Sooners, Cowboys take different forks in the road; Big Twelve and Top 25

Sooners Wagon almost burns; Cowboys throw up on Toad soup; Tide shows power in win; Look for Clemson’s run to end this Saturday on Gobbler stew……

Week four saw Alabama throttle Vanderbilt, Penn State win on a walk-off touchdown pass, Oklahoma State taken to the cleaners by the TCU Frogs, and Oklahoma win a dog-fight with the Baylor Bears.  It was a good week for the viewer and the fans in the seats.

In Big Twelve Action

Oklahoma overcame a fired up Baylor team to win in Waco.  With six players getting their first action of the season for the Bears, this BU team was not the one that had lost to Liberty and UTSA.  With injuries taking out a key defensive back, OU’s pass defense was lacking but credit Baylor’s offense for their fine play. It was a win and all wins are important. But if you think OU is going undefeated with that kind of repeat performance, the Sooners are in some big trouble in China.

TCU took the fight to Oklahoma State from the kickoff and kicked the Pokes in Stillwater. Out played, out coached, and with the left side of the OSU offensive line injured, TCU was the better team.  But do not give up on the Pokes and do not under-rate TCU.  Both teams are really good.

West Virginia took care of business at Kansas.  The Jayhawks did make it more than a romp with a good offensive performance against a better than average Mountaineer defense.

Texas Tech played one of their best defensive games in a while as they broke the Cougars back in Houston. A nice win for the Red Raiders.

Last week:  2-2     Season 24-8

Fred’s Big Twelve Rankings

1.  Oklahoma

2.  TCU

3.  Oklahoma State

4.  West Virginia

5.  Texas

6.  Texas Tech

7.  Kansas State

8.  Baylor

9.  Iowa State

10.  Kansas

This week in the league:

Texas 27 at Iowa State 21 (Thursday)

Baylor 31 at Kansas State 30

Oklahoma State 59 at Texas Tech 35

National Rankings

1. Alabama

2. Oklahoma

3. Clemson

4. Penn State

5. USC

6. TCU

7. Georgia

8. Washington

9. Wisconsin

10. Ohio State

11. Michigan

12. Virginia Tech

13. Oklahoma State

14. West Virginia

15. Miami, Fla

16. Washington State

17. South Florida

18. Florida

19. Iowa

20. San Diego State

21. Utah

22. Auburn

23. Texas Tech

24. Duke

25. Navy

National Predictions

Miami, Fla. 25 at Duke 21

USC 43 at Washington State 34

Florida 15 and Vanderbilt 6

Wisconsin 31 and Northwestern 20

Georgia 29 at Tennessee 18

Penn State 45 and Indiana 21

Auburn 24 and Miss. State 23

Virginia Tech 20 and Clemson 19

Alabama 45 and Ole Miss 7

Oregon 32 and California 21

Feature Photo:  (Jerome Miron, USA TODAY Sports)