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Maybe he’s trying to ensure Texas doesn’t overlook the Bears.

Evenly played game, but Horns made the big plays.

Stats weren’t overwhelming but he played well under big time pressure.

Matt and I have begun a series of posts over at the Texas FanHouse looking at Saturday’s game between Texas and [tag]Oklahoma[/tag] at the State Fair of Texas. When two top teams face each other the individual match-ups can decide who wins or who loses.

Here’s the match-ups and which way we think they lean:

• OU Running Backs Vs. UT Linebackers: Edge – Oklahoma
• OU Offensive Line Vs. UT Defensive Line: Edge – Texas
• OU QB/WR/TE Vs. UT Secondary: Edge – Even
• OU Special Teams Vs. UT Special Teams: Edge – Texas
• OU Defensive Line Vs. UT Offensive Line: Edge – Texas
• OU Secondary Vs. UT QB/WR/TE: Edge – Texas
• OU Linebackers Vs. UT Running Backs: Edge – Texas

Someone should let Houston Chronicle writer John Lopez know he should at least try a little to get some facts right. He doesn’t have to be perfect, just come closer than he did in this article where he urges Aggies to judge Dennis Franchione based on what he does on the field.

Lopez compares Fran’s situation in College Station to John Mackovic’s tenure in Austin:

Once upon a time, there were Longhorns who thought former coach John Mackovic’s biggest problem was his aloof, high-society ways. But that wasn’t it. Mackovic was a failure and not the right fit because he got his tail consistently whipped by Barry Switzer and Jackie Sherrill on the recruiting trail and again on Saturdays.

Nice story, too bad it’s completely fictional. Mackovic was the Texas head coach from 1992 – 1997. Barry Switzer was cheating in Norman, Oklahoma from 1973 through 1988, and Jackie Sherrill was cheating in College Station from 1982 to 1988. Don’t worry John, you were only four or five years off.

And in his first three years at Texas, Mackovic was 19 – 14 – 1 compared to Fran’s 16 – 18. He also won a Southwest Conference title and had two second place finishes. The Aggies finished 5th, 4th, and 4th in the Big 12 South. Comparison’s not working out too well there. By the way, Mackovic also won one more Big 12 title than Franchione ever will at Texas A&M.

Nevermind actual facts, keep Fran!

Normally, I would be one of the last people on the planet to stick up for OU, but what happened to them on Saturday should go down as some of the worst calls in the history of college football. And not only was it just one call, there were 3 horrible calls in the span of 1 minute, and two of them were held up by instant replay!

1. On the onside kick, an Oregon player clearly touches the ball before it crosses the 10 yard line.
2. Oklahoma recovers the onside kick when the ball squirts out of the pile.
3. Two plays later an OU defensive lineman tipped a pass, but an OU defensive back was still somehow called for pass interference.

The first two were reviewed by instant replay, and what was their decision? Oregon ball. Seriously, I have no idea what these refs could be thinking. And unlike OU’s game against Texas Tech last year, OU really got screwed on this one.

Read more to check out video evidence.

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Rumor has it that Texas Tech senior and preseason All-American Jarrett Hicks could be in jeopardy of missing the season. Both he and top WR recruit Michael Crabtree are both appealing issues to the NCAA related to academic issues. Hicks has already lost one appeal on his case and Coach Mike Leach didn’t sound to positive about the issue. Both players will likely miss this weekend’s game against SMU. Losing an All-American and another member of the two-deep would obviously be a big problem for Tech’s pass happy offense.

I hate to rag on [tag]Texas Tech[/tag], but this audio is hilarious. Wasn’t this done by 1310 The Ticket? Sounds like Corby and Danny.

Click the play button below.

Here is some video proof of how annoying Texas Tech fans can be.

I don’t think you can put A&M over Tech till we see if their defense is any better.

Comparing the human to the computer polls, the Big 10 is overrated the most by voters.