Pick:
Better start worrying Pick. On Travis Lewis' facebook page, the Sooner Stud says that he will be back (better than ever) for the Florida State Game.

TCU is Baylor’s Bowl game,
U ‘thunk the Bears & All-Star QB Griffin
could hang w/n 6 @ home against a rebuilt TCU squad

IF Houston beats UCLA,
they could easily playing for a BCS Bowl
& the Conf Championship when they play
Tulsa here the day after Turkey Day.

Will coach Mark Richt of Georgia
be fired on the spot if he looses to Boise?

No one can sell a lame duck program
better than Houston (Herb Tarlek) Nutt
Dawg safety’s & corner's will be
on the heels all afternoon against them Mormons

In the real world, A tiger would eat the duck
Can “Let’s guess” Les try
& run & chew up the clock
to stop them ducks air attack?

It’s not whether TU can score on OU
It’s how often TU’s “D” stops OU

Hard to say, but the spread seems about right. Covering three touchdowns is a beating in my book.

and..... Baylor's Griffin lost his favorite receiver this week. TCU will probably Grind Baylor. Again, though, I wouldn't touch any game except Boise.

By 10. See my post below, you big, bad bullfrog.

YES. U UPSET NOW???

Only takes 1-to win. One or one hundred, a win counts as a win doesn't have to be a blow-out.

"How can Oregon be favored a point over Loopy Les?"

Exactly! How has nobody found an issue with this spread? In Dallas no less!

If anyone should be favored, it should be LSU and their ridiculous defense. Neither team's QB is exceptional at throwing the ball.

I expect to see a game somewhat like last year's MNC. LSU will shut down Oregon's run game with a dominating front seven and wear down the Ducks' defense with ground and pound and a scrambling, athletic QB.

Agreed, but I don't think the Oregon QB is all that special either. Both QBs seem better equipped to win with their athleticism rather than their arms.

Even if the Oregon QB gets a slight edge, I still think LSU should be the favorite in that game. If I were a betting man, I'd definitely take them outright.

TU returns 10 starters on offense and 8 on defense from a squad which has won 7 straight including 3 on the road against teams receiving votes in most all top-25 polls. TU beat the spread in 5 or 6 of those wins.

For the TU game, OU will have 8 or 9 new starters on defense (a couple of them got a couple starts due to injury and alignment changes).
DE Beal - graduated (Replacement DE R. Lewis might be ineligibile)
DT McGee - no longer a starter
DT Taylor - graduated
DE Alexander - Returning part-time starter
Jefferson - Returning part-time starter
T. Lewis - OUT injured
Box - R.I.P.
Fleming - no longer a starter
Nelson - graduated
Carter - graduated
Hurst - Returning starter

With that many new starters, chemistry will be an issue. They have guys with experience but how will they gel while T. Lewis is out?

OU returns 9 starters on offense so the offense should be good if the RB-core can replace Murray and the o-line can learn to block (OU averaged about 3ypc last year, and ran poorly against some pitiful defenses).

This is all just pointing out why the spread is *only* 21. Common logic would indicate they will beat TU by more than 21 points, regardless of how many new starters. Vegas odds usually consider returning starters and who they beat by how much recently.

Hey Soonertrain, do you remember "Jonathan Nelson"????

He was a DB and started at SS for OU. He was kind of a star back there and was drafted by the Rams.

Pick:
Take a look at Landry's numbers four the last four gams last year--No QB played any better.