It’s times like these when it’s damned good to be wrong.
Arlington Heights 37, North Side 0
TCU 27, San Diego State 14
Oklahoma 55, Texas U 17 (at Dallas)
at #14 Nebraska 34, Ohio State 27
Just slightly disappointed in Ged Kates & my Yellow Jackets.  I expected a little more than for them to sleepwalk through this.
Quick-strike Arlington Heights scored on its first two possessions to build a 13-0 lead midway through the opening period. A defensive score made it 20-0 before the first quarter was done.
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When your defense outscores the other team’s offense, that’s a good thing.
When it outscores the other team…heh, heh, heh.
Garrett Gilbert’s departure from the TU program left the Shortdicks with a gaping experience hole at the most critical position – and it showed.
Demontre Hurst had a pick-six.  David King sacked TU QB David Ash for a 19-yard score (off the ensuing fumble), and Jamell Fleming ripped the ball out of a TU receiver’s hands and returned it 56 yards for another score.
Add in three Landry Jones TD passes (two to Kenny Stills, one to Ryan Broyles) and a 64-yard TD scamper by Dominique Whaley, and it made for a very  satisfying victory.
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With the score 27-6, I went and turned the TV to Frog-Aztec, and began this part of the rant:
It’s starting to look more & more that Nebraska made a huge mistake in joining the Big Ten.
Ohio State tossed the Huskers around like a Division II rag doll.  The Buckeyes ran around, over and through the Blackshirt defense, and kicked the collective ass of the Husker offense.
Now, “Heidi” this wasn’t.  But I have to admit that I missed the greatest comeback in Cornhusker history.
Of course, it didn’t really help things any that Buckeye starting quarterback Braxton Miller sprained his ankle.
Ohio State (3-3, 0-2 Big Ten) built a 27-6 lead behind freshman quarterback Braxton Miller, who sprained his right ankle in the third quarter and did not return. The Buckeyes’ offense went dormant with backup Joe Bauserman.
Miller ran for 91 yards and went 5 of 8 passing for 95 yards before he got hurt. Bauserman completed only one of his 10 passes the rest of the way.
Just the opening Nebraska needed.
Then Martinez took over. He ran 18 yards for a touchdown, threw a 36-yard TD pass to Quincy Enunwa and tied it with a 30-yard catch-and-run to Burkhead after Stanley Jean-Baptiste intercepted Bauserman in his first game at cornerback after moving from receiver.
Ball game.  Not the way I’d’ve scripted it, but a nice first Big Ten win for Bo.
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In like fashion, I’d predicted a San Diego State victory.  And I was wrong again.
All year long, it’s been slow starts, fast finishes for the Horned Frogs.  And they’ve been working on changing that, or so says Patterson.
Well, they did.
A fast start was followed by the offense grinding to a halt over the next two-and-a-half quarters.  Only a grind-it-out touchdown drive late saved the Frogs from the possibility of its first two-game losing streak in about four years.
TCU’s defense limited Ronnie Hillman to 55 yards on 20 carries, and even though Ryan Lindley threw for 201 yards on 15 completions, it took him 41 tosses to get those 15.  And he threw three interceptions besides.
Pleases me when I’m proven wrong like that.
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Speaking of TCU, we have a bonus PFW game featuring a former TCU player (something I’d promised I’d do during the Overview™):
Cincinnati 30, at Jacksonville 20
TCU’s Andy Dalton outdueled Mizzou’s Blaine Gabbert in a battle of rookie quarterbacks, throwing two touchdowns as Jack Del Rio’s coaching seat got just a little bit hotter with his teams seventh loss in its last eight games.
And yes – it counts.
This week:  5-0.  Perfect Football Weekend achieved (3).  Overall:  24-5.  (Although I have to admit, I’d’ve probably made an Executive Decision™ and declared one anyway, just for OU kicking the shit outta TU.)
The PFW will return Friday, when we’ll ponder the concept of the in-your-face touchdown celebration.