christian 39, SMUT 14

Central Michigan 23, at UBuffalo 17

#8 Oklahoma 20, at #19 UMiami 21

Dallas 10, at Denver 17

I think you have to credit the rain for the lack of Wyatt offense, though Jacket corners Joe Howard & Jordan Price both had interceptions to help out.

Heights’ all-everything back, Marquis Jackson, had an 85-yard TD run on his way to a 100-yard rushing day.

—

UBuffalo enlisted the help of an electrical storm as a 12th man of sorts.&#160 It still didn’t help.

CMich’s Dan LeFevour – probably the next great non-BCS NFL quarterback (or, in more colloquial terms, the next Ben Rothelisberger), was 22-28 for 268 yards and two touchdowns.&#160 Though Zach Maynard did throw for 210 yards and a touchdown, he was only 16-31 – and threw an interception to boot.

UBuff may&#160 have found a replacement for James Starks, as Ike Nduka rushed for 172 yards on 22 carries.&#160 But even with that, and Naaman Roosevelt catching 6 balls for 114 yards and a touch, it still wasn’t enough.

At this rate, I’m gonna have to reinstitute the SpatulaLine&#153.

—

They’re calling it a clasic over at ESPN.&#160 One wonders why it’s never a classic when OU wins – but I digress.

With both Bradford & Gresham out, it was up to Landry Jones and the OU defense.&#160 Jones did the best he could, going 18-30-188 – but the Sooner defense simply couldn’t stop Jacory Harris and the Cane offense.&#160 Javarris James ripped the heretofore supposedly stout Sooner run defense for 150 on only 15 carries.&#160 Harris was 19-28-202.

Not that OU didn’t put up a fight.&#160 They held a 10-7 halftime lead, and after UMiami went in front 21-10, Jones and DeMarco Murray, led the Sooners on a scoring drive in the third quarter to narrow it to 21-17, and a field goal in the fourth made a game of it.&#160 Unfortunately, that’s also the last time OU would get the ball.

—

Quack, quack, quack.

That’s what a bunch of TCU fans in the upper deck (including yours truly) had to be thinking along about halftime Saturday night.&#160 What had been a sprinkle most of the evening turned into a very steady, moderately hard rain with the second quarter nearly two-thirds gone.

By that time TCU had lost two fumbles and thrown a pick – and led, 12-7.

The whole game was a comedy of errors, pretty much all attributable to the rain.&#160 Most of what Andy Dalton wasn’t flat-out overthrowing might as well have been butter, because the ball was slipping through the hands of his targets all night.

In the third quarter, Dalton rolled out right, was stopped and had the ball stripped, which the SMU defender nearly ran in before being tripped by Jeremy Kerley at the TCU 2.&#160 After a 10-minute review, replay officials ruled that Dalton’s knee was down, pretty much ending SMU’s hopes right there.&#160 After another 10 minutes of aborted restarts (they’d line up to run the next play, then an official would blow the whistle for some bit of minutiae, eliciting mass groans & boos from the crowd), TCU ran another couple plays and punted.&#160 So much for the comedy portion of the game.

The punt return game excelled all night, thanks to a couple of boss blocks – one from the shoulder of Tanner Brock, who took out two Mustangs Jason Witten-style (i.e, sans&#160 helmet) – and paid the price for it.

Dalton was 12-20-189 with two TDs and that one pick, and the Joseph Tuner/Ed Wesley pairing combined for 142 yards and one touchdown.&#160 The TCU defense held the SMU ground attack (not what they do best, but still) to -16 yards.

The only other interesting things about the game were TCU’s extra-point attempts.&#160 The first one was blocked, and the next two two-point conversions failed.&#160 The next time TCU tried an extra point, they were called for a false start, making it basically a 25-yard field goal.&#160 (Incidentally, Ross Evans seems to have found a leg this year – other than the first block, his kicks have been very solid.)

—

I’m sorry.&#160 This joke of a quarterback is a decent backup, nothing more.&#160 Owner Jethro (yet another hat tip:&#160 Gil LeBreton) has plunked down $67 million to a Brett Favre-wannabe that will never take the Cowgirls to the Super Bowl.

Yet another failure to protect the ball, this time deep in their own territory, led to the first Horse’s Ass touchdown – sack, strip, fumble recovery.&#160 Rinse, lather, repeat.&#160 Very next play, first-round bust Anthony Spencer, tried to pick off a Kyle Orton pass and let it go right between his hands.&#160 Right to Knowshon Moreno, who scored.

In the fourth quarter, another first-round bust, Terrence Newman, had a chance to break up an Orton pass to Brandon Marshall.&#160 But instead of leaping and deflecting the ball with one hand, which he could have done, he chose instead to try and pick off the ball – leaving him one inch short.&#160 Marshall caught the ball and fought off six additional Cowgirl defenders to score the winning TD.

In the interim, the Cowgirl offense was pathetic all day.&#160 Those receivers Romo wasn’t&#160 overthrowing were having to fight off Horse’s Ass defenders just to catch the pass – and bitching for flags when they didn’t (Patricia Crayton, call your office).&#160 And besides New-woman, the rest of the secondary was its usual swiss-cheese self.

Thus, Coach Stay-Puf’s half-assed excuse-for-a-team pulls defeat from the jaws of victory yet again.

The thing is, the local sports pundits around here were playing up the fact that Denver had played Cincy, Cleveland and Oakland the first three weeks, implying that they hadn’t played any real competition yet.&#160 Which begs the question:&#160 What if they still haven’t?

It’s not outside the realm of possibility that this pathetic group of individual Epic Fails goes 4-12 for the year.&#160 With a “Can’t we all just get along?” marshmallow-butt roaming the sidelines, an offensive coordinator who still hasn’t figured out how the rest of the league caught up to the Zampese timing offense again, a backup quarterback who looks like he’s let celebrity go to his head and a defense that lets opponents run through it like shit through a goose, JerryWorld is indeed going to turn into the world’s largest mausoleum – because no one’s going to wanna pay outlandish prices to come see this bunch of losers.

But that’s what happens when you’re overrated.

This week:&#160 2-3.&#160 Overall:&#160 17-11.

The PFW returns Thursday, when I will declare “Guaranteed Win Night”.&#160 Keep it right here.