the tindog coffeehouse

Hold on.

I’m still catching my breath from last week’s Red River Battle Royale that left Bob Stoops and his ridiculous visor sulking back to Mobile-Home-A and Mack Brown pretending his Longhorns aren’t the No. 1 team in the nation.  Whew!

OK, I think I’m ready now.

This week Colt McCoy and the Horns are back at home to face off against Chase Daniel and the rest of the Missouri Tigers.  Had it not been for that other team from Oklahoma, this game would most certainly be between the No. 1 and No. 2 teams.  But instead we’ll have to settle for No. 1 vs. No. 11 (or 12).

Yeah, right.

As you hear every election year, polls don’t mean squat; all that matters is the final score.  And Mizzou has every intention of scoring more.  They also have the talent to pull it off.  Of course, Texas has Colt, Quan Cosby, Jordan Shipley, and an explosive defense that averages 3.7 sacks a game.

So here we go.  According to the video game soothsayer that is NCAA Football 09, the final score Saturday night will be Texas 21, Mizzou 17.

Now, let me just add that I personally disagree with that score.  Like last week, this game is all about the quarterbacks.  Both McCoy and Daniel are phenomenal quarterbacks that are dual threats to run and pass.  So I think we’re going to see another high scoring shootout between these two teams.  I do, however, agree with the Wii that the score will be close, probably closer than the 10-point gap of last week’s match.

But what do I know?

Hook ‘Em, Horns!

Real Score: 56-31.  Wow.  Well, we got a high scoring game, at least from the Horns, but Missouri was a mess.  It’s hard to say if Texas was really just that good or Mizzou was just that bad.  Either way, the Horns are still number 1 in the polls and are one step closer to the Big 12 Championship, if not a BCS bowl.