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College Football

1. Texas got lucky to be in a position to beat Tech last weekend, but Colt McCoy was money. Props also to Ryan Palmer for big plays that (partially) redeemed his terrible game against Ohio State. Still wondering what Eric Jackson has to do to get in the mix at safety. Dude brings the wood on special teams.

2. My prediction for the WVU/UL showdown tonight: Louisvill 31 - WVU 21. The lou will jump Texas in the polls unless Texas donkey punches Okie State.

3. Baylor is dead to me. I really thought they were going to win by two touchdowns against he Ags. Their chances of making a bowl definitely took a hit as they'd have to beat two of the following three: Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. Not bloody likely. Sucks for Bell that his career ended that way, but it'll be good for the Bears to see what kind of player Szymanski is.

4. Further predictions:

The Heisman is already decided. Troy Smith is the winner with Brady Quinn and Steve Slaton as the other finalists.

UT over Oklahoma State by two touchdowns -- Bobby Reid plays magnificently but makes costly turnovers late in the game.

Oklahoma over TAMU -- This game will be decided by turnovers and could get out of hand if the Aggies get down early.

Other Big12: Nebraska over Mizzou, Tech over Baylor, Colorado over K-State, Kansas over Iowa State.

UPSET PICK: Vandy over Florida -- Florida's been squeaking by and Vandy is better than they look on paper. They lost two close ones to Arkansas and Alabama and lost early to Michigan (the current no. 2).

5. Upsets I'd like to see: LSU over bizarro-UT and UCLA over Cal.

Medical School

1. Fourth year continues to be awesome. I recommend everyone go to medical school just for the experience of this glorious year.

2. Radiology residents in general have it pretty cush, but nuclear medicine residents are living the high life. We're talking 9-4 M-F, no call EVER, low volume of studies. These guys spend a lot of time on the internet.

3. I'm flying out to Virginia in a few hours for my second interview of the season. I am curious to see the atmosphere at some of these other places. Charlottesville seems like a cool place, so I'm looking forward to it.

4. I've sort of changed my mind on residency a little. I'm more inclined to stay here at UTSW than I was before. Mostly because I don't want to leave the site of all the memories. Of Jacob Beniflah touching me inappropriately.

1. College football: Texas got lucky in their win against Nebraska, but they shouldn't have needed to get lucky. Greg Davis sucked a big one on first and goal every single time. A trick play you (and the rest of the country) saw on Sportscenter last week? Seriously? Wow, you suck. Brian Orakpo, you, too, suck and should have your scrotom flayed and dipped in vinegar and lemon juice for attempting to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Then everyone in the chain of dominoes that need to fall for Texas to return to the national championship game (except for Michigan and USC) threatened to lose before pulling it out in the end. Bastards. I feel certain Notre Dame and Cal will lose. Either Louisville or WVU must lose since they play each other, but I'm not sure either will lose twice. Best case for Texas is for Louisville, WVU, and Rutgers to beat each other up. USC might not lose and could end up in the championship game. I maintain Michigan will beat OSU, negating Texas's only hope. Watching some of the Michigan/Iowa game gave me a new appreciation for the Michigan defense. Their defensive line is brutal.

Sic 'em, Bears! Look for Baylor to bring shame upon the house of Aggy this weekend. The Ags secondary is terrible and the Baylor offense is decent (they played well against a Texas defense that is light years ahead of TAMU's).

2. Medical school: I just got back from a recruiting dinner for the internal medicine department here. Had I known that every department tries to woo you when you apply to their specialty I would have applied to every specialty UTSW offers. The dinners tonight and a few weeks ago from the neurology department were worth way more than the $10 application fee. [Note: I'm going into neurology, but some neurology programs do not include a general medicine internship year, which is required by licensing boards, thus I have to apply for single-year internship spots in internal medicine as well as to neurology programs.]

3. More medical school: You know you've been slacking off when the 9:30 to 3:30 M-F nuclear radiology schedule is a step up in intensity from your last rotation. I'm going to miss being a fourth year student next year.

4. More college football: Greg Davis did a great job against Nebraska except in key moments. Failing to take advantage of Quan Cosby's opening kick return was inexcusable. They had a seventh-grader trying to guard 6'5" Limas Sweed -- take a shot. A quick touchdown there could have said "The rout is on!" instead of the field goal saying "Nebraska's got a shot!"

5. More medical school: My first residency interview is at UTSW on Wednesday. I'd prefer not to blow it.

6. Mute would totally kick Roy's ass. And leave him a pair of Snake Eyes sunglasses as a parting gift.

Really, though, given his power it's possible that there would be a phase delay in sounds emanating from within the field of influence outward. Thus sound waves travelling from Mute outward might be heard, but the out-of-phase "anti-waves" produced by his power would give the sounds a quality similar to the guitar solo in Eruption by Van Halen.

To which this nerd says, "Excelsior!"

7. Yet more college football: My current predictions are these:

- National championship: Michigan vs Lousiville

- Fiesta bowl: Texas vs. Rutgers

- Rose bowl: USC vs. OSU

- Orange bowl: Notre Dame vs. Auburn

- Sugar bowl: Tennessee vs. Clemson

- Heisman: Troy Smith, just give it to him already. [Irony: the poor man's VY will get the trophy VY himself did not get.]

- Texas Bowl: Baylor vs. Tulsa