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Another busy weekend, another Monday Lutz Online. Let's get started:
* If there's one thing Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and his defensive coordinator, Brent Venables haven't figured out, it's how to stop Kansas State's offense from putting up points.
You figured Stoops and Venables would have had answers for K-State on Saturday night in Norman, and for a while, they did.
Eventually, though, the Wildcats got the hang of what to do against OU and they kept doing it and doing it.
The Sooners had no answers for Daniel Thomas, Brandon Banks and quarterback Grant Gregory, who have transformed into one of the most dangerous offensive trios in the Big 12.
Who'd have thunk it?
Anyway, K-State's ability to move the football and pile up points against Oklahoma is nothing new.
In the seven games the Wildcats have played against OU since Stoops' arrival in 1999, they have averaged 30 points. That's far and away more than any other Big 12 team have scored against the Sooners in the same time period, and it even includes a 35-point outburst by a Ron Prince-coached K-State team in 2008.
K-State's 30 points against the Sooners on Saturday — albeit in a loss — were the most given up by the Sooners this season. The 35 points scored by Kansas State against OU in the 2003 Big 12 championship game were the most given up by the Sooners that season, as were the 37 points scored by K-State in 2001 and the 31 points the Wildcats scored in 2000.
Is it simply a matter of Kansas State coach Bill Snyder knowing the moves to be made by Snoops and Venables, his former assistants at K-State, before they make them?
That has to have something to do with Kansas State's offensive success against the Sooners, doesn't it?
Here is what the other Big 12 offenses have averaged against OU since Stoops arrived:
Texas _ 22.4 points in 11 games; Texas Tech _ 21.0 points in 10 games; Oklahoma State _ 20.5 points in 10 games; Texas A&M _ 20.0 points in 10 games; Colorado _ 16.3 points in six games; Nebraska _ 16.0 points in six games; Missouri _ 14.0 points in seven games; Kansas _ 13.8 points in six games; Baylor _ 12.0 points in 11 games; Iowa State _ 7.2 points in five games.
* Memo to Fox baseball analyst Tim McCarver, who is in the booth with Joe Buck during the World Series.
I've had your back in the past, Tim. When the masses have criticized you, I've tried to beat them back because I think you're an engaging guy who does know something about baseball.
However, I can no longer defend you, Tim. That's because on Sunday night, you probably said the single most ridiculous thing I've ever heard from you and perhaps any other analyst.
You made me crazy when you asserted that Philadelphia pitcher Joe Blanton did not intend to hit the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez with a pitch in the first inning of a game eventually won by New York 7-4.
The Yankees had already scored a run and had Johnny Damon at third with one out. Rodriguez, even though he had struggled in the World Series, was a more dangerous threat than New York's next hitter, Jorge Posada.
So when Blanton's first pitch, a fastball, struck A-Rod in the rib cage, everybody in the world knew it was intentional. It not only was the third time Rodriguez had been hit in two games, it set up a potential double play with the slow-footed Posada coming to the plate.
A-Rod knew it was an intentional act by Blanton and so did the umpires, who issued a warning to both benches after a conference. That didn't make any sense, either, since the Yankees had done nothing to contribute to the beanball situation.
Anyway, McCarver was adamant in his belief that Blanton did not hit Rodriguez intentionally. And I'm adamant in my belief that McCarver has lost credibility.
* It's not easy to figure out much of anything in college football, but I've never experienced being this far into the season and having no idea about Heisman voting.
Wasn't this supposed to be easy? It was Tim Tebow-Sam Bradford-Colt McCoy in some order. Instead, Bradford is out with a season-ending shoulder injury and neither Tebow nor McCoy has risen to Heisman level yet, even though their teams are headed for a national championship clash, according to the latest BCS standings.
There's still enough time for both quarterbacks to make a case, but if I were voting today (and thank goodness I'm not) my top three would include:
1. Houston quarterback Case Keenum. His numbers (3,293 passing yards, 25 touchdowns, five interceptions) cannot be denied. Statistically, it's no contest.
2. Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen. He has 18 touchdowns and two interceptions and Notre Dame is at least a representative team.
3. Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore. He has averaged nearly 300 passing yards, has 24 TD passes and two picks.
I'm not really thrilled with this Heisman class, in case you couldn't tell.
* I was sad to hear of the passing of former Wichita State golf coach Al Littleton, who is somewhat responsible for introducing me to the game.
I took some lessons from Littleton way back in the day and I'm sure he would not have wanted me to point that out. Nonetheless, I was able to learn a lot about what to do; I have just not been able to put much of it into practice.
Littleton was a great player but an even better instructor. He sent me a card just a couple of weeks before his death, inviting me to come see him for a lesson or two.
I'm really sorry I didn't.
* There is too much replay being used in too many sports and it's taking something away from the games.
That's all there is to it.
I don't know what the solution is, but this glut of instant replay is not the answer.
* One of the biggest stories in the NFL is a story the NFL wishes would just go away.
It involves head injuries and the long-term effect they can have on players. It's a fascinating topic and even in this technologically-advanced culture, helmets are clearly not doing the job they have been designed to do.
But where does this story go?
The NFL is such a big business, and so popular in American culture, that I question how much governmental oversight of the league's ongoing problems with concussions and head injuries will be tolerated by the public.
Because we want our Sunday football and we're not deeply concerned _ at least not yet _ about any detrimental long-term issue.
* I saw "Paranormal Activity" last week and am astounded that there are a lot of people out there who think the footage from the movie is real.
No, people, it's a movie. A realistic movie, but not actual footage.
On a 1-10 scale, I'd give it an 8. I was plenty scared, but not forever scarred.
