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On occasion, it comes time to invoke Executive Privilege&#153 and declare a Perfect Football Weekend&#153, even if one of my teams loses.

This would be one of those times.

Arlington Heights 16, Western Hills 12
TCU 27, at New Mexico 21
at UBuffalo 15, Akron 31
at Oklahoma 34, Texas Tech 24
at LSU 28, Alabama 14
Dallas 27, at Arizona 10

Now, you may notice a loss up there by Turner Gill’s UBuffalo Bulls, which would normally spoil the PFW.&#160 And you’d normally be right.

But I’m declaring a PFW this week because of these games:

Houston 37, at SMUT 27
Nebraska 28, at Texas A&M 27
at Kansas State 45, Texas University 42

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Proving Donnell Dickerson’s worth to my Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets, I can declare a WITY&#153 after their victory Friday night

Heights trailed 12-0 at halftime of what was essentially a playoff game for Heights – in other words, they win, they’re in; if not…

Enter our poor man’s Vince Young.&#160 The all-everything back played QB during the second half and led Heights to 16 unanswered points.&#160 From the Startlegram web site’s DFW Varsity:

Dickerson passed for 199 yards and a score and rushed for 89 yards, including a 1-yard scoring run with 17 seconds remaining in the game that lifted the Yellow Jackets to the win.

Heights will now play Aledo next week for what’s becoming their annual one-and-done playoff run.&#160 Which means that the week after, I’ll have to find another high school team to follow (best money right now is on the Royse City Bulldogs, where I know one of the coaches).

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TCU led New Mexico 24-0 at the half, and Gary Patterson usually does a good job of second-half adjustments.

Not this week.&#160 The Frogs flat-out collapsed in the second half.&#160 Only a Brian Bonner interception at the TCU 9 with under a minute to go preserved the win.

Turnovers plagued the Lobos.&#160 Tommy Blake scooped up a NM fumble on the game’s second play and rumbled 20 yards for a touchdown, one of three Lobo turnovers for the game.

Good thing the defense was on.&#160 Ballard was 6 of 16 for a whopping 25 yards – another bad game in what has become a forgettable season for the senior quarterback.

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Leander, TX’s Paul Thompson picked a good time to have a breakout game – 24 of 31 for 309.&#160 OU is down to its third, fourth and fifth-string running backs, but still managed 138 yards rushing.

Tech’s Graham Harrell threw two TDs but also had one pick.

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JaMarcus Russell threw three touchdown passes (one each to Doucet, Bowe and Jacob Hester) in leading the Tigers in a workmanlike effort over the Crimson Tide.&#160 Pelini’s defense was its usual bad-assed self, causing two turnovers and two missed field goal attempts.

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Tony Romo continues to prove me Right All Along&#153 as he led a systematic dismantling of the Cardinals by throwing for 308 yards, including a 51-yard TD pass to Widdle Terri Owens.&#160 The defense wasn’t all that great, but it played well when it had to.

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Akron jumped out to a 21-3 lead and essentially cruised.&#160 As earlier stated, Buffalo may have covered, but without knowing what the Vegas line was, it has to count as a loss.

HOWEVER…!!!~

We call this a PFW because three of my Anti-Teams&#153 (that is to say, three teams I despise) lost.

Colt McCoy was injured scoring TU’s first touchdown, and while his replacement didn’t do too badly, it seemed to deflate the Shortdicks.

Add to that that K-State plays them well, especially in Manhattan, and it resulted in TU’s hopes of a national championship repeat going down the drain.

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The Shitland Ponies were expecting Houston’s Cougars to pass.&#160 So, they ran.

Anthony Aldrige went for 225 yards & 2 TDs in denying SMUT‘s first attempt at becoming bowl-eligible this year.

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Nebraska-A&M was really a game I didn’t much care about – I’m not fond of either program.&#160 But while I just dislike Bill Callahan, my abject hatred of Dennis Franchione is the stuff of legend.

So when Cornhusker quarterback Zac Taylor hit a 9-yard TD pass to Maurice Purify with under 30 seconds left after A&M had previously intercepted Taylor with under 3:00 left, and A&M’s cockiness turned to yet another November loss for “The Mercenary”, I was joyfully surprised.&#160 I was convinced Nebraska had choked yet another one away.

Nicely done, Callahan.&#160 Thanks for contributing to a PFW.

This week:&#160 8-1.&#160 Overall:&#160 41-20.&#160 Perfect Football Weekend&#153 achieved (executive fiat)

The PFW returns Friday for its first shot at two in a row this year.

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One response to “PFW:&#160 Thank you, K-State”

1. the Humble Devildog says:

   November 12, 2006 at 9:31 pm

   I took a peak at the BCS rankings today.

   Find me a conference that can put THREE teams into BCS bowls. I’ll give you a hint: it will probably be the Big Ten.

   With Ohio State and Michigan likely to be in BCS bowls after next week, and possibly playing each other in the championship game, the other six spots are up for grabs. USC and Notre Dame are both in the top 10 of the BCS, but…they play each other later, meaning one of them will prolly drop out of BCS contention. So, the team in the #9 spot looks like they have a really good shot at moving up to at least #8. Now…who would be in that #9 spot?

   That would be my Beloved Badgers! If Bucky takes care of business next week against the Bulls of Buffalo (and they should…Buffalo’s only win this year is against the football powerhouse known as the Temple Owls), they’ll finish the year 11-1, and in a tie for 2nd place in the Big Ten. They’ll also, more than likely, be 8th in the BCS rankings, giving them one of the BCS bowl spots….and putting THREE teams from the best conference in college football, bar none, into the BCS!

   I’m also trying not to cackle about my Beloved Badgers being ranked higher than the Herefords of Texas. I’m not succeeding.