Oklahoma EXPOSED!!!

The first Saturday of college football season is usually filled with the major powers playing nonconference games at home against sandlot teams. Oklahoma and Nebraska for years mastered the art of "schedule manipulation" so as to limit their risk of a nonconference loss that would jeopardized their preordained opportunity at a national championship or BCS bowl.

With the Mountain West Conference gaining respect over the last few years (mostly at the expense of Pac 10 schools willing to live up to "home & away" deals), Oklahoma decided to stick its toe in against a MWC team to gain some nonconference cred. But of course, they tried to do it the Oklahoma way. They scheduled Texas Christian, a team that was 5-6 last year and didn't make a bowl. Ha Ha Ha

Except TCU didn't take kindly to their role as preordained, opening-day whipping boy and, instead, tagged Oklahoma with a 17-10 loss at Norman. Oklahoma has been EXPOSED as the first pretender to the crown. Heh



OTHER COLLEGE FOOTBALL: USC looked like a pro team in Hawaii (I'm a "me too" regarding USC) ... Tennessee looked shaky in its home win over UAB (I expected a great season for the Vols this year and am shocked by this crap performance) ... Hat tips to the teams that played truly competitive openers --- Georgia Tech and Auburn (both looked world class in the first half and sloppy & tired in the second); Boston College with a solid win at BYU; Notre Dame with a big win on the road in Pittsburgh; and Texas A&M for nutting up and going on the road for the 1 point, last second loss to Clemson (I appreciate the teams that take on the big challenges and will be rooting for the Ags against most of the other pussy teams that typically inhabit the Big 12).

SPEAKING OF GIVING PROPS TO ANOTHER BIG 12 TEAM: After Texas beat up on some Louisiana team this weekend (I think it was the Cajun band Beausoleil), who isn't looking forward to seeing them play in Ohio State next weekend? This is how you go about proving your the best team in the nation. Show us a tough nonconference win. Show us a big road win. No backdoors allowed!!!!