Amazing. Even in those cases in which I disagree with you ... you never fail to entertain. LOL

I'd like to hear your take on what it takes to attract the poll voters. I kind of lean toward the opinion that they prefer teams with "sparkle" over teams that just relentlessly take care of business. I think that's why TU is having trouble attracting votes (like from Mr. Hoover).

Bill: The polls are nuts.

How can Arkansas be six or so spots below Auburn after having mopped Auburn off its own field?!

Get this: ESPN's Kirk Buckeyestreet came on the air Saturday evening and said that in his poll, head-to-head results didn't matter!

Picks: riddle me this. If a pollster recognizes the error in his ways, does he make it up the following week and show it...or does he keep punishing a quality team? You still thinking Tulsa may be the best team in the state?

Excellent discussions in blogville. I'll give you my takes one at a time.

Wilson said he was surprised that Brown didn't get into the game, but that Coach Gundy decides which RB's play. Evidently, Patrick didn't get tired enough to warrant a substitution. OU still has 4 big games left on the slate, so it's still early to judge the red shirt decision. I will admit, however, that if Brown doesn't see significant playing time soon, then the decision was hasty.

ANY POLL VOTER WHO TAKES AUBURN OVER ARKANSAS IS EITHER CLUELESS OR WITH AN AGENDA. Herbie must be the latter. The argument could be made to vote a loser over a winner if the winner won a very close game on its home field after getting outplayed. But the Hogs made pig slop of Auburn on the road.

Okie State's offense is very good, but I'll take Ohio State's as the best in the nation. Michigan's is next. OSU's is top five in my book. Unfortunately, they have no defense. If they had a D, they would have closed out a close game or two and been 7-1.

If OU, TU, and OSU played a round robin on a nuetral field, all teams would finish 1-1. I'll let ya'll argue over which team beats the other. Arkansas is the best of the Big 4 to date. TU plays noone. Not its fault, but fact. You think TU would beat Nebbish at home? Please. Mizzou on the road? Hardly. But go Hurricane. OU is improving where it counts the most: on defense and in the running game. It's as if the OL was challenged after losing AD, knowing that AP couldn't make his own hole. They have responded. If Stoopsie and Co. can sign a big time QB, this young squad will threaten the Sears Trophy in the next two years. I'll set the over/under on OU losses to close the season at 1.5, and I'll take the under. Any takers????

By the way Mr. Picker, when Minnie covers tonight, you go down. If not, we push. I normally like free rolls, but pushing gets me no closer to the prize tier.

Please clarify what 'year after dark' means and I'll answer your question.

Very glib; but you pull the same nonsense that the rest of us pull when making a point. You ignore that which is relevant to the counterpoint of your argument. For instance, you've been quite fond of pointing out how poorly Mike Stoops and Mark Mangino have done since leaving Oklahoma. What you do not point out is that both Kansas and Arizona have two strikes against them from the start; they have never been able to consistently recruit blue chip talent because of the proximity of both schools to other more glamorous institutions. Exceptions? Sure, Snyder at KSU, Barnett at Northwestern, Franchione at TCU...but they are not the rule. Mike Stoops will probably fail at Arizona, but I sincerely doubt it has anything to do with his lack of prowess as a coach. As a head coach, perhaps; but he certainly knows at least as much as some desk jockey who crows about giving advice to Oklahoma State about how to play Nebraska, a team still in decline. Which brings us to another comment made by our dear picker; after the NU - Texas game you asked where everyone who had disparaged Bill Callahan's hiring at Nebraska had suddenly gotten off to. Well, we're right here. Callahan fattened the Nebraska calf in '06 against the likes of Troy, Louisiana Tech, Nichols State, both Kansas schools and Iowa State. That they played Texas closely was more of a condemnation of Texas than a tribute to the Huskers. Current record? 6-3. Where are they going to be in four weeks? Probably 7-5. And where will your comments about Callahan be then?

I'll reiterate what I've already stated, at least in terms of Chris Brown. To you, Brown's failure to appear and carry in last weekend's Missouri game was undoubtedly further proof of a poor coaching decision - to remove his redshirt, that is. I've already responded to this issue by simply stating that this sort of situation is best viewed in retrospect. You may be right...or you might be wrong. Only time will tell. And as far as the Mizzou redshirt situation, sorry, I'm unfamiliar with it.

If you're going to quote O'Reilly, you're in the wrong blog.

I thought Louisville was tomorrow night. I like WVA.