Bob Stoops, you’ve heard of the concept of “attaboy…awshit”, right?
Arlington Heights 38, South Hills 12
TCU 69, New Mexico 0
Oklahoma 38, Texas Tech 20, Texas Tech’s C-USA zebras 21
#13 Nebraska 41, at UMinnesota 14
St. Louis 7, at Dallas 34
Heights followed their usual formula of toying around with an opponent, then shutting them down in the second half.  I’m rather surprised – I expected the Scorpions to give them more of a fight.
Something interesting, though:  apparently Ged Kates has moved QB Omar Valadez to running back – and down the string at that.  Vince Berrones started at quarterback for Heights Friday night, and Valadez only got one carry for eight yards.  Hmm.
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Some “dangerous”.
First New Mexico play from scrimmage was a run up the gut…and a fumble.  And a Frog recovery.  And a drive up a short field for a touchdown.
Lather, rinse, repeat.  Boom, TCU up 14-0.
How bad was it for New Mexico?  Eighty-five yards of total offense.  A single-digit number of plays run on TCU’s half of the field.  TCU scout-team quarterback Rick Settle running the offense in the fourth quarter – and scoring.
New Mexico is where TCU was about forty years ago, back in the Billy Tohill era.  And they might stay there for a while.
Sad.
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And if you think that’s  bad, how pathetic is the UMinne-haha program nowadays?
The Huskers (6-1, 2-1 Big Ten) took over TCF Bank Stadium in their first trip to the Twin Cities since 1989. More than two-thirds of the stadium was filled with red-clad Nebraska backers, and they had plenty to cheer about.
They got a show, alright.  Taylor was 13-22-162 and a score, Burkhead ran for 117 and a touch, part of a 346-yard rushing clinic put on by the Huskers.
Almost like the old NU-Iowa State days.  Right down to the Minne-haha unis. 
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Outside of a couple of Stephen Jackson runs (one for a score), the Ram offense was dreadful.  And even Jackson wasn’t a cure-all, as most of the time they were just running him into a brick wall, almost literally.  Kinda reminded me of the Troy “What do ‘voluntary’ mean?” Hambrick days for the Cowboys, when it was half-a-yard ‘n a cloud of Astroturf.
As for the Cowboys – well, who needs Romo when you have DeMarco Murray?  The former OU standout ran for a club-record 253 yards, 91 of them and a touchdown the first time he touched the ball.
Even Dez Bryant got into the act in the second half, catching about three or four passes (one for a score).
Rob Ryan’s defense, not having to defend the object of the NFL’s worship, Tom Brady, this week…did remarkably well.  Then again, when all you have to do is make sure AJ “Touchy” Feely doesn’t hurt you, and as long as all they were doing was running Jackson straight into the line…well, anyone can defend a no-dimensional offense.
Still, it was a loss for me, as I refuse to pull any longer for El Choko, so I’ll take my lumps here.
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And speaking of taking lumps…Bob Stoops? Aw, shit.
Congratulations, Bob-o.  You just lost to a vastly inferior team.  At home.  Where you hadn’t lost since dropping one to a good TCU team six years ago.
Still, it wasn’t all your fault.  Texas Dickhead-o-logical brought SMUT‘s officiating crew with them.  How else do you explain two blatantly ignored block-in-the-back penalties that led directly to touchdowns, plus a phantom roughing penalty that led to another one?
But you can’t expect good things to happen when you guys start believing your press clippings – and that’s part of what happened here.
Perhaps you should go have a talk with Gary Patterson – both about letting your teams get the big head…and not letting biased officiating crews work your games.
This week:  3-2 (Dallas’ win counts as a loss).  Overall:  31-8.
In other news, Bucky lost at Lansing again, and Kansas got destroyed by K-State.  KU to their head coach:  So long, Turner, been nice knowing ya.
The PFW will return Thursday, when we take another look at a former Cornhusker who seems not to watch his own Chrysler commercials.
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