RETRACTION

North Dakota State is twice as good as Kansas.

The TU/ECU game left only questions, such as:

Did Tulsa recruit a place kicker after the third quarter?

Does the ECU coach eat lunch with Mark Mangino?

Does coach Patterson have compromising pictures of important people at TU?

Can Tulsa hold Houston to under 1,100 yards passing?

Are there five wins out there for TU?

Air Force was top 15 in Division 1 FBS in total defense last season. If TU can find a way to win 6 games, it will be a tremendous season.

Apropos of broadcasting: Am I the only one who wants Brent Musburger IN Jackson Hole and OFF television?

Judging from the blue in the stadium, the potato heads travel.

My prediction all along has been that Tulsa will go 6-6, AND get a bowl game! I think it is now mathmatically impossible to win six and NOT go bowling. Thus, TU will be the first bowl team ever to average giving up 45 pts. and 500 yards per game. College football has reached the level of peewee soccer: everbody gets a trophy.

Agree with tulsandn... Really, how can you expect people to have the same hunger and work ethic after ten years of making way too much money and being told how wonderful you are? It's just human nature really... money changes everyone. Please see any pro sports league to illustrate my point. Hey Pick, why do you and so many others REFUSE to give Boise and TCU proper credit for being great football teams, regardless of the league they play in? The bigger, faster thing is too old and too easy of an excuse. I think the Boise running back distanced himself and from the athletic VA Tech defenders on his 70 yard TD(OU back Murray got chased down by Utah St many times Sat). Is there a better QB in the country than the kid from Boise? Please name him if you know of one... I know the one in Norman isnt even playing the same game as the Boise boy.

Boise is flat out good. Virginia Tech was not bigger nor faster and certainly not smarter or better coached than Boise St. Boise St. will not lose a game because it was out coached this season and I don't care what league they play in, defeating Wyoming on the road and then Oregon State, and then thrashing their league is enough proof to me they deserve a chance to play for the whole thing. Same with TCU if they go undefeated. Everyone gives 'Bama credit for playing hack non-conference opponents and then going through the "tough" SEC which will be as soft as last year. LSU is awful, So Carolina will be a 7-5 dud, Florida is terrible this year and Georgia will win 10 games against the has beens and can't beat anyone else. 'Bama will get a ton of credit for beating Penn St. into paper pulp this weekend when we all know the Big 10 is not deserving of a single team ranked in the top 10. The talent in FBS is spread out as more and more top recruits clamor for playing now vs. playing for the perennial power. TCU looked fast, Boise St. looked shockingly fast and powerful to go with their always smart and savvy players

As for TU, someone should have instructed the DB's not to allow the guy to jump at all. A toss up like that is a melee and I have never seen a pass interference call on a play like that. Grab the shirt inside, don't let him jump, grab an arm on the way up, bump him, etc. but you don't let him get off the ground with balance and concentration. The going for 2 on 3 occasions was ridiculous...you never go for 2 before the 4th quarter and only if it is absolutely necessary. TU will be OK this year, 7-5 is still a possibility but outcome of the games will rest upon who gets to 3 defensive stops first, much like arena football. Offense seemed a bit slower than Gus' years, but produced as much and Kinne looks the part. Defense needs to do a better job of tackling in the secondary, thought the front 7 was solid and faster to the ball for Tulsa's D.