Texas Longhorns 28 Oklahoma 10
As noted in last week’s review, my recent up-close exposure to this Texas team led me to conclude that the Sooners would have their hands full with the Longhorns (5-1, 2-0), and that was certainly the case during the second half of the annual Red River Shootout in Dallas on Saturday. The Horns dominated the Sooners 21-0 in the second half on their way to a convincing 28-10 victory in what really amounted to a rock’em, sock’em defensive battle that was won by the team with the fewer turnovers. Texas QB Colt McCoy had a couple of nice TD passes during that second half and Longhorn CB Aaron Ross was all over the field, icing the game with an alert scoop-up of a lateral pass in the 4th quarter. Texas’ current 17-game winning streak in Big 12 games is the longest in conference history, surpassing Kansas State’s 15-game winning streak from 1997-98. The Longhorns have surprising Baylor (3-3, 2-0) at home next week before facing the toughest part of their schedule — consecutive road games at Nebraska (5-1, 2-0) and Texas Tech (4-2, 1-1).
About the time late in the 4th quarter that the Aggie faithful were ready to go Emory Bellard on current Aggie coach Dennis Franchione, the Ags (5-1, 1-1) dug deep and drove 80 yards for the game-winning TD. Although the Aggie defense pretty well shut down KU’s offense in the second half, the Aggie offense is still not hitting on all cylinders under QB Stephen McGee. The Ags have surprising Missouri (6-0, 2-0) at home next week and then travel to Baylor and Oklahoma State before facing their crushing final month of the season against OU, Nebraska and Texas.
Louisiana-Lafayette 31 Houston 28
Note to Coogs (4-2, 2-0) — when you are trying to build credibility on the national scene and within your community, it’s a good thing not to lose to a team called “La-La,” particularly after building a 21-0 first half lead. The Cougars’ once-promising season now hangs in the balance as it faces tough games at Southern Miss and at home against UTEP, Central Florida and Tulsa in their next four games.
The Owls (1-5, 0-2) struggled on defense all day as a mediocre Tulane team ran up almost 500 yards total offense. The Owls play UAB at home next week before taking on a tough stretch of their season on the road against Central Florida, UTEP, and Tulsa.
The Texans (1-3) are off this week before going to Dallas next week to be hammered by the Cowboys.
lateral pass in the 4th quarter.
It didn’t affect the outcome of the game, but that pass looked to be traveling slightly forward to me when it was tipped by Peterson. But hey, I’m just a guy with a DVR and not an important Big 12 replay official. 🙂