The 2009 Standings

It took the city of Arlington to house the intense matchup between Texas ATM and Arkansas but it took two reporters from Houston to capture the greatness of the matchup.  David and Raheel headed out to Dallas to cover the Arkansas domination and they will post up a great video with the sights and sounds this week…until then, let’s round up the results and hand out the Southies…

Southwest Win!
Arkansas 47, Texas ATM 19
Usually when Texas ATM and Arkansas meet up it is not in Dallas.  Well this year it took the new Cowboy Stadium to capture the greatness of this rivalry.  Texas ATM kept it close in the first quarter but Arkansas pulled away with 23 unanswered points in the second quarter to win the SWC matchup.  Jerrod Johnson threw for 345-yards and 2-tds but it was his fumble in the second quarter in the redzone that changed the game.  Texas ATM was down 14-10 with the ball on the Arkansas 15-yd line but Johnson fumbled and Arkansas returned the ball for a TD and made the score 21-10.  From there Ryan Mallet and company dominated the classic matchup.  Arkansas racked up 271-passing yards in addition to their 163-rushing yards.

Iron Skillet Served Up
TCU 39, SMU 14
The city of Dallas was the hub for SWC football as TCU and SMU matched up in another conference game that resulted in TCU out scoring the Mustangs 27 to 7 in the second half.  Andy Dalton threw for 189-yards and 2-tds but the big play of the game was TCU’s Jeremy Kerley returning a punt for 71-yards to the house!  Bo Levi Mitchell had an average game as his INTs numbers keep rising with his two from the game.  The Mustangs kept the game close in the first half as they only trailed 12-7.  SMU is now 0-1 in conference play after falling to the Horned Frogs.

Back on Track
Texas Tech 48, New Mexico 28
It took a TD on the final play of the game for Texas Tech to secure a 20-point win as they rebounded from a two game losing streak to improve to 3-2 for the year.  Junior QB Steven Sheffield subbed in for started Taylor Potts in the second-half as Potts left the game due to a hard hit.  Sheffield threw for 238-yds and 3-tds in the second-half. The Red Raiders defense gave up 431-yards in the loss thus raising some questions about their defense once again.  Texas Tech turned the ball over 5 times in the loss.

No Griffin, No Problem
Baylor 31, Kent State 15
After losing Robert Griffin for the season last week, the Baylor bears were primed for an upset against Kent State but Coach Briles had different plans.  The Bears rolled Kent State by forcing three turnovers in the win.  Nick Florence did a fine job of filling in for Robert Griffin by throwing for 216-yards and rushing for 2-tds.

The Dream Shattered
UTEP 58, Houston 41
All dreams must come to an end but for Houston it came too early as they lost their bid to crash the BCS by falling to UTEP on the road.  The Cougars offense racked up 664 total yards but their defense could not slow down Trevor Vittatoe and the Miners offensive mudslide.  Earlier in the year, Texas beat UTEP by 50+ points.  Heisman hopeful Case Keenum had a career day as he threw the ball 76 times, 536-yards and five touchdowns in the loss.  the Cougars did not have a rushing TD in the loss.  The Cougars were outscored 41-24 in the second-half.

A Second Half Collapse
Tulsa 27, Rice 10
It was a bad second half for the local universities in Houston as Rice was outscored by 17 points in the second-half by Tulsa.  Rice was tied with Tulsa at the half but the offense disappeared in the second half.  The Rice defense did a good job of slowing down the Tulsa offense as they held the offense to 385-yards and forced one turnover.  Freshman QB Ryan Lewis threw for 99-yards and a TD in the loss.  Rice is defeated in their young season.

Offensive Player:
QB-Ryan Mallet, Arkanas:  In a big conference win, Mallet threw for 271-yards and 4-tds on the Aggies.  This marks the second time Mallet has won a Southie.

Defensive Player:
LB/DE- Von Miller, Texas ATM: The outstanding Jack added to his season sack total by sacking Mallet for his 10th sack of the season.

Special Teams:
WR- Jeremy Kerley, TCU: The Junior WR returned a punt for 71-yards TD in the win over SMU

Player of the Week:
QB- Case Keenum, Houston: The Heisman hopeful threw for 536-yards and 5-tds in the loss.

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