The cow lovers over at Barking Carnival are hosting this week's BlogPoll roundtable, which focuses on this weekend's OTHER big game between OU and texas in Dallas.

1. Mack Brown has won three out of the last four games in Dallas against OU. Meanwhile, Bob Stoops continues to pile up Big 12 trophies like NCAA inquiries. With the presumption that Mack will hang up his concho belt in the next two years in deference to the undeniable coaching force that is Will Muschamp, how does this year's Texas/OU OU/texas game define Mack Brown's legacy? Texas wins and it's likely Pasadena bound. A loss would likely cement this depressing statistic: a 7th conference championships for OU vs one in 12 years under Mack Brown, which was delivered by some guy named Vince Young.

I'm not sure about this one game defining Brown's legacy. He's already a great coach and has a national championship. But if he wins this game, he'll be 6-6 against OU (5-6 against Stoopsy) and will be able to get rid of that albatross. This game is has major implications on this season, but I don't think Brown will ever be looked on as anything other than a great coach.

2. Flipping the lens, does another OU loss - 4/5 to texas, 0/5 in the last five BCS bowls - permanently establish Big Game Bob as an overrated, overpaid coach disguised as an asshole? At least sweater vest is an all around nice guy. I just feel sorry for Tressel when he comes up short in big games. When Stoops does it I cackle in a spasmatic fit of primeval laughter. So the natives are getting restless in Norman, and by natives I mean the people that stole the land from the natives that actually lived there. Who neeeds to win a big game more: Bob Stoops, Jim Tressel, or Mark Richt?

Stoops on the other hand, needs this one bad. If the Sooners lose this one, the luster is gone. The Big Game Bob Moniker was overrated to begin with, but his reputation as a coach will be hurt if the Sooners get flattened. It's OK, though. The Ghost of Alfalfa Bill Murray has assured me OU will upset the Longhorns on Saturday. And you don't argue with Alfalfa Bill, especially when it comes to disputes between Oklahoma and texas.

3. Pick the game that glistens like no other on your remaining schedule. Why does it shine for thee? What portent does it hold at the seat of your BCS or Brut Sun Bowl altar?

It has to be this weekend's game at Georgia Tech. If the Hokies win, they will have a stranglehold on the ACC Coastal because they'll hold the tiebreaker over their two closest competitors. However, if they lose a lot of things have to go down for them to get back to the ACCCG. A win could mean Orange Bowl. A loss could mean a trip to Orlando for the Champs Sports Bowl. That and it would be nice to have bragging rights over Winfield and Dane.

4. NC State lost to Duke. Okie State lost to Houston who lost to UTEP who scored more points against the Cougars (55) than it gained in yards against Texas (51). Virginia lost to William & Mary. Not the school but to two motivated kids named William and Mary. USC lost to Washington. I only bring this up as a reminder because USC losses tend to fade from the voting conscious faster than a fresh set of downs for an LSU quarterback. (Which leads to another riddle: Does one become concussed in the mere presence of Tebow?) Vandy just lost to Army. The point is: Big upsets are hard to predict. Riddle us yours for the month of October.

No clue. I guess I'll take Oregon over USC. Does that qualify as a big upset? The Duck defense is playing its little feathered tail off and I never count them out at Autzen.

5. In a top-heavy year where many of the favorites immolated themselves from national title contention early on, two teams now loom larger than the rest: Florida and Alabama. Assuming they face off in the SEC Championship game and the supremacy of their defenses continues to shroud their offenses in a cloak of 13-10 wizardry, and no other team seems quite as worthy by comparison (this is the SEC after all), should they get a chance to play again in January for a national championship? If not, what undefeated or 1-loss team would have the best positioning?

No because it would solve nothing. What if Alabama beat Florida in the SECCG and then Florida returned the favor in Pasadena. Both teams have a legitimate claim at the national championship. The college football world would become chaos. The SEC would split from the rest of college football and crown its own national champion each year. Either that or it would lead to a playoff, so it maybe it wouldn't all be bad.