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From the writeup on the Startle-gram’s “hah skrewl” (a little Rush lingo, there) site, DFW Varsity:

Michael Jacobs finished with 107 yards and three touchdowns, and Dennis Brooks had a 61-yard touchdown pass as Arlington Heights won the East Zone of District 7-4A. The Yellow Jackets will meet Dunbar next week for the 7-4A title.

The Jackets escaped by the skin of their teeth against the Wildcats earlier this year, so we’ll see how that goes.

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Cody Green made the first start of his Cornhusker career Saturday, and got points on his first four drives.  That was enough, as the Blackshirt defense made it stand up.

Green went 12-21-128 with one pick in his debut, and added 43 yards on the ground as the Nebraska running game managed an okay 145 yards.  (Mind you, I’m comparing this to the old grind-it-out Husker offenses of the past.)  Don Robinson added 61 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries.

The defense aided in the cause by sacking Baylor quarterback Nick Florence seven times and picking him off twice.

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In similar fashion, Oklahoma jumped out to a 28-6 lead, then watched KU chip away slowly, including a nifty little 98-yard kickoff return to bring the Jayhawks within five, before pulling away late.

Landry Jones was 26-37-294 with four touchdowns.  DeJuan Miller caught nine of those for 94 yards and a score, while Ryan Broyles added eight catches for 91 yards and two touchdowns.

Chris Brown & DeMarco Murray each carried the ball 15 times for 83 and 62 yards, respectively.  Murray added two scores.

A last-ditch drive by Kansas was thwarted by cornerback Quinton Carter, who intercepted a Grant Gregory pass with 42 seconds left to seal the win.

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Antoine Hicks reception for a long touchdown?  Check.

Ed Wesley reception, tackle breakage, run-after-catch for the score?  Check.

Stifling defense?  Check.

Jeremy Kerley pinball punt return for a score?  Well…no.  Nobody’s perfect.

UNLV runs a variation of the Pistol offense, where the quarterback lines up only a couple yards behind center, and the tailback lines up two yards behind that.

For all it mattered to UNLV, though, the gun was firing blanks.  TCU’s defense was all over the hapless Rebel attack; when one removes the 40-yard run up the gut by backup quarterback Mike Clausen (one-fourth of the 160 total yards by the Rebel offense), the rest of UNLV’s plays averaged 2.4 yards per.

This was over early.  Once the Froggies went up 17-0 on a 59-yard jaunt in the second quarter, all 33,541 at Amon Carter Stadium could pretty much tell it was gonna be a long afternoon for the visitors.

Dalton was 12-21-178 with three TDs, but it wasn’t like he really needed to throw much – the TCU ground game was literally steamrolling the Rebels.  Wesley’s 59-yarder was part of a 390-yard ground effort by the locals, with Joseph Turner (64 yards), Matthew Tucker (59 yards), backup QB Marcus Jackson (40 yards) and even Dalton himself (53) gashing the Rebels at will.

(An aside here:  TCU has a freshman back named Skye Dawson.  Watch this one – if your eyes can keep up.  He only had 33 yards on 3 carries Saturday, but this kid has speed TCU fans haven’t seen since…well, since LaDainian Tomlinson.  Yes, Dawson’s that  fast – maybe even faster.  He’s gonna be a good’un.  You heard it here first.)

The defense held UNLV to 118 yards rushing (40 on the aforementioned Clausen run) and only 42 yards passing.

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Word was that Patrick Crayton was a bit pissed a couple weeks ago at how the news regarding his special-teams/offensive demotion was handled (he said he wasn’t told about it; Coach Stay-Puf said he was, etc).

Maybe we need to keep him pissed off like that.

Crayton had a punt return for the second straight week, going 82 yards with a minute left in the third quarter that put the game away for the C’boys.

The only contact Sunday came when Crayton stiff-armed punter Jon Ryan in order to break away from the Seahawks’ coverage team for the touchdown.

“You’ve got to make the most of the opportunities you can,” Crayton said. “That’s the only way you can view it.”

All this after the ‘Pokes signed Allen Rossum off waivers to handle the return game, then got hurt on his first try.

Can anyone say “Wally Pipp”?

Romo was 21-36-256 and a passer rating of 108.1 (his third straight week over 100; he’s also gone three straight games now without throwing a pick, a career first).  Miles Austin again led the way for the receivers, catching five balls for 61 yards and a score (Sam Hurd and the much-maligned Roy Williams also caught TD passes for the C’boys).

Romo was  sacked twice, and normally I wouldn’t even mention it – except the sacker in both instances was none other than former Horned Frog linebacker David Hawthorne, making his second ever start.

Five runners, led by Marion Barber’s 53 on 14 carries, led a 125-yard ground attack (Crayton was “credited” with an 11-yard loss on a flubbed reverse).

Hmmm.  Perhaps we need to tell the Barbarian he’s been replaced… 

This week:  5-0.  Perfect Football Weekend achieved (2).  Overall:  34-15.

Not sure when the PFW will reconvene next, seeing as I haven’t been able to find a date certain for the Heights-Dunbar playoff.  When next we do  meet, though, we’ll discuss the revenge motive, plus remind Gary Patterson that this coming week is an “attaboy/awshit” game, too.

Stay close and watch this space.