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Some of the humor is local and it isn't the best stuff around but I thought you guys might enjoy it... Reality a show some Sooner fans may want to avoid By World Sports Columnist 9/15/2005 Why do so many hillbillies call sports talk radio shows? Homers versus reality Homers: OU is having to go with a lot of young players. Yet: Isn't somebody being paid $3 mil per year to mix in a few juniors? Homers: Now people will miss Jason White! Actually: It's Josh Heupel we miss. Homers: OU offensive co-ordinator Chuck "Third and" Long didn't become a debatable coach overnight. Still and all: Joe Paterno? Dave Wannstadt? Coach Fran? Shanahan? Genius barely at the Seahawks? Note under this homer-ism: Somebody on the radio stole our Chuck "Third and" Long nickname without giving us proper credit. Stop that. We have another instant classic nickname to release under the Dallas pick. Homers: Rhett Bomar deserves to start. Question: Start the team bus? Homers: You can't win turning the football over. But: Refer to Switzer days of great defenses. Homers: Stoops owns Mack Brown. Unfortunately: Maybe it was only a rental. Homers: Bo Pelini is responsible for the potholes in the Norman streets. Only: His current team is 1-0. Homers: Best passer transfers, starting offensive lineman quits, underage quarterback drinks in public, star runner skips class, none of it means anything. Collective sigh: We'll see. The Picks Thursday Utah (-3) at TCU: OKC media homers, some of whom are even on the OU payroll, might watch this with a cocktail handy. Utah by 6. Saturday OU at UCLA (-6 1/2): Full-scale, flat-out, unbridled offensive panic apt to cause the playbook to expand to a third page. Chief new play could sound something like this in huddle: High School Harry left, ready, break! Get ready for the option, baby! Who's running this team anyway, OKC media giant Eschbach? USC plays at night -- what if a Trojan player comes to this game, sits behind the Sooner bench, says: Boo! Main thing working in OU's favor: UCLA is nothing special, excellent runner and catcher, average slow quarterback, mushy defense. Simply can't believe Bomar starts over Thompson. Common question heard regarding "Third and" Long's pass game: Anybody have any idea who the intended receiver was? UCLA by 10. Tulsa at North Texas (-6): Nothing says, "What am I doing here?" like Denton in September. No moral victory column available here, only good that come of this is a W. Meaningful Green by 4. Arkansas State at Pickens State (-25 1/2): Backwoods Tour finally ends. Nonconference schedule has Cowboys ready for pillow fight. Our glasses aren't orange-colored: in the last game versus Florida Aquatic, we saw No. 92 chase down new quarterback Reid from behind! State defense said to be improved. By alums. Pickens State by 28. Michigan State at Notre Dame (-7): Proper viewing for locals starved for creative offense. Notre Dame barely escapes trap, by 6. Pitt at Nebraska (-9 1/2): Two of the worst coaches ever to con an athletic director. Nebraska by 10. Alabama (-2) at South Carolina: What do Stoops and Spurrier talk about, surfing? Note to Bob: talk offense! Upset, SC by 7. Miami (-6 1/2) at Clemson: Coker to feel heat from two places in Miami -- sun, administration building? Miami by 9. Tennessee at Florida (-4): Never too early to guess which southern team gets cheated out of college title game -- after Auburn last year, looks like Virginia Tech could get short-changed this year. Florida by 6. Arkansas at Southern Cal (-31): Houston, we have 22 problems. USC by 28. Sunday Buffalo at Tampa (-2): Who are these people? Tampa by 3. New England (-3) at Carolina: Brady isn't perfect, he has a bad game every third year on the road. Carolina by 3. Miami at the Jets (-6): We thought it was Frerotte's son! Jets by 7. Kansas City (-1 1/2) at the Raiders: Raiders so bad, about the only spikes left in the nut-fan section are spiked heels. Upset, Raiders by 4. Monday New Orleans (-3) at the Giants: Part of fund-raising doubleheader -- we're exhausted just watching New Orleans. Imagine how the players must feel. ri Giants by 2. Redskins at the Cowboys (-6): Never thought we'd see the day when Drew "Paper or Plastic" Bledsoe would seem less likely to be sacked than rival quarterback. Redskin lefty Brunell looks half in the grocery bag on every play. Cowboys by 10.

OU did not attempt a pass in the 2nd half against Tulsa so UNT may very well be "as good as any team we've faced thus far..." Another interesting stat: OU attempted 13 passes in the game, Garrett Mills caught 13 passes for Tulsa!

As for OSU scheduling a "home and home" with FAU ... it is actually a 2 for 1. As you show, they play in Stillwater the next two years. Also, OSU has 3 or 4 starters from the FL area. Exposure sure helps recruiting. We have played OOC games either Houston or DFW several times too.

I'll add a few things from an OSU alum's perspective who has watched UNT/Sun Belt for the last 5 years: 1. OSU has a new coaching staff including Off and Def coordinators running entirely different schemes than last year. The off coord was at UF last year, go back and look at how they progressed from week 1 on with a new QB. 2. OSU aka Tailback U lost Tatum Bell (now with the Bronchos) and Vernand Morency (Texans) in the last two years. None of the TB's on campus have experience. They have to get better. 3. FAU has a great QB. If he would have had time OSU would have been in troule. He is an accurate passer with a strong arm and good wheels. He only had 75 yards passing for the game! 4. FAU has very good team speed that will suprise lots of people. 5. It is interesting how many "mid-major" teams play well against the "majors" for a quarter or two, somethimes three, but usually fall short due to turnovers and mistakes. Their are two sides to that coin. If OSU turns those turnovers into TD's instead of FG's, the final is 35-3 instead of 23-3. Summary: OSU offense will need to get much better if they want to win 7 games. They are 2-0 with Ark St, Colorado, Missouri, at A$M, at ISU, Texas, TTech, at Baylor and , at OU left. Those who think OSU will lose to Baylor didn't watch the OSU defense last night. FAU averaged 2.6 yards/play. RE: Tulsa I was at the Tulsa-Minn game. Tulsa fans are saying the same thing about that game as FAU fans are saying about the OSU game. "If we eliminated a couple of mistakes..." Just before halftime TU was driving across midfield down 17-3. If they score it is 17-10 at half. Instead, they fumble and Minn scores to make it 24-3. I beleive it was 27-10 halfway through the 4th qtr before two Minn TDs made it look really bad (41-10). How will the Mean Green fare against TU? Hard to say, I haven't seen UNT play this year. I'll be watching... have a good year. FAU should be one of the best teams in the league IMO. They are very young so it really depends on how much they improve.