They’re tied for second in the nation in scoring at 48.5 points a game and come off a fireworks show against Oklahoma when they had four touchdowns of 62 yards or longer. Kansas’ magic spell might be in peril with what the Horned Frogs can do on offense. Saturday will be the first October game between unbeatens in their stadium since 1960. But this season long ago veered off the normal road for the 5-0 Jayhawks. Kansas has never hosted College GameDay before. Nothing says a high-stakes Big 12 moment like the team picked to finish seventh in the league visiting the team picked to finish last. Rankings or not, this will accomplish what rivalries do: The loser will feel lousy. And there is quarterback uncertainty surrounding both sides. But what about the Oklahoma defense that in the past two weeks coughed up 41 points at home to Kansas State and 55 at TCU? Both teams are on defense a lot, since Texas is 123rd in the nation in time of possession, and Oklahoma is 126th. The Longhorns are not far away from a great early record, having lost by a combined four points to Alabama and Texas Tech. It certainly was last year, when Oklahoma gave Texas a 38-20 head start at halftime, then stormed back to win 55-48. The Longhorns went 10-1-1 in the other 12. For another, Saturday is the first time this century the Longhorns and Sooners meet with neither team ranked, and only the 13th occasion since the AP poll was born in 1936.
For one, both teams have one cleat out the Big 12 door to the SEC. They don’t make Red River Showdowns the way they used to. UNDEFEATED: Tracking every undefeated FBS team Oklahoma vs. In outer space parlance, that’s asking for the moon. And there would be no faster way for Fisher to change the narrative about his program - and ruin Nick Saban’s month - than pull off a shocker. None of that looks good for Texas A&M, but the Aggies have beaten two then-ranked opponents in Arkansas and Miami. During his time at Alabama, Saban is 19-2 in games against teams that beat him the previous meeting. Still, the past tension between the coaches and the Tide’s deep desire for revenge will be hard to miss Saturday night. Also, on if Alabama will have its Heisman quarterback Saturday, with Bryce Young nursing a shoulder injury. But the season began and Texas A&M lost to Appalachian State and Mississippi State, and the offense slid to 108th in the nation in its ability to score points and now much of the attention has been on the unease about the state of the Aggies’ program and Fisher’s long and gilded contract. Everyone had October 8 underlined in Tuscaloosa. Then came the offseason war of words, and a deliciously heated rivalry seemed at hand that would make Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler proud. Come Saturday, it will be 364 days since the Aggies ambushed the Tide in College Station, the first time Saban had ever lost to a former assistant at Alabama. This was to be the coaching AEW moment of the season, with Jimbo Fisher and Saban - partners in summer quote combat - finally back on the same field again. Which is why this week’s Moments of Truth list includes some rather odd items. That’s not a different galaxy, all that’s here on Earth. In another astonishing image from space, Texas A&M - who the astronomical tables say was supposed to be a top-10 threat all set to further annoy Nick Saban this week - is instead limping along down in the also-received-votes section, just below Coastal Carolina and Tulane. In that alien Big 12, Texas is playing Oklahoma with neither team ranked, while ESPN's College GameDay is in Lawrence to chronicle the mighty Kansas Jayhawks’ showdown with TCU, who just mashed the Okies by more than four touchdowns.
The new photos from another college football planet are just in from NASA’s Webb telescope, and they’re stunning.
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