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Big XII Recap - Week 10
November 6, 2006 | By Benjamin Miraski
Nebraska and Texas set themselves up nicely with only two weeks remaining in the regular season. Before this week, they needed to win out and they would be guaranteed a spot in the Championship game. After wins this weekend, both teams can slip a little and still get that ticket for the December 2nd game.
In their victory, Texas did what Nebraska couldn’t last week - beat Oklahoma State. The freshman Colt McCoy was again brilliant, tossing for 346 yards and three touchdowns. McCoy now has 27 touchdown passes this season, passing Vince Young for the single season record for touchdown passes at Texas.
Nebraska had to make up for their loss last week by beating Missouri this weekend. The stout Tiger defense which had been carrying them through the first six games of the year has been missing the last few weeks. Missouri gave up 419 yards to Nebraska as they dropped their third game in the last four. Nebraska’s Brandon Jackson ground out 111 yards on the ground coming on 32 carries. He also scored the final touchdown for the Cornhuskers as they moved to 7-2 with the victory in a game that was never in doubt.
Texas got their breathing room thanks to Oklahoma. The Sooners went on the road to College Station and beat the A&M Aggies, 17-16. Running back Allen Patrick gained 173 yards and scored a touchdown for Oklahoma. They needed him to come up big too as they were only able to gain 39 yards through the air on a 3 for 12 passing performance by Paul Thompson. Oklahoma closes with three straight South division games, against Texas Tech, Baylor, and Oklahoma State. Two wins would put them in position to head back to the Cotton Bowl.
In other conference action, Texas Tech got over 500 yards passing from Graham Harrell to beat down Baylor 55-21. The win gets the Red Raiders bowl eligible. Kansas State won on the road in conference for the first time in two years, and also became bowl eligible with a 34-21 win at Colorado. The Wildcats last went to a bowl game when they upset Oklahoma in the Big XII Championship game in 2003. Finally, Kansas beat Iowa State 41-10 to keep the Cyclones winless in Big XII play.
Ben Miraski writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. His Big XII recap appears weekly on Blogcritics.org as part of their NCAA Tailgate Cleanup. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com
Posted November 6, 2006 8:00 AM
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