Week Five

The changing faces of nicknames and mascots in college sports

DDTs picks in the Top 25 and Big 12 last weekend:

#1 Ohio State at undefeated Indiana. Bucks win big.
 Bucks won, but not big. IU is not that bad.

#3  Olay Miss at #24 Florida. Land sharks in a close one.
Wrong. Wasn't even close. Gators rose up and smote the 

Land Sharks.

#6 Notre Dame at #12 Clemson. Big road test for the Irish, but the home team prevails.
Right.

#13 ‘Bama @ #8 UGA. Bulldogs finally take control of the SEC East and maybe the whole SEC.
Wrong. Big time wrong. 'Bama is still the real deal. UGA overrated ... again.

#21 Mississippi State @ #14 Texas A&M. Farmers on a roll, 106,000 fans at Kyle help get ‘er done.
Right.

#23 West Virginia @ #15 OU. Landrush Soonerama in the first part outdoes Hillbilly Mountaineer cousin in the second part. Sooners win at home.

Right. Sooners will challenge TCU and Baylor, especially TCU that has trouble on defense.

Also:

Texas @ TCU. “Hail Mary full of grace, bless us now ... “
Geez. But we picked it. 'Horns were outmanned. Totally. UT is 122nd in pass defense, 90th in overall D in DivOne. It doesn’t get easier. OU in the Red River War this weekend. Word from Austin is that Longhorn supporters are still behind Coach Charlie Strong and his staff.

Baylor/Texas Tech. First test for the Bears. The over/under was 90 yesterday.
Right, and if you picked the over, you won the bet.

KState @ OkState. KState the pick.
Wrong.

KU @ Iowa State. Ho hummer of the week. Home team.
Right.
Seven right, three wrong.

Big 12 attendance with building capacity in parenthesis:

Baylor/Tech at Hooterville in the 'Plex: 56K (80K)

KState @ Oklahoma State: 57K (60)

Texas @ TCU 48K (45K)

KU @ Iowa State: 55K (61K)

West Virginia @ OU: 84K (82)