Sound about right? Here’s why Texas isn’t in the headline: A) Too confusing, and B) If Oklahoma beats No. 2 Texas Tech in two weeks in Norman, then the Sooners will almost certainly leapfrog Texas in the BCS standings, and Mack Brown will kick and scream about it (rightfully so).

Poor Penn State. A penalty forces them into third-and-long late in the game in Iowa territory. Do you pass to try and get into field goal position (or get the first down), or just run a conservative dive into the line to eat clock and then pooch punt into the wind in hopes of pinning Iowa deep? PSU went to the air, Clark’s pass got caught in the wind, Iowa intercepted it, and the rest is photo gallery history. On the plus side, the Big 10 is absolutely irrelevant for the rest of the season. Whew! (Funny: check out all the arrests Saturday night/Sunday morning in Des Moines. Via the Wiz of Odds.)

For the first Saturday in several weeks, we don’t feel the need to plant ourselves on the sofa all day this weekend. (How weak is the slate? Gameday is going to Tallahassee … and FSU is not involved.) Florida hosting South Carolina? The Spurrier angle is interesting, and UF did lose to Ole Miss earlier this year … but the Gators are rolling. Texas at Kansas? Eh. The Jayhawks just let Nebraska roll up 500 yards and 45 points. USC at Stanford? (Lifts leg, farts.) We don’t think that highly of the USC offense, and they need so much help to get into the title game, they’re not worth watching. Isn’t it swell that USC may be putting together one of the best defensive seasons in recent college football memory … and nobody gives a rat’s ass because they lost to Oregon State in September?

Tidbits:

* Before you get carried away with Texas Tech holding Oklahoma State to 20 points Saturday, consider these facts.
* We’re fairly certain that we’ll be picking Alabama to upset Florida in the SEC title game. Everyone loves Florida way too much (Herbstreit, Tony Barnhart, Steve Spurrier, you name it), and the margin of victory over LSU was the tipping point.
* Food for thought: Florida hammered Georgia at a neutral site and drilled LSU at home; Alabama beat Clemson at a neutral site and beat Georgia and LSU on the road. Texas Tech’s best road win is at Kansas. Texas’s best road win is at Colorado.
* If there’s anyone we’re actively rooting for this weekend, it’s Oregon State. We may try to buy a Gary Payton throwback and wear it for the Beavers game against Cal. This is more rooting against USC than anything.