1.   Past Cat teams would have been mortified at the thought of losing four conference games.

2.   Along the way, Oklahoma beat Texas, Kansas State and Nebraska in consecutive conference games.

3.   An absolute must-win conference game.

4.   And any time you win a conference game, your chances of being in the playoffs improve.

5.   And there has never been a conference championship game in a dome.

6.   At the NCAA Convention this week, a proposal was adopted that should help schools whose schedules get cramped with conference games.

7.   Attention to detail has helped Parcells become the first head coach to take three different teams to conference championship games.

8.   Batch is for real and so are the Lions in these do-or-die conference games at home.

9.   BC has been reincarnated as a team with six regular-season conference games remaining.

10.   Beat Tennessee this Saturday, then take care of business in the conference championship game, and the Gators will play for the title.