Kind of a strange game last night. Really OU's closest struggle at home during this current streak since Missouri in 2007 or the dreaded Baylor OT game in 2005.  A tale of 4 quarters, 1st and 4th Qtrs belonging to a dominating OU offense and OU defense, and then 2nd and 3rd Qtrs where KState exposed the OU defense and controlled the clock. Then we had a nightmarish glimpse back into 2008's kickoff return coverage.

When you have no ideas, no tradition and no creativity whatsoever, you just take somebody else's time-honored trade and call it your own.

OSU fans are known for waving the wheat (H/T Kansas) and firing their pistols (H/T Tech). This weekend, in a take-off of the Aggies-who-are-actually-somewhat-ok-because-they-have-all-of-those-"cool"-traditions, students are calling for a blackout.

In college sports, I figure you can never go wrong rooting against teams wearing orange: Florida. Miami. Tennessee. Clemson. Auburn. Syracuse. Illinois. Boise State. I hate all of them. Oregon State? Well, hell, they're another OSU, and they have the crappiest-looking college campus I've ever set foot on, so screw them, too. I can't think of any good reason to hate Bowling Green and Bucknell, but that's only because they're so easy to ignore.

So what should a Sooner fan do when the Sooners' two most-hated orange-clad rivals play each other? Just keep in mind the cardinal rule:

Always root for the Sooners and what's good for them.

And its corollary:

If it's bad for the Longhorns, it's probably good for the Sooners.

Let's start our preview of Saturday night's ritual beatdown of the Kansas State Mildcats with the one thing that the old coach is worried about:

I'm worried that 90-pound Bill Snyder will keel over at any time.

Well, don't say we didn't warn you.

It's a common story, I'm sure you've heard it before.

After getting 50 dropped on you in your own house by your biggest, most hated rival, you deflect attention not by talking about what went wrong, not by saying the other team was better ... no, you talk about the size of people's girlfriends.

Most of you probably saw this yesterday. I'm just catching up as I don't normally get the Vikes' games where I am, unless I'm paying $4 per beer in some douchy sportsbar, glued both to the Minnesota game and my laptop.

As you've undoubtedly heard, Sam is done as a Sooner.  He'll have surgery with Dr. Andrews wednesday and then rehab for the draft.  Great person, great Oklahoman, great Sooner. Your statue in Heisman Park awaits. Thanks for all you did Sam, and good luck.

68% career pass percentage

8,147 yards

86 touchdowns

1 Heisman, 2 Big 12 Titles (3 if you count his 2006 RS year), 2 BCS games, 1 BCS Championship Game appearance.

So OU beat their first ranked opponent of the year, and sure it was Kansas (who maybe end up being the Big 12 North Champion) but when you are 3-3 I don't really think that you can be choosy about lauding progress.