College Football Week 6: 5 bold predictions

1. Texas saves Charlie Strong

It is Red River rivalry week, yet this game has a lot more meaning to it then just bragging rights. It seems that Charlie Strong’s job has Texas head coach may be on the line as well. Texas won this game last year and will look to do that once again this year. After beating Notre Dame in Week 1, the Longhorns shot up the rankings to No. 11. They have since falling back to earth and are now unranked.

As for Oklahoma, they spent a week out of the top 25 after losing to both Houston and Ohio State and are now back at No. 20. To get back to the level of success they want to play at they could use a huge rivalry win here. This matchup, statistically, seems dead even. They are almost the same in offense and are a point off of being dead even in defense.

This game can’t be predicted through stats. Both teams have something to fight for, and its the same thing. Both teams are fighting for pride. Oklahoma wants to be back on top, back to where they started the season and regain everyone’s attention. Meanwhile Texas, they need this so that they can believe in the school, their coach and in themselves. Along with that, Charlie Strong is on the hot seat. The Longhorns will have to step up and win in the road if they want to save their coach. Giving it everything they have a still coming up just short, may not cut it this time.

In the end, I still feel that something isn’t right in Oklahoma and that the beat down they took form Houston to start the year wasn’t a fluke. The loss that Texas took last week was bad, really bad and it is the reason for all the talk around coach Strong. Texas will come out and play with a lot of heart and a lot fight. They will fight and win for them and for their coach.