Not even sure how to describe this one- perhaps “an ode to John Williams in 4-part harmony”. Make sure you turn the sound up to 11.

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1.) Alright already. Enough- I give up. Texas Tech is a good team. After watching them throw for over 500 yards against Oklahoma State I’m left with two questions- why not just play quarter defense in the Big XII (7 DB’s- if 5 is nickel and 6 is dime, 7 must be quarter) and how do the opponents of Texas Tech not get a half dozen personal fouls? Seriously, if I’m on the field playing defense against Texas Tech- I don’t think I could stop myself from hitting somebody late- quarterback, wide receivers, Mike Leach, anybody. Them playing offense is like a 60-minute game of keep-away. Most of the game it looked like there was only one Oklahoma State defender on the field and he (or she) was helpless to catch his (or her) baseball hat that Texas Tech had stolen and was throwing around from player to player.

Oklahoma State was throwing everything they possibly could scheme-wise against Texas Tech and it seemed like the Red Raiders knew what was coming every time. Not that I condone violence but the only blueprint that I can see for beating Texas Tech is start hitting Graham Harrell- fashionably late if you have to- so that he starts thinking twice about those cute little 8 yard throws. Then play the DB’s right on the line of scrimmage so they can jam the Wide Receivers. Sure they’ll get beat deep a couple times but that’s less demoralizing than getting 6-8 yarded into oblivion.

Game plan # 2 is much riskier and basically would just involve rushing seven different players every down and praying that the back four will get lucky or that the receivers will start dropping passes. It won’t work, but again, less demoralizing than the alternative.

Next up for Texas Tech is a road trip to Norman. Who knows if Oklahoma can do any better than Okie State did- after all, the Sooners’ pass defense is ranked 90th nationally.

2.) On Friday I wrote “I like LSU to win because they’re at home and I think their defense is going to control the game.” Mark this down as the last time I pick LSU for anything.

LSU did control the game dominating time of possession 33 to 27 minutes. LSU also got 201 yards on the ground from the nation’s 28th best rushing attack. Alabama QB John Parker Wilson was serviceable going 15 of 31 with zero touchdowns and one interception. Bad statistics by any standard but so much better than what LSU got from their quarterback.

With Andrew Hatch out because of injury, Jarrett Lee got sole QB duties for LSU and made the most (least) of his opportunity. Lee went 13 of 34 (38%) for one touchdown and four interceptions. That’s a smoking 69.13 QB rating. Worse still, the first two interceptions resulted in 14 points for Alabama, an important point considering the final margin of loss was six points. The final interception was the most egregious; I’ll set the stage for you…

You’ve got the # 1 team on the ropes- you’re in overtime after they just missed a field goal at the end of regulation. It’s 3rd & 6 and you decide to throw it into the end zone into double coverage. Not dump it off or run it wide with Keiland Williams or Trindon Holliday in order to preserve the field goal. No instead, you throw it into double coverage, Alabama intercepts it, then wins the game. And that could be why Alabama goes undefeated this season. Thanks a lot LSU. The goal is BCS chaos- or had you forgot?

3.) Penn State fell to the November BCS curse, losing to an unranked Iowa team in Iowa City. Penn State QB Darryll Clark was very shaky going 9 of 23 (39%) - perhaps lingering effects from a concussion he suffered at Ohio State two weeks ago. And just the opposite of Ohio State prior, a turnover (Clark’s third interception of the season) turned around the momentum of the game with Iowa driving to kick the winning field goal.

Iowa Sophomore QB Ricki Stanzi did no more and no less than exactly what he needed to- going 3 of 6 in the final drive, and getting the ball enough to Shonn Greene to keep the Penn State defense honest. Stanzi also completed two critical third downs- a 3rd and 10 and a 3rd and 6.

All is not lost for Penn State. As long as they beat Michigan State at home in two weeks, they’ll win the Big Ten’s automatic BCS bid and end the season on a high note. And who knows, they may stumble into the national championship game like Ohio State did last year.

4.) As I predicted, Baylor did keep it close with Texas early trailing 28-14 at the half, but the Longhorns pulled away in the third quarter. Baylor scored a touchdown late in the 4th quarter to keep the final score at 45-21. Texas has a tricky game at Kansas this week before finishing the regular season at home with Texas A&M.

5.) I picked North Carolina to beat Georgia Tech and that’s exactly what happened. I don’t know which conference is less relevant this year- the Big East or the ACC, but I know I don’t really care about either.

6.) As I predicted, Ohio State did beat Northwestern, in even more dominant fashion than I expected. The offensive line still looked vulnerable but Terrelle Pryor is showing progress and occasional flashes of brilliance. And the defense is starting to put all the pieces together at just the right time.

7.) USC’s offense decided to take the week off but the defense continued their dominance holding a decent Cal offense to 165 yards of total offense. USC has the nation’s # 1 scoring defense, # 1 pass defense, and # 3 rush defense, and they look even better than that. The Trojans have Stanford, Notre Dame, and UCLA left, and then have to hope for chaos to let them into the championship. They still lag in the computer polls and the remaining schedule won’t help that any.

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