FROM THE REAL ART SPORTS DESK
BLOWOUT WEEKEND III:
LONGHORNS, TIGERS KICK ASS ON WEAKLINGS

From the AP via ESPN:

McCoy breaks Texas TD record in bashing of Baylor

Colt McCoy already had a really cool name for a Texas quarterback. Now he's written it into the Longhorn record book.

Next, he probably needs a nickname. "Six Shooter" maybe?

McCoy threw for a school-record six touchdown passes Saturday night and No. 6 Texas recovered from an early 10-point deficit to roll to a 63-31 victory over Baylor, seizing sole possession of first place in the Big 12 South.

With a 50-yard fourth-quarter strike to Limas Sweed, the redshirt freshman from West Texas put his name above James Brown and Chris Simms who shared the school single-game record of five.

And yet when it was over, all McCoy wanted to talk about was his slow start: His lone interception -- "dumb" -- and a scoring throw that probably should have been picked off if not for a great catch by tight end Jermichael Finley.

"I shouldn't have thrown that," McCoy said. "Their secondary did a good job."

Really?

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My vote for Colt McCoy's nickname would be "The Doctor," as in "Doctor McCoy." I'm sure it'll never happen. Anyway, it's cool that our new QB broke the TD record and all, and after winning the OU game last week he's really starting to look like the real deal, but, to me, what's interesting about this latest Longhorn blowout is that the Baptists of Baylor scored 31 points. In Austin. I mean, thesed guys haven't been competitive, really, since there was such a thing as the Southwest Conference, and even then they always had a tendency to choke when playing in the Texas stronghold. I've heard rumors that the Bears are much better this year, which is fine by me. It's just makes Texas look all the better when they beat 'em.

Again from the AP via ESPN:

Bowe's 3 TDs highlight LSU's rout of Kentucky

Dwayne Bowe caught three touchdown passes to move into second-place on LSU's career list, highlighting a 49-0 victory over Kentucky on Saturday night.

Bowe caught six passes for 111 yards to spearhead the No. 14 Tigers' fifth blowout in as many home games. His first two touchdown receptions, thrown by JaMarcus Russell, went for 7 and 48 yards. Backup quarterback Matt Flynn threw the last from 8 yards out in the third quarter, making the score 42-0.

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LSU (5-2, 2-2 SEC) has struggled in both of its road games, losing the first 7-3 at Auburn and the second 23-10 last weekend in Florida -- a game decided in large part by five LSU turnovers.

That sloppiness prompted biting criticism on local sports call-in shows throughout the past week, and LSU responded by scoring touchdowns on its first four possessions to jump out to a 28-0 lead by halftime.

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Ho hum. Another Saturday, another blowout. Don't get me wrong: it's an SEC win for the Tigers and all, but I sometimes wonder what Kentucky thinks it's doing in the conference--I suppose for basketball, but why field a football team? There's no way blowing out Kentucky is going to shut up the radio rednecks on the airwaves here in the Red Stick, all of whom think they'd be much better coaches than, you know, the ones who actually make a living doing it. Only a bona fide national title run will close their bug traps, and I'm starting to realize that's not such an easy thing for an SEC team to do, even a truly great team. I think that after Auburn's upset of Florida today that the conventional wisdom on campus is getting to me: the SEC is the toughest conference in the nation, Kentucky's pathetic play notwithstanding, and if any of its teams can make it to the end of the always brutal and bloody season undefeated and without injury, the national championship game is simply a formality.

Of course, LSU already has two conference losses...

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