Baylor v. Oklahoma

I don't like Thursday night football.

It's not so bad if it's a game no one cares about -- but the only time a game this big should be played on Thursday is if it's being played on Thanksgiving.

Anyway, because of outside commitments, I do not have time to do justice either to the Oklahoma Sooners -- who have one of the greatest of all football traditions -- or to this game, which may be the most important college football game ever played in Waco, Tex.  I also won't be able to live-blog tomorrow night's competition.


I will do the usual post-game write-up on Saturday, and I'll probably add a post about Oklahoma as well.  In the meantime, here are the current standings in the Big 12, with the current AP ranking next to each team in the top 20.  This pretty much tells you what's at stake -- not even counting the UCFC:

Texas:  5-0, 6-2
(6) Baylor:  4-0, 7-0
(14) Oklahoma St:  4-1, 7-1
(10) Oklahoma:  4-1, 7-1
Texas Tech:  4-2, 7-2
Kansas St:  2-3, 4-4
W. Virginia:  2-4, 4-5
Texas Christian:  1-5, 3-6
Kansas:  0-5, 2-6
Iowa St:  0-5, 1-7

Vegas is picking Baylor by 14 1/2 points, and they've set the over/under line at 73 1/2.  That would work out to something like a 44-30 Baylor win.  If Baylor can do that, they have a great chance of going undefeated.

Anyway, if this blog is crimson and cream on Friday, you'll know there's been a change in the UCFC, whether I write anything or not.