Here are the CFB and NFL notes for this weekend of football:
- "14" - Texas A&M at Miss St. - Dak Prescott is the Heisman dark horse, and the best player in the nation that people barely know about. Prescott is the offensive toy that has the versatility to make the Dan Mullen offense go. It was the same at Florida when Mullen had Tim Tebow. Prescott has accounted for 14 touchdowns in just four games: 11 passing and 3 passing. But the silly thing is that Prescott is averaging 118 yards rushing over the last three games.
- "10" - Oklahoma at TCU - TCU has had a strong history of playing tight ball games and beating OU. In 2005, TCU went to Norman and an average OU team 17-10. Their last two matchups have been decided by a total of 10 points. (2013: 20-17) (2012: 24-17). OU survived a tough night game at West VA, and this would be just as impressive against what Vegas has a 4 point spread.
- "42" - Alabama at Ole Miss. BLAKE Sims is different from the recent run of Alabama QBs. Bama is averaging 42 points per game. That will change. But Sims has been efficient passing but has also run for 141 yards on the season. He's is a running/movement threat. Something else the defense has to handle. Alabama already has one of the deepest running back groups in the county, along with perhaps the best receiver in Amari Cooper. Having to worry about Alabama's quarterback as a runner is not fair.
- "0"- only one starting NFL quarterback has yet to be sacked in the NFL...Andy Dalton of the Bengals. His 3-0 team is young, deep, and gets after QBs while protecting their own. Patriots looked old last week, I think they look older Sunday night. People lost their minds when Dalton received his new contract that paid him the going rate for a franchise quarterback. If the Bengals keep this up, they're a legit one or two seed in the AFC.
- "396" - how much has Dallas depended on DeMarco Murray? He's on pace for over 2,100 yards but more importantly 396 carries. The last person in that neighborhood was back in 2008 when Michael Turner got 376 carries. Larry Johnson had 416 in 2006.