Welcome/Opening Comments (Ariz. @ OSU)

First and foremost, I want to welcome and thank all of you who had the time and interest to take a look at my first attempt in the blogging world. This blog is going to cover every topic related to college football that I feel the need to discuss. Admittedly, I am a die-hard Arkansas Razorback fan but I will try to keep my opinions as objective as possible (no promises to the LSU and/or Longhorns fans out there).

I want to kick this blog off by commenting on the game Thursday night between the #9 Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Arizona Wildcats. The Cowboys took Arizona to the woodshed by a final of 37-14. Maybe I was alone in this, but I was expecting a much more competitve game than we got. I know a lot of you probably looked at OSU's #9 ranking and immediately thought "Well no surprise there," but I thought with Nick Foles bringing the experience at the QB position, the Cats would have been eager to regain the momentum they lost at the midpoint of last season. If you saw the game, you know just how far off my prediction was. Foles played a pretty good game from my viewpoint but how can you plan for the opposing QB to complete 42 of 53 passes? Brandon Weeden was an absolute field general for the Cowboys. As if that wasn't enough, Joseph Randle and Jeremy Smith combined for 186 yards on the ground.

I think Arizona is a solid football team that just ran into a powerhouse in Stillwater. OSU has been a solid team for the past couple of years but just haven't been able to make it to that next level (thanks largely to those boys from Norman). In my opinion, if the Cowboys are ever going to take that next step to being "the team" in the Big 12 this is the year. Do you guys see that happening this year or will the Sooners once again be the team that has to step up and keep the Cowboys down?