Alright, so here’s the thing: No matter what my sportsbook record attests to, I love NCAA football almost more than the NFL.

Why, you ask? Hard to say. Maybe it’s because the college football players are closer to my own age (which will remain a secret, as I am first and foremost a lady — a lady who likes bloodsports, but a lady still). Maybe it’s because it’s heartening to see how much crazed, body-painted support these teams get from staff, fellow students and their communities, as well as across America. Maybe it’s because, unlike their big-league counterparts, college football players for the most part have not yet graduated to shooting up clubs, hotel-room brawling with bodyguards, repeated drug use offences, dogfighting organizing, and beating on women. (This does not include any less-than-savory behavior on the part of their cheerleaders.)

There are also about fifty kabillion NCAAF teams (including the unfortunately-named Alabama Crimson Tide) in a gazillion divisions, so it’s not so easy to keep `em straight. Here are two of the big ones, going head to head this Saturday: Texas Tech vs Oklahoma.

Mmmm, smells like barbeque! Good thing I’m not on a diet…

Anyway, despite the fact that the Red Raiders have been a huge surprise this season, it still looks like a David vs. Goliath story when they’re up against the massively powerful Sooners. Yet, as any faithful reader of the Bible knows, David gave Goliath a beatdown, and that’s precisely what’s gonna happen on Saturday. Texas Tech is coming off a better record for wins right now, and their defense is huge. NCAA football lines are saying it looks like the Sooners will get trounced, thus bringing TT a step closer to the BCS Championship.

Go get `em, Reds!