Big 12 Links, 9-7-08
A few quick Big 12 recaps and comments for you...
- Nebraska 35, San Jose State 12 - SJSU got it to 14-12 early in Q4 until NU finally kicked it into gear. Marlon Lucky's Heisman campaign isn't going well. Nor is his All-Conference campaign. Corn Nation looks at the goods and bads.
- Colorado 31, Eastern Washington 24 - Well...I guess almost losing to EWU is better than losing to EWU. Darrell Scott struggled to get going, but I'm wondering how much of that is the O-line. Ralphie Report looks at CU's first-down struggles.
- Iowa State 48, Kent State 28 - REVENGE!!! Though for the second straight week, ISU's scoreboard blowout didn't match the stats. Clone Chronicles analyzes what's up.
- Kansas 29, Louisiana Tech 0 - If I'm a KU fan (and I'm very much not), I'm starting to get really, really worried about the running game. 3rd-stringer Angus Quigley did well after Jake Sharp and Jocques Crawford combined for 39 yards on 14 carries. But the defense is obviously looking good. A nice recap at Rock Chalk Talk.
- Kansas State 69, Montana State 10 - Three return TDs + really bad opponent = 59-point win.
- Oklahoma 52, Cincinnati 26 - Cincy acquitted themselves relatively well, but my buddy's predictions of greatness for Ryan Broyles turned out to be pretty accurate. CC Machine has some initial reactions...
- Texas Tech 35, Nevada 19 - Graham Harrell was only 19-for-46, and Colin Kaepernick had 350+ total yards, which means I'm looking forward to next week. I'm not scared of a loss, but I'm looking forward to an interesting challenge. Double T with thoughts and links.
- Texas 42, UTEP 13 - Watched some of this one. Colt McCoy is at his best when he's running around and improvising, and he looked good last night (as did Quan Cosby). The defense still has some improving to do, but they continuously came up with big hits when they needed to. Nothing postgame-ish at BON yet, but I'm sure it's coming...
- Oklahoma State 56, Houston 37 - Nothing like putting up 42 points in the second half to blow open a tight game. Kendall Hunter (210 yards rushing) and Dez Bryant (236 receiving) looked, shall we say, solid.
- Texas A&M 28, New Mexico 22 - The Jerrod Johnson era begins. A&M's defense confused UNM's QB (Porterie) pretty well, making up for the injuries to Stephen McGee and Mike Goodson.
- Baylor 51, Northwestern State 6 - Check out Robert Griffin's numbers. Even against a 1-AA opponent, he looked pretty outstanding for a true freshman. I'm not saying Baylor's an emerging threat or anything, but they might at least resemble a real team soon.
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Rankings are out
tOSU drops to #5 in both polls, OU and UF moving up a spot each. Missouri is 6th in both polls, passing idle LSU in the USA TODAY poll. Inexplicably, tOSU is getting a 1st place vote in the Coaches, but Mizzou is not.
by Andy--01 on Sep 7, 2008 6:08 PM CDT 0 recs
A&M got lucky, and so did Colorado.
Pokes game was very entertaining to watch. Dez Bryant got the Walter Camp National Player of the week for his 9 reception, 236 yard performance 3TD night. along with a 71 yard punt return for TD.
Im excited for the ok state v. missouri game!!!
by PokesPride on Sep 7, 2008 10:49 PM CDT 0 recs
Yeah...looks like we will have a nice matchup between Dez and Carl
Mizzou will definitely need to shore up the pass defense we saw against Illinois before that matchup…and those games have historically been close.
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Sep 8, 2008 7:01 AM CDT
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