Saturday, October 15, 2011

Football 2011: Week Six

Texas A&M's farewell tour in the Big 12 conference continues today with Baylor playing at Kyle Field. The bears, leading 7-3 in the 2nd quarter, just missed a short FG attempt. I'm listening to the game on the radio since the Fox presentation on TV is unwatchable. I realized if I heard another word about the magnificence of the Baylor quarterback, I'd puke my guts up. The Aggies followed the missed FG with a long TD pass, went ahead 10-7, then let BU score a TD on one pass for 77 yards to trail 14-10. It looks like it's gonna be one of those days, since the Aggies haven't been particularly sharp on offense and continue to muddle around on defense. It'll be a shame if they blow what will probably be their last game against the Bears.

In the time it took to type the last two sentences, the Aggies answered the Baylor TD bomb with a nice 73-yard drive to regain the lead at 17-14. This may end up being a regular pissing contest, last team with the ball wins. At 2:30 today Oklahoma State is at Texas on ABC, and I want to watch the cowboys give the horns a beating. Any Saturday when the Aggies win and TU loses is a good Saturday.

Added 4:32 pm same day: In Austin, Oklahoma State receives the kickoff to start the third quarter and returns it 100 yards for a TD. Then they kick off, and the longhorns return the kick for a touchdown. That's probably happened in college football at some point, but I don't remember seeing it. Anyway, Oklahoma State leads 28-17 after the exchange of scores.

The Aggies settled down in the second half of their game and won it 55-28. In the first half both teams were able to score at will, but in the second the Aggies actually made a few defensive stands and continued to roll up yards and points on offense. I was finally able to relax with about ten minutes left in the game. If that was the last football game the schools play, it was a good one for A&M. Hey, Ken Starr -- this one's for you, muthafugga.

Added 7:12 pm same day: Well, it wasn't quite the one-sided blowout the sooners managed last week, but Oklahoma State finally put the longhorns down for the count 38-26. A convincing Aggie win over Baylor and another loss for Texas U adds up to a successful afternoon of college football.

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