College Football Post-Game Observations

Some "Sunday Evening Quarterback" observations from the weekend of college football:

1) My Oklahoma State Cowboys officially joined the "overrated" ranks. I expected a little bit of a hangover from last week's emotional victory over Georgia, but the Pokes looked like they were still suffering the effects of a full-on bender in the first half against Houston--and then again toward the end in the 45-35 loss at home. In between, we did get to see the quick-strike capabilities of the OSU offense, but the defense looked like orange Swiss cheese almost the entire game. Add it all up and you get a team that's closer to number 15 than number 5.

2) It was a good thing for Longhorn fans that UT got a 2nd-quarter scare at Wyoming--before erupting from there to win 41-10. Both collective feet are firmly planted on the ground for Saturday's Big 12 opener against Texas Tech--and you can bet the 'Horns remember how last season's last-second loss in Lubbock shot their season not only in the foot, but the heart, and with a reminder last Saturday that anybody can beat anybody (at least for 2-quarters) on any given day, you know Mack Brown and staff have the team's undivided attention. Plus, ESPN's "College Gameday" will be front and center on "The 40 Acres" as well.

3) Oklahoma got the expected get-well card courtesy of Idaho State, 64-0. So, as Garfield so elequently put it, "Big fat hairy deal".

4) Kansas State's Bill Snyder used to feast on programs like Louisiana-Lafayette during his heyday in the 90s, but that was last decade, and also at home. In 2009, K-State fell to U-LA-LA and in Lafayette. Don't look for Snyder to make road trips like that one as long has he's head coach at Silo Tech.

5) Almost the K-State fate? Missouri, and at home--before pulling one out late against Bowling Green. See also almost Oklahoma State.

6) Kansas, Texas Tech, and Nebraska all won as expected. See Garfield reference above.

8) Finally, A&M & Baylor enjoyed idle weeks at 1-0. I see a lot of Baylor fans are quite the confident bunch heading into the home opener versus UConn this Saturday. Many of those same fans are already counting six notches in the win column. I can see BU winning that many and perhaps more. But Baylor fan? You better cool your jets--UConn almost upended #19 North Carolina in Chapel Hill last Saturday. Yes, Bears fan, you beat Wake Forest on the road--huge win. But look at what happened at Oklahoma State last Saturday, and what almost happened at Mizzou. With your program's history, you're in no position to take ANYTHING for granted, and your head coach Art Briles would be the first to tell you the same.

Now, if I left your team out, nothing intentional. So, get over it.