Football Weekend Summary

Wow, the (1-3) Cowboys will play at what most likely will be the (1-3) Vikings in Minnesota next Sunday.

Who would've thunk it?

Vikings play on the road against the NY Jets on Monday night and if the Patriots couldn't beat the Jets with Randy Moss, why will the Vikings?

Can't believe the Cowboys are 1-3, but they are and must deal with it. They are a loss away from a locker room from hell. Somehow, someway, whenever they've had a cross roads "must win" game in recent years, they've found a way to win.

They did earlier this season at Houston when they were 0-2 and a year ago at the unbeaten Saints when they were splintered.

I've been a lifelong Redskins fan since I was old enough to know about football (about mid-60's) and there have been some fun years under Joe Gibbs and a few others, but the 'Skins have been mediocre at best (other than a couple of good years during Joe Gibbs II), so their 3-2 start with wins against Dallas, Philadelphia and Green Bay is nice, but---still not sold on them.

McNabb makes them better offensively, but they just struggle to score points. Their defense gives up a big play or two each game, but they really scratch and claw each week. I don't know if they've won a couple of close games due to the Mike Shanahan influence, but they're 3-2 and I didn't expect them to be 3-2 after 5-games.

In college football, Texas really needs a win this weekend the schedule is just what the doctor ordered, a trip to Lincoln, Nebraska.

I'm also a lifelong Nebraska football fan and one thing I know since the inception of the Big 12, UT has owned Nebraska. UT has beaten Nebraska in Lincoln, Austin, and even St. Louis in the first Big 12 Championship Game. That 37-27 UT win shocked the college football world and prevented Nebraska from playing in a fourth consecutive national championship game.

Since then, UT has beaten the 'Huskers whether they're better or not.

Nebraska did thump the 'Horns for the Big 12 title in 1999 in San Antonio, but earlier that year, in Austin, Texas edged Nebraska and that one loss also kept NU from another national championship game appearance.

Nebraska's offense has the electric QB Taylor Martinez, and defensively they're forcing turnovers but you watch, somehow, someway, Texas will find a way to win a game they MUST win...even as a heavy underdog. Mack Brown's best wins throughout his career at Texas have been away from Austin.

Baylor was so close to really putting themselves in the driver's seat for a bowl game appearance, but they just made too many mistakes defensively against Texas Tech and then didn't capitalize on a pair of offensive possessions in the fourth-quarter to win it or force overtime.

I wasn't even thinking about this, but Tech was 0-2 in conference play and they had to win, Taylor Potts was huge, important win for the Red Raiders but they better start playing better defense themselves.

Smoaky