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I hope getting them back will sure up our secondary.

Part 2 discusses strengths and weaknesses, future expectations, and Mack Brown.

Part 1 discusses traveling to Lincoln and the development of Colt McCoy.

For the first time in the history of Wheaties, General Mills is going to feature a rivalry between two college football teams, the Lone Star Showdown with Texas vs. Texas A&M. The Texas Longhorns will be on one side (what should be the front) and the Texas A&M Aggies will be on the other side (the back). Each side will feature an old school looking helment as well as an image of each team’s stadium.

Is it just me or does it seem quite ironic to have “Breakfast of Champions” and Texas A&M in the same graphic? What exactly are they champions of?

You should be able to pick up your box of Wheaties today, so head to the stores get one.

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Our Thoughts

Brian – The SEC is screwing up my top 25. All sorts of movement thanks to Florida and Georgia losing, and because what I thought was a good Iowa team losing to freaking Indiana. I had real trouble with my top 5. The only spot I’m sure of is Ohio State at #1 and then I’ve got no clue. USC was impressive early in the year against Arkansas and Nebraska but has looked pretty beatable the last few weeks. West Virginia at #3 is a crime but at the same time I had trouble putting them behind one-loss Texas. All I know is that I’m praying that the national title somehow doesn’t feature either WVU or Louisville.

Matt – Unfortunately Texas did not fare so well in the first BCS poll. Being 9th means that we have a lot of ground to make up, and a lot of teams ahead of us have to lose. Texas has a big matchup against Nebraska this weekend, which will hopefully add to their strength of schedule. I am not really impressed with my #2 and #3 teams, but I feel that is the only logical place you can put them right now. I am still not convinced about West Virginia and Louisiville, but it is hard to place them any lower than I already have them.

Related Links

• Last week’s rankings
• AP Top 25
• USA Today Coaches Top 25
• Master Coaches Survey

Thankfully [tag]Limas Sweed[/tag] will not be receiving a suspension from [tag]Mack Brown[/tag] or the Big 12 from the punch he threw in the first half of this past weekend’s Baylor game. The incident came when Limas got tangled up with Baylor cornerback Anthony Arline, the two argued, and Limas fired back with a punch. Sweed did receive a personal foul 15 yard penalty, but that is all he will face.

“There was a lot of mouthing and a lot of pushing, and I didn’t like the way he responded at all,” Brown said of Sweed’s actions, which resulted in a personal foul. “I thought the call was fair, and I told him that’s not who we are and we’re not going to put up with it.”

It seems Mack has learned a lesson after suspending Tarell Brown before the Ohio State game. Don’t sit down your best player before a big game against a Top 25 ranked opponent. Besides, there is plenty of time to lecture him during the offseason.

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Basically just PJ Tucker talking trash to Fred Jones (Oregon). Pretty entertaining. (via)

Only the Sooners could come up with something as ridiculous as this.

Our Thoughts

Brian – I had just dropped Auburn out of my number one spot last week and it’s a good thing I did, I’d feel really dumb if my top team got trounced the way they did last Saturday. USC stays ahead of Florida for at least one more week, if the Gators can knock off Auburn I think they’ll likely be right on Ohio State’s heels. Texas moves into the top five and seems to be in a pretty good spot to make a run by the end of the season. Arkansas debuts at 20 after their win over Auburn. The Razorbacks would be higher with only one loss, but that one loss was a complete beat down by USC.

Matt – Lots of shifting around in my poll this week as many teams in the Top 25 lost. I also re-evaluated some teams and moved them up or down accordingly. Oregon fell the furthest after getting annihilated by Cal, and I also moved Auburn down 10 spots after getting beat handily by Arkansas. Texas dominated OU, which is always hard to do, and I think Colt McCoy is improving with each game. I now have them at the #4 spot. Tennessee was the biggest mover forward after killing Georgia in the second half. Ainge is turning into a solid quarterback and could lead them to big things in the SEC.

Related Links

• Last week’s rankings
• AP Top 25
• USA Today Coaches Top 25
• Master Coaches Survey

So definitely not the same fanfare as we had for the Texas/Ohio State tailgate, but we still had a good time. And as you will see we were definitely looking forward to getting our hands on some corndogs. You can check out the rest of the photos in the gallery.

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More photos added to the gallery and a couple celebration videos added after the break…

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