Last Saturday, No. 1 Oklahoma stomped Texas A&M, 77-0, to extend its season record to 10-0. The same day, Baylor lost its fifth straight, 62-14, to Texas Tech. Factor in Baylor's 73-10 loss to Texas A&M last month and you gotta wonder whether women and children will be allowed in the stadium this week as Baylor travels to Oklahoma. It's the Game of the Century, if only referring to how many points the Sooners might score.
And talk about a difference in attention the schools have been getting. The Sooners and Bears are like the Hilton sisters, Paris and The Other One. (And don't think The Other One isn't plotting a big attention-grabber right about now. Seriously, she's gonna escort O.J. Simpson to an awards show or something.)
Sure, the 53-point spread is one of the largest in college football history — Houston covered a 59-pointer by squeaking by SMU, 95-21, in 1989 — but this line might be 53 points less than it should be. Look at last week: a 77-point win on one side, a 48-point loss on the other. Even a Mets fan could tell you that's 125 points (if said Mets fan had a calculator and someone to show him how to use it).
The guy who could make the biggest difference in this game — an in his wallet — is Baylor football coach Guy Morriss. Follow me here: Say he had a few friends in Vegas. And say each of them bet $20,000 on the game. And say he just happened to rush the ball all game, moving the clock along, and the Bears lost by seven TDs but not eight. Morriss would probably get handed a real nice briefcase the next time he visited Vegas. And, who knows, there might be a lot of $100 bills in it!
Today's Sports Links:
• Steinbrenner Calls Rookie Voting a 'Farce' — Hideki Matsui was recipient of a good ol' American screw-job by two writers who were biased against his resumé and did not recognize him on their AL Rookie of the Year ballots, an award named for a man, Jackie Robinson, who himself came to the bigs after playing against highly skilled competition in the Negro Leagues. But thanks for making up your own rules, Bill Ballou and Jim Souhan, 'cause baseball wouldn't be the same without you!
• Monstrous Madden 2004 Offensive Playbook — Did your play-action, fake-reverse halfback-option get stuffed for the 20th straight time? Here are some other potential Madden 2004 plays you can cook up, suggested by one very dedicated player.
• The New Czabe.com — A sports radio host re-launches his fun site. Don't miss The Daily Czabe, his ruminations on the current sports landscape. Plus, such audio files as Emmitt Smith crying and ... who cares, I've waited 13 years to hear Emmitt Smith cry.
• Cartoon: Trendy Baseball Stats — A humorous look at what GMs really look for in a free agent.
• Dr. Z's NFL Power Rankings — Looking for the Giants ... scrolling ... scrolling ... oh, here we are: the team that beats the Rams and Vikings yet can't seem to solve those pesky Falcons is No. 20. But still ahead of the Texans!
hay paul-
Posted by Grant at November 12, 2003 3:13 AMthx for turning me on to that Czabe.com,it's pretty cool!
I Don't wanna rub it in,but i live in Atlanta *snicker*