Sooner bolts

One national writer dubbed Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford and Manuel Johnson as “arguably the nation’s most electrifying pass-catch duo” after Bradford threw for a personal-best 411 yards and Johnson produced a school-record 206 yards receiving with three touchdowns in the Sooners’ 35-10 victory over TCU.

TV locks

Big 12 games that are cinch selections for tube viewing on Oct. 18 – Kansas at Oklahoma and Missouri at Texas.

Go figure

Army scored a grand total of 20 points in its first three games – all at home – then went to Texas A&M on Saturday and scored 17 on the Aggies, who struggled to post a 21-17 victory.

OSU machine

Oklahoma State has posted two of the eight best total-offense outings in school history in the last three weeks – 699 yards against Houston and 612 against Troy.

Hot Pelini

Nebraska coach Bo Pelini was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Virginia Tech game after defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was called for a late hit on Virginia Tech QB Tyrod Taylor. Pelini was heard calling an official a, uh, disrespectful name while arguing the call.

Welcome back

The Big 12 has six teams ranked in the AP poll this week for the first time since Sept. 22, 2002. Oklahoma State entered the rankings this week to join top-ranked Oklahoma, along with Missouri, Texas, Texas Tech and Kansas.

Disquieting note

Missouri may be the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 North, but the Tigers’ defense has been vulnerable so far. Mizzou is last in the league in total defense, surrendering 378.5 yards a game.