Last week I went to the game at Dallas Cowboys Stadium (a.k.a. Taj Ma-Stadium) between Arkansas and Texas A&M. I’ve written some experiences and observations from the trip in the space below.
 
Pig Screen TV
How big is the big screen? Here’s a story to describe the enormity of the screen. Texas A&M just completed a 60 yard TD pass to make the score 10 – 0, and I was looking up to the big screen to see a replay. But before the replay they showed the Aggie fans celebrating.
 
(It seems when they’re scanning the crowd for fans to show on the big screen, every stadium cameraman has one of two goals: 1. Find a cute baby or child. 2. Find a scantily clad female coed)
 
The camera came across three elated Texas A&M females wearing very fashionable but very dangerous strapless dresses. While I was looking at the screen waiting for the replay my wife gasped and started excitedly talking about the largest, high definition nipple-slip in the history of jumbotrons (Note: This has been confirmed by other sources as well). You’re probably asking “how does this explain the bigness of the screen?” Well I was looking at the screen at that exact moment… and I didn’t see it. I was looking at another section of the screen. It was too big to look at the entire screen at once.
 
Table for One
While I was walking into the Taj Ma-Stadium, a young A&M fan said “Hey! Why are you wearing the wrong shirt?” At first, I thought maybe I had mistakenly grabbed my Jeff Green jersey-shirt. But I looked down to see a razorback, the logo of my alma mater, on my chest. I looked back up at the young trash-talker and before I could say anything, he ran right into a table. He was too concerned with what I was going to say and not where he was walking.
 
The interaction was a reflection of the game. The Aggie’s got the first shot in, but ultimately went home with a lump on their head.
 
See for Youself
I could breakout the thesaurus and come up with all kinds of adjectives to describe watching a game in the new stadium, but that won’t be necessary because I took some video so you could see it for yourself. 
 

 
Picks
 
Arkansas vs. Auburn
 
While watching the inaugural Southwest Classic, it became obvious that the talent level at A&M is really low. Auburn will field a more competitive squad. I don’t gamble, but I do look at the lines on occasion. This game has the second highest over/under line in the country this week at 66 points. The Razorbacks could have a few flashbacks to the Georgia game.
 
By the way, Ryan Mallett is on pace to break the Arkansas school record for passing yards in a season by almost 800 yards.
Auburn  34  Arkansas  31
 
Oklahoma State at Texas A&M
 
Q: What’s worse than not having a number two receiver? A: Not having a number one receiver. Dez Bryant hopes to win an appeal to the NCAA next week, but the last time I checked OSU is still scheduled to play in College Station. As it turns out, the only cornerback that Dez Bryant has met that can stop him is Deion Sanders.
 
Before the season, everyone wrote in a big “W” next to this one (and it was written in pen I might add). Zac Robinson will need to run the ball well for the Cowboys to win.
Oklahoma State  24  Texas A&M  23
 
Oklahoma vs. Baylor
 
Q: What’s worse than not having a number two receiver? A: Not having a number one receiver. Oklahoma’s only reliable target Ryan Broyles went down with a shoulder injury. Broyles leads the country in TD catches and OU leads the country in shoulder injuries. Maybe a receiver will emerge from the bunch now that Sam Bradford is back.
Oklahoma  42  Baylor  13