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TEXAS, LSU KICK ASS AGAINST LESSER OPPONENTS

From the AP via ESPN:

Neither rain nor Iowa State can stop McCoy, No. 8 Texas

Texas was cruising to another Big 12 win when the weather put everything on hold for more than an hour.

No matter. By the time the rain and lightning had cleared, Iowa State was in no position to mount much of a rally.

Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy engineered another efficient game with a pair of touchdown passes Saturday to lead No. 7 Texas to a 37-14 victory in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

The outcome was pretty much what was expected. It just took a long time to finish after waves of rain and lightning rolled through downtown Austin at the end of the third quarter, forcing game officials to suspend play for 70 minutes.

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And again from the AP via ESPN:

LSU jumps out to big early lead before cruising past Tulane

LSU brought Tulane's 14-game span away from New Orleans to a merciless and painful end.

Early Doucet caught two touchdown passes and ran for a third score as the No. 10 Tigers jumped out to a large early lead in a 49-7 victory over Tulane on Saturday night.

LSU's top-ranked defense also knocked Tulane starting quarterback Lester Ricard out of the game when two tacklers hit him from opposite sides late in the first half.

"It was the wrong week to play us," LSU coach Les Miles said, referring to his team's drive to bounce back from a potentially costly 7-3 loss at No. 2 Auburn last weekend. "We came off a disappointing showing a week ago. There's a little edge on this program and our kids wanted to win. Get victory back and enjoy the fruits of their labor."

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If there's any problem with ending up as a loyalist, by way of undergraduate and graduate education, to two of the top college football programs in the country, it's that you'll invariably end up with blowout weekends all around like this one was. Granted, the Texas/Iowa State game got interesting in the second quarter, but once the Longhorns found their groove it was all over by the time the rain delay hit at the end of the third quarter. I mean, okay, the Cyclones weren't as overmatched as Tulane was, but then, they're no Texas Tech or Texas A&M, either. At least it's a conference win. On the other hand, it's hard not to feel sorry for Tulane's Green Wave. If I recall correctly, the went undefeated in regular season play the year before Katrina hit, and they just haven't been able to really be competitive since then. The Tigers just murderlized 'em. As they should have.

Good thing I didn't really get the chance to watch either one--Sundays are for napping, not Saturdays.

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