What's the deal with OU?

A scare vs. Utah St.  A throttling of FSU.  A scare against Air Force.  Who are these guys?  This may be the story for the entire Big 12..  Kansas is similar in that no one knows who they are.  But they are not nearly as good as the Sooners.  Could be an interesting year. 

35-3 at half

Well, the only thing I know about Baylor is that I really don't know anything.  After 2 blowouts of sub par teams, the Bears are getting rolled by TCU.  This team isn't ready to play a team of TCU's caliber yet.  If this game was later in the year maybe.  But the big issue still remains.  Baylor doesn't have consistent play along either line.  And sadly enough for the Bears that is TCU's biggest strength.  That and Andy Dalton.  Dalton has missed very few times in the 1st half.  In fact he is 13-14.  So that's once.  And it was in the end zone.  Maybe next week at Rice, Baylor will find a team that is more evenly matched.  TCU is #4 for a reason.  They are very good.  Play this game 4 weeks from now and the Bears might actually be at a point that it would be competitive.  But after this game, the film will be out.  Baylor is soft against the run.  The riddle has been solved in week 3.  It's something they are going to have to fix in a hurry. 

Baylor looks shaky after 1 quarter

Greetings from Ft. Worth.  The 1st quarter has come to a merciful end and it's been all TCU.  21-3 after 1.  OWEEEEEEEE!!!   Baylor is starting to move the ball a little, but has yet to stop the Frogs at all.  The defense is getting run through like a wet paper sack.  This Horned Frog team is so strong up front, it's tough for Baylor to get big stops.  Not to mention Andy Dalton has been sharp.  Cutco sharp.  Ginsu sharp.  Ninja sword sharp.  Feel free to add your own.  Baylor needs a TD early in the 2nd.

Crazy opening week in the NFL/ACC Dumpster Fire

Week 1 of the NFL season has come to a close.  And all we really know is that half the teams are 1-0 and the other half are 0-1.  Are the Chiefs really better than the Chargers?  Are the Colts really that bad up front on both sides?  Will the Jets stumble through the season on offense?  Are the 49ers really not going to live up to the hype?  Are the Cowboys really that stupid?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  What we learn in Week 1 is that we can't really learn much in week 1.  It gets turned up when the games count.  Some teams are ready, some aren't quite yet.  It's a cliche, but it really isn't how you start it's how you finish.  Now the thing to worry about is that if you start very poorly, it may not matter how you finish.  So if your team didn't play well, don't go overboard yet.   Things change throughout the season. 

Before I move on to college football, let's dive into the Cowboys.  Wade, Jason, and staff need to get their heads right.  1st of all, there is never any shame in taking a knee down 3 with 70 yards to go before half.  There is however shame in letting your team think it was imperative that you score and then give up a TD going the other way.  It was one of the worst coaching decisions I have ever witnessed and I was privy to an Texas A&M vs. OU game in which Dennis Franchione forgot how to add.  The Alex Barron holding call was bad, but the play at the end of the 1st half was much more egregious.  Hopefully the Cowboys will get their heads on straight.

Now to college football.  The ACC is an absolute travesty.  James Madison tops Va Tech.  Kansas bounces back after losing to North Dakota St. by topping Ga Tech. Ohio St. dispatched Miami and hardly broke a sweat.  FSU got boat raced by OU ( I was there.  It was horrible.  It was kind of like watching all of the Saw movies at once.)   North Carolina may lose out on a very promising season because of a scandal.  What's left?  Boston College?  Virginia?  NC St?  Duke?  The ACC's season looks as bleak as Kevin Federline's music career. (Yeah folks, a K Fed reference)  These teams need to get better in a hurry or the ACC will be less relevant than the Big East.  And no one wants that.  College Football is better when Miami and FSU are good.  Let's hope this week was just a blip on the radar.

That is all.