Big 12 Bookends
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
It was an efficient victory for the Texas Longhorns over Baylor, who scored 47 points on just 411 yards. Jordan Shipley was held to 46 yards receiving but scored twice, and leading rusher Cody Johnson also scored twice on 109 yards. As expected, Baylor’s offense was an exercise in futility.
Missouri exploded against Kansas State, with Blane Gabbert throwing for 298 yards and 3 TD passes. Danario Alexander caught 200 of those yards and all 3 scores.
Colorado’s losing waves continued, in a 17-10 setback against Iowa State. Tyler Hansen threw for 258 yards and a TD, but also threw an interception. Alexander Robinson led the Cyclones with 138 yards rushing and scored on a 20 yard reception. Read the rest of this entry →







Most Big 12 games were pretty one-sided in week 8 and now there are only two teams remaining in the Top 25.
Though I had predicted the Red River Shootout to be a low-to-mid scoring affair, this was a far uglier game than I expected. Eight total turnovers (won 5-3 by the Horns) and over 200 yards in penalties turned this into an monstrous affair that really dragged on. Sam Bradford was knocked out early and may be lost for the season. His replacement, Landry Jones, put up a decent number of total yards but had two costly picks late in the game. Colt McCoy fared worse, throwing a pick in the red zone and twice fumbling in Sooner territory, the second time after a long run to get inside the 10 yard line. Demarco Murray (pictured left, thanks Icon SMI) had a good day receiving, but the Sooners were held to negative rushing totals. Fozzy Whittaker picked up a similar amount of yardage, although his route-running was spotty at times. Overall this was a game dominated by the defenses. 