Cupcake Recap - Tulsa

Hello cupcakers,

Here is a recap of this last weekend in college football! As always, we start with the Sooners:

Landry Jones looked pretty good against a Tulsa defense that wasn’t stellar, but wasn’t that bad either. Landry racked up 6 touchdown passes as defenses across the Big XII gave a collective sigh. I’m sure they thought was OU would be crippled when Bradford went down, now they have seen the guy on the bench has the potential to have a statue on the east side of Memorial Stadium. 5 cupcakes Landry….5 cupcakes and Big XII player of the week.

Mr. Tennell, I know you don’t read this, but I feel for you. The coaches have seen something in you that we have not seen. The only thing you have treated the Sooner Nation to are dropped passes that could haunt you the rest of your career. Please pull out of your funk…or sit on the sidelines. You are frustrating all of us. ½ cupcake

Defense, oh defense…nicely done! You have recorded a nice little shut out for the second week in a row! A few things went your way (dropped passes), but you still held together. A shutout is a shutout, so let’s go ahead and award 4 cupcakes!

Now to the national level: First off…what a game for Nebraska! They did great and couldn’t stop a late minute drive to preserve the win on the road. Anyone nervous for the Sooner trip to Lincoln yet? What about going to Lubbock? Tech looked really good against a crowd of 100K shorthorn fans and a texas team that had not been tested all season. By the way...nice job texas, you jump out of the nobodies, play tech (get officiating help for the win), then jump right back in to stealing from the bakery (this week vs UTEP --the mighty miners), you get a doughnut, zero, zilch, nada.

Game with most hype that will not even be a game -- texas tech versus houston, in Houston. After grasping defeat from the jaws of victory in Austin, the Red Raiders will not be surprised by the Cougars (like maybe a team just north of Norman was). The crowd is smaller than it was in Austin and houston just does not have the athletes....this game gets the "Cupcake Mirage" award.

Best game of the week to watch will be the Miami vs Virginia Tech game. Virginia Tech is coming off a narrow and draining victory over the Cornhuskers just to welcome a Miami team (who has had longer than usual to prepare) to Blacksburg. I just don't think that Va. Tech will have enough in the tank and this one will go to Miami...which leaves the 'Canes undefeated heading in to their home matchup with the Sooners (and a 7 o'clock kickoff time that hasn't been announced yet). This one gets the "Last Bite of Cupcake" award (the last win for the 'Canes before losing to the Sooners).

Finally, I couldn't end the blog without a tip of the hat to the Huskies up north. Knocking off an SC team that god fielded himself was no easy feat (disclaimer: the view that "god" fielded the team in no way represents a deity at work, it is merely a reference to the fanatical love that ESPN gives to the beloved men of Troy anytime they beat a mediocre team). This game earns the "Gallagher Award" (for smashing the big ole' cupcake).


Until next week...
~Steven