PFW: It wasn't that they lost, it was how they lost...
No PFW this weekend, as TCU & Nebraska came through, but the Cowgirls rolled over and played dead for the Tampa Bay Bucs and their resident goon, Warren Sapp.
Nebraska 28, Iowa State 0
TCU 62, Houston 55
Dallas 0, Tampa Bay 16
The Cornhuskers' Blackshirt defense rose to the occasion, shutting down the Iowa State attack. I need not have worried about this one.
TCU flat-out no longer has a secondary. Only the fact that Houston flat-out doesn't have a defense kept this one from fulfilling my prediction of a Frog loss. The games only get harder from here, so expectations of an undefeated season are likely not realistic.
Now for the Cowgirls: It wasn't so much that they lost - remember I did predict that - it was how they lost. They played Tampa Bay even up for about a quarter, then flat gave up.
If I was Bill Parcells, I'd cut every last one of the offensive linemen that played Sunday. They rolled over for the Bucs like my puppy wanting her tummy rubbed. Y'know, fellows, when Warren Sapp hits you, it is okay to hit back. In fact, had you done so, he might've backed down, y'think...?
For the season, my teams are now 28-3. Yeah, I'll take it...