The past weekend in the Big 12 did absolutely nothing to clarify questions about who the favorites are. In the south, Texas was unimpressive in their win against Colorado. So much so that they dropped from 2nd to 3rd in the national polls behind Alabama.
Oklahoma welcomed Sam Bradford back and not a moment too soon. He looked sharp in his return from an shoulder injury in beating Baylor and now gets to face off against the Longhorns in the Red River Shootout. We’ll look in depth at that game on Thursday.
Nebraska beat Missouri with a furious fourth quarter rally, but prior to that point were miserable on offense and you can blame play calling for costing the Tigers the game as much as anything the Cornhuskers did on the field.
Now the Husker defense which is suddenly getting a lot of media support gets to play host to a Texas Tech team that posted 66 points against Kansas State with a backup quarterback. Steven Sheffield tossed seven TD passes for 490 yards and left early in the fourth quarter. Whether it’s Sheffield or Taylor Potts at QB against Nebraska, Tech will have to win their first road game of the year.
Kansas remained unbeaten, but it was a heart stopper as Iowa State had a chance to steal this game at the end. Only the fact that Todd Reesing was at his best and had a record setting day from Kerry Meier and Dezmon Briscoe took the Hawks to 5-0.
The Jayhawks will go on the road to Colorado who surprised everyone by pulling the redshirt off quarterback Tyler Hansen in the second half against Texas. He will now start Saturday against KU and becomes the wild card in the Jayhawks defensive plan to stop the Buffs.
Despite injuries and controversy swirling around the program, Oklahoma State bounced back to outscore A&M and now get to host Missouri at home. The big question is whether running back Kendall Hunter will be back from injury or Dez Bryant will be reinstated by the NCAA for the game. Mizzou fans are wondering how QB Blaine Gabbert will bounce back fro his first loss and injured ankle.
Iowa State has suffered two crushing losses in the past two weeks, but you have to like the way first year coach Paul Rhodes has his team playing. The Cyclones get Baylor at home and I think they get their first conference win in 12 games.
Kansas State is looking just to find respectability when they play host to A&M on Saturday. The Wildcats were embarrassed by their performance against Tech as they should be. I’m just not sure they can do much about it against Texas A&M.
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