Published 12/2/2008
by Jim Cowan
at Bleacher Report - College Football
This weekend, my Steamers go out to Mizzou, Oregon State, and, of course, Notre Dame.
I didn’t watch the entire Border War, or as our pussified society now must call it, the Border Showdown, but I did watch most of it. The lack of defense was evident but consistent with Big 12 play this season. Mizzou won because it rolled down the field to score after letting Kansas score with a buck fifty still on the clock.
Not only that, they let Reesing march down and toss an egg to a wide open Meier to score once again leaving UM only a few seconds of desperation play. A great game, but Missouri should have pulled that one out.
Oregon State had the chance to lock up the Pac-10 and secure a BCS Rose Bowl bid to play Penn State. All the Beavers had to do was win the Civil War at home this year, and they failed miserably. They allowed 800-plus yards of offense! They controlled their own destiny and flushed it right down the pooper!
I never expected Notre Dame to win, even if coach Charlie ...
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