While most of the Sooner Nation sat around their televisions in utter disbelief, watching Iowa State manhandle us in the first half of today's game in Ames, Iowa, I said the following to Toad and Joey:

I am not nervous in the least.

And, I wasn't. Iowa State is not a good football team, and while I had seen OU lose to a not-so-good football team in Boulder, Colo., a few weeks ago (on TV), Jack Trice Stadium just has never been a juggernaut for Oklahoma.

I wasn't worried in the least. But while Oklahoma came back with 17 unanswered points to beat the lowly Cyclones 17-7, we Sooners fans are left with even more questions than in previous weeks.

We know how well this Sooners team can play, but have we seen just how bad it can play yet? Seriously. Right now, based on what I've seen, based on how this team plays on the road, I will guarantee -- flat out guarantee -- Oklahoma will lose in Lubbock, Texas, in a few weeks.

In fact, Texas Tech might beat us by 10 to 17.

Sure, I think part of it is that OU is a young team and that perhaps we're not as good as we thought we were after four games. However, a lot of it centers on just how wacky a football season this has been. Road wins by highly ranked teams against decent clubs have been tough to come by in 2007, unless your school is Appalachian State or Vanderbilt.

Nevertheless, with Auburn beating LSU 17-7 in the third quarter in Baton Rouge, we Sooners fans have to understand that the 2007 mantra is survive and advance. At this point, I am not ready to complain about any win.

A couple of observations from today's win, though:

1. Why Cale Gundy continues with the three-RB rotation is baffling. DeMarco Murray should be THE tailback, period. Is he secretly working for his brother?

2. Curtis Lofton is the best defensive player on our team. Not as physically gifted as Calmus or Rufus or Lehman, I suppose, but the guy is all heart. Love the way he plays.

3. While Malcolm Kelly did catch four balls today, it's clear that No. 4 is not Sam Bradford's No. 1 option when it matters most. Sam has been terrific this year up to today, and he wasn't very good today. He has to be able to recognize that Malcolm is the money man when it counts, and I still say Kevin Wilson has underdeveloped this offense. Sure, we ran a reverse, but I still say that a savvy video gamer could figure out what OU's going to do on offense. If that is true, imagine what an opposing team could do.

4. I don't really have any complaints with Brent Venables today. Fact is, buddy, your defense -- our defense -- will get torched (T-O-R-C-H-E-D) against Texas Tech at this rate and would likely get bombed by Mizzou in a rematch in Kansas City. How a defense with our talent can make lesser teams look like NFL squads has to be addressed at some point, but not today. OU held Iowa State to 7. Good enough.

Because in 2007, winning will just have to be good enough. I am ready to declare that, realistically, Oklahoma doesn't have one lick of a chance to win the national title, but this season has been just crazy enough that I can't bet the farm against it.

We'll just have to stay tuned ... and root against everybody else in the BCS Top 10.