Saturday, October 27, 2007

Knee-Jerk Reactions

Some knee-jerk reactions from the Sooners' off week...

Nebraska came to play. They led Texas for most of the game before Jamaal Charles broke two long runs in the fourth quarter, and the Longhorns held on for a 28-25 win. KU, K-State, and Colorado better not pencil the Huskers in for an easy W just yet. However, the Bill Callahan death watch is still on.

The UConn Huskies are still in first place in the Big East. It wasn't real long ago that UConn was in the Yankee Conference and South Florida didn't have a team. There they were today in East Hartford, playing for at least a share of the Big East lead. UConn got a big 22-15 win over the Bulls, the biggest win in the history of the program. The biggest beneficiary of that result, though, was West Virginia. The Mountaineers have the one conference loss to South Florida, but are plowing through the rest of their opposition. Today, they beat Rutgers, 38-3.

Say goodbye to the Florida Gators. They went out and lost to their archrival Georgia Bulldogs, 42-30. The Gators now have three losses in the conference. The way the SEC is cannibalizing itself, the Gators may have an outside chance at the SEC championship game. But, that is doubtful.

Elsewhere in the SEC, the Kentucky Wildcats were very flat today. They lost at home to Sly and the Family Croom, aka the Mississippi State Bulldogs. MSU won decisively, 31-14. The Cowbell Crew still has a good chance to play in a bowl this season.

Also, say goodbye to the USC Trojans. The Condoms went up to Eugene and lost to the Oregon Ducks, 24-17. Oregon still has a good shot to end up in the top two in the final BCS rankings at season's end. USC is looking at going some place like the Holiday or Sun Bowl.

Finally, George Washington is dead. The horse, that is. He was euthanized after an injury in today's Breeders Cup.

More later...

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