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May be time for another Executive Decision&#153.

Arlington Heights 69, North Side 3

at #5 Texas Christian 45, Wyoming 0

#7 Nebraska 48, Kansas State 13

at #20 Wisconsin 41, Minnesota 23

at Dallas 27, Hickville 20, Pussified Zebras 14

Shock of shocks.&#160 North Side actually scored&#160 on Heights.&#160 (Yeah, it was a long (for high school) field goal, but still.)

Heights’ response?&#160 Run the ensuing kickoff back 87 yards for yat another score – one of seven they would get in the first half.

The moral:&#160 Don’t piss off Heights by scoring on ’em.&#160 (grin)

Valadez was 6-10-100 and two scores.&#160 The Jacket running game accounted for 282 yards and seven touchdowns, led by Abece Dorsey & Devante Hill (72 yards apiece).

Taylor Martinez is scary&#160 fast.

On Nebraska’s second touchdown, Martinez executed a zone read, got the defensive end to commit, then kept the ball and split five defenders to score from 35 yards out.

Four of those defenders were within seven yards of Martinez, but before they could close on him…he just outran ’em.

Damn.

The 35-yard score would be part of 241 yards rushing (15 carries), and part of 451 total rushing yards on the night for the Husker offense (Roy Helu added 110 on eight carries).&#160 Martinez would also go 5-7-128 and a score passing.

Suffice to say the old Huskers are back.

Bucky smacked UMinne-haha around for three quarters & change, then let up as the Gophers scored two of the last three touchdowns.&#160 James White & John Clay combined for 229 rushing yards and five touchdowns on 40 carries, and Scott Tolzien went 17-23-223 and a score.&#160 Lance Kendricks led Badger receivers with 5 catches for 75 yards.

Bucky will keep Paul Bunyan’s Axe&#153 for one more year.

Another Mountain West opponent, another shutout.&#160 Yawn.&#160

Wyoming came into Fort Worth minus starting quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels, forcing backup Dax Crum to go up against the number three defense in the country in its backyard, where it almost never loses.&#160 Not exactly Steve Young taking over for Joe Montana.

“Coming out here going against TCU is always a tough task, especially when you kind of get thrown in the fire unexpectedly,” Wyoming receiver David Leonard said. “I thought he handled it well. TCU’s just a great team.”

Dalton threw for 270 on 14-17, throwing passes of at least 30 yards to five different receivers (Jeremy Kerley, Matthew Tucker, Skye Dawson, Waymon James and Bart Johnson).&#160 Kerley led all receivers with 3 grabs for 65 yards.&#160 Ed Wesley paced the ground attack with 115 yards on 17 carries.

All along the Cowgirlz have been boasting about how much talent they had.

The whispers have now started – “Is this team really that talented?”.

Talented teams don’t rank down near the bottom of the league in penalties year after year after year.&#160 Talented teams can protect their quarterback when it counts. Talented teams can open up holes through the middle of the defense and keep the running back from getting popped in the backfield.

On defense, talented teams don’t let QBs and receivers play pitch-and-catch – they hit the receiver, hard, as the ball comes in.&#160 They don’t bend over and gase at their navels as the receiver is catching a pass in the end zone.&#160 And they don’t, upon noticing the bowling-ball running back coming their way, turn around and start running away from them.

Talented special teams have kickers who are automatic every time, even from 50 yards out or more.&#160 And talented teams don’t let kick returners run back kickoffs for near touchdowns at critical points late in the game.

The Cowgirls did all these things Sunday, which is why they’re 1-3.&#160 And why their playoff chances are hanging by a thread.&#160 And why people are now whispering the question whether or not they’re really&#160 that talented.

And also why I’m making another Executive Decision&#153 and putting the Cowgirls on the SpatulaLine&#153 – any line where they’re an underdog, plus 14 17 points.&#160 And if they can’t handle that…well, there’s always the UKansas decision.

All that said, the fucking zebras cost the Cowgirls seven points on the Tit-annes’ first drive with three pass-interference penalties which, I’m telling you right now, would not&#160 have been called on Tennessee, no way, no how.&#160 And they threw a flag on Dallas’ last touchdown for what was a phantom “excessive celebration” penalty; the ensuing kickoff (pushed back 15 yards to the 15) was returned 75 yards to the Cowgirl 10, where a phantom facemask penalty took it to the five.&#160 As horribly as the Cowgirls played Sunday, they should have won the game.

But that’s what losing teams do.&#160 That’s what teams with questionable talent do.

This week:&#160 4-1.&#160 Overall:&#160 30-7.

The PFW will return Thursday, when we begin the nail-biting for real.

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