Sooners just too much for Frogs; Pokes focus on Texas to regroup
It was business as usual for the Oklahoma Sooners offensive machine as they pounded TCU 52-27 in Fort Worth. Kyler Murray continued to impress the country in his pursuit to attain the Heisman Trophy. Murray is the best football player in the country in my opinion. The kid from Alabama is second. Both have significant games to build their season’s resume in which the voters will make their choice later in the season. Once Alabama is tested in a close game we will see how Tua Tagovailoa does in crunch time. It is a two horse race currently.
Texas Tech destroyed Kansas in Lubbock as the Red Raiders continue to stay in the race for the Big Twelve title game. This team is no longer a pushover.
Big Twelve Rankings
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Texas
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Oklahoma
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Iowa State
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West Virginia
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Texas Tech
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Kansas State
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TCU
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Baylor
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Oklahoma State
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Kansas
This week in the Big Twelve (last week 2-0; season 33-16)
Thursday, Oct 25
West Virginia 34 and Baylor 28-Look for a close game with the home team pulling it out. Baylor has improved enough this season that the Bears can hold up against the better teams of the conference.
Saturday, Oct 27
Iowa State 27 and Texas Tech 23-This will be a close game as both teams are on the upswing currently. My prediction is based on the fact that the game is in Ames. When it is as close as this, I will usually take the home field as the final advantage. This one will be the game of the day in the Big Twelve.
TCU 30 at Kansas 17-Losing their starting quarterback for the year is never good but he had been replaced in the OU loss. TCU is just better.
Oklahoma 41 and Kansas State 27-If Coach Snyder can get his offense to dominate the line of scrimmage we could have another Army situation for OU. An upset loss could happen with Wildcat ball control and Sooner turnovers. Could be a great game or if OU is hot off the bat, a big time blowout.
Texas 34 at Okla. State 17-Sam Ehlinger will not play and that is not good for the Horns. Mike Gundy continues to go with what brought them to a 4-3 season and do not expect that to change. OSU could pull the upset if they could get some solid play on both sides of the all but I do not expect it. Horns continue to thrive.
Fred’s Top Twenty-five
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Alabama
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Notre Dame
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Clemson
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LSU
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Texas
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Oklahoma
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Georgia
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Michigan
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Univ. of Central Florida
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Washington State
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Florida
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Kentucky
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West Virginia
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Ohio State
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Iowa
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Washington
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Wisconsin
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Penn State
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Texas Tech
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Texas A&M
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Mississippi State
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Utah
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Oregon
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South Florida
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North Carolina State
My Final Four as of this week:
Alabama vs Notre Dame
Clemson vs Michigan
Final: Alabama vs Michigan
National Predictions
Thursday, Oct 25
Virginia Tech 39 and Georgia Tech 26
Appalachian State 44 at Georgia State 29
Friday, Oct 26
Boston College 28 and Miami (Fla) 21
Utah 50 at UCLA 24
Saturday, Oct 27
Wisconsin 27 at Northwestern 14
Purdue 30 at Michigan State 24
Clemson 26 at Florida State 13
Colorado 47 and Oregon State 17
USC 35 and Arizona State 20
BYU 24 and Northern Ill. 19
Georgia 22 and Florida 21
Duke 27 at Pittsburgh 10
Penn State 19 and Iowa 18
Cincinnati 45 at SMU 28
Houston 31 and South Florida 23
Missouri 43 and Kentucky 38
California 32 and Washington 27
Washington State 37 at Stanford 24
Mississippi State 20 and aTm 17
Syracuse 31 and North Carolina State 28
Air Force 27 and Boise State 25
Tennessee 20 at South Carolina 18
Notre Dame 28 at Navy 0
Oregon 34 at Arizona 17
Feature Photo: Kennedy Brooks runs over TCU (Photo: Dallas Morning News)
First time I have ever disagreed with you but Tua is the better QB! Although their stats are almost identical – imagine what Tua’s stats would be if Saban left his first team in the game for all 4 quarters! Yeah I know Alabama’s schedule isn’t that strong but OU’s isn’t either as the Big 12 is relatively weak this year. Bama has LSU coming up so let’s see what happens. Keep up the good work. 🙂
as I said, once Bama plays a team that can compete and Tua is put in game situations where he has to perform under some pressure I will hold out on him this year. If I had a vote, Murray is the better athlete. If Bama beats LSU with a great offensive performance and Tua is the man, yes, I would think he has the Heisman locked up. When you play a schedule that only two or three teams a year can even play you close does not impress me. As weak as the Big Twelve might be, Bama’s schedule is offensive to others in the college football world. And it has nothing to do with Bama the great team they are. How boring it must be to go out on almost every Saturday knowing that your individual play WILL NOT effect the winning or LOSING of the game as your opponent is pretty much a shit hole team. And again, until the SEC stops playing shit non-conference teams and the league allows the best teams to avoid teams that could give the other top teams a test, I have no respect for that conference. But I do not blame the players of the league…only the higher ups.
and I forgot, thanks for reading my blog and for the comment…..always welcomed….