A&M meltdown worse than Gundy's
Published: 9/23/2007 10:16 AM
Last Modified: 9/23/2007 10:16 AM
Saturday was an exercise in hair-pulling, teeth-gnashing and dog-cussing across the Big 12 Conference.
Nebraska lucked out a home victory over David Letterman and Ball State. Iowa State blew an 11-point lead in the final five minutes of an embarrassing loss at Toledo. Texas Tech's Michael Crabtree couldn't squeeze a pass that Miss Crabtree (you know, the Little Rascals' teacher) could have caught and, in not doing so, handed victory to Oklahoma State.
Not that that prevented Mike Gundy from launching one of college football's all-time press conference tirades 15 minutes later.
It was a lot to stew over, and yet my Big 12 Meltdown of the Week was locked up last Thursday, when Texas A&M rolled over and made a pedestrian Miami team look 1991-esque scary. The Aggies couldn't run, pass, defend or coach, and Lone Star columnists pounced.
The latest comes courtesy of the San Antonio Express-News' Richard Oliver, who calls for Dennis Franchione's job:
"Franchione, even (athletic director Bill) Byrne must realize by now, is not a catalyst as forecast when he was imported to take the reins of the football program. Advertised as an agent for change, instead he stands today as arguably the most prominent example of underachievement in the university's history."
Surely 77-0 history won't repeat itself Nov. 3, but it makes one wonder just what kind of fight the Aggies will put up in Norman that day. They'd better swing harder than they did in at Miami.
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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