Can you blame a Sooners fan if he's not that excited about Saturday's matchup between OU and Texas A&M?

It's a night game, televised on ABC with national championship implications, conference title implications, and all I can think is, "Ho-hum."

First, that's because Oklahoma should manhandle the Texas Ags, a beating I never tire of. Having lived in Texas for more than a decade, I can say without reservation that the hardcore A&M supporters are the most unbearable lot of sports fans on the planet. That's not to say I didn't and don't have lots of Aggie friends; I do.

But those folks weren't very sports zealous, and that always made for a great relationship. I could be hardcore annoying with my love for the Oklahoma Sooners, and they could shut up.

Kidding. However, I understand that every team's most hardcore fans can be a pain in the butt. Duly noted.

Nevertheless, I don't fear Dennis Franchione's Ags in the slightest. This isn't the same team he brought into Norman while with Alabama five years ago, a team that should have beaten us if not for a bit of Sooner Magic. He's not the same coach either; he'll be fired by the end of the month without a miracle finish of his own.

On the other hand, this is an Oklahoma team whose multiple personalities on the field have worn thin with some of us. The first few games, they came out like world-beaters. Ever since, they've come out like the junior varsity, lo for a solid win over Texas.

So, which Oklahoma team shows up?

Given that they've had two weeks off and that this is a night game at home, I'd guess that we're do for a blowout. C'mon, the same Miami team that OU blew out turned around and blew out A&M. That spells a certain blow-out, right?

Well, a couple years ago, we were blowing the Ags out before OU went to sleep and let them back into the game. Only twice in Bob Stoops' tenure have we blown out the Aggies at all, one of them being a 77-0 masterpiece that could have been 105-0 in all honesty. We knelt in the fourth quarter, and not late in the fourth quarter. Like at the end of the third quarter.

However, Bob Stoops is a really solid on the field tactitian in terms of game preparation in advance. I have never ever felt that our schemes were inferior coming into a game. Unfortunately, our in-game adjustments aren't nearly as good. Look to our performance against Colorado and Iowa State as prime examples.

So, given that we've had two weeks to prepare and that the boys won't be looking ahead to Baylor, I'd guess we win this one going away. We score early and often and then coast.

Prediction: Oklahoma 41, Texas A&M 14.