DDT

Possible signs of intellligent life in the Big 12

In a stunning, not to mention a rare rational move, the Big 12 has invited TCU to join up. The addition of the Frogs would be an asset to the conference. Others mentioned as possible invitees to the Big 12, which this year has only ten members and next year may have only nine, are Louisville, BYU and West Virginia. Lou Holz says the best two candidates for the conference are BYU and Boise State. All of the above with the exception of West Virginia, who is flirting the SEC/NFL, would be good choices. 

    DDT sez, anybody who talks to the SEC is tainted, not to mention stupid. Let the SEC have WVa. Meanwhile, DDT says—again—that Houston and SMU would also be good additions to the Big 12. It’s time for SMU to climb back into the elite circle of college football and play their games in the “house that Doak Walker built,” the Cotton Bowl. And, as sports fans in the Southwest will recall, the first year Houston was part of the Southwest Conference (1976), they were conference champs and beat Maryland in the Cotton Bowl.
    But, now—now! here we go again—Missouri has come out of the closet and revealed their CRI (cranial rectal inversion) and said they want to join the SEC/NFL.
    The response in the lower tiers of the SEC—Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Mississippi—has been “come on down.” With Texas A&M’s jump to the Southeast, the addition of Missouri would give the have-nots in the SEC somebody else to beat up on. They could even have their own lower-division playoff. None of those will ever see the SEC conference championship game, the contest that the likes of LSU, ‘Bama, South Carolina and Florida own.
    So to TCU, come on home and start playing your old SWC rivals Texas, Baylor and Texas Tech. And to Missouri we say, we didn’t realize what toll the lack of oxygen in those dark hollers and foggy bottoms of the Ozarks had taken over the years. Have fun in the coliseum. Reference: Christians and lions. In this case, rednecks and lions. Look it up, try to figure out which one you’ll be.

From a Missouri fan: Boy, I say, Boy! Are you tryin’ to say we ain’t Christians in Missourah?

DDT: Not at all. You can be Christians and rednecks. Rednecks for Christ. Roll out to the tailgate parties on your Harleys, pass out a few Bibles. And have a snort of Jim Beam. It’ll ease your pain when you see what’s going to happen to you in the SEC.

Big 12 lives in the Sooner state for 2011

OU’s blowout of Texas and Oklahoma State’s abuse of Kansas last weekend established that the road to the Big 12 title, a BCS bowl, and possible a national championship runs through Oklahoma this year.
    Okie Cowboy State is first in the nation in scoring and second in passing but has played poor D and will give up points. Their challenge: run up scores and hope the clock runs out before the other side catches up. OU, on the other hand, is playing better D and gave up only 36 yards to Texas on the ground. Sooners are weaker in passing D, which will be the key when they meet the Cowboys.

Letters sent to us or intercepted and deciphered by our enigma machine:

From our Hill Country bureau:

Well Al Davis has been booted between the uprights. I always liked him. He had a little class about him.
    When I was still doing fooball, the Raiders were "my" team. Always entertaining. ‘Twas a home for misfits. Big Ben Davidson was the first of the recognizable players to Joe Six Pack. He paved the way for a lot of them. Right up to the Boz.
    My mama became a pro football fan. She never got the names sorted out but John Madden was "that big old guy in the blue shirt who waves his arms all the time.”
    Last I had to do with pro football was when I wrote Jerry Jones a letter telling him he was an embarrassment to the whole state of Texas and should haul his sorry ass back to Arkansas. My statement still stands.

From a former student of a school whose team was struggling: Come on guys. There's more important things than how 18-year-olds play a game coached by over-paid idiots while we pay $50 to stand in the sun for three hours.

From a another former student of the same school: Well, I suppose in your hour of need (need a win) you are looking to me for solace and some guidance. One more play or this or that and we win (more) games. It was not a "choke" just lousy football in the second half.  

And from a another former student of the same school: You guys are getting pretty testy. I guess the heat and drought are getting to you. Put things in perspective. It’s the fall of the year.  Enjoy the cool mornings and great sunsets, shoot a few doves, and on Saturday, watch a good college football game with two teams you care nothing about—enjoy the moment.