In a perfect explanation of why Oklahoma fans hate Texas fans, the Austin American-Statesman reports that several Texas football players are driving 360 miles this weekend to Lubbock, TX, to view the OU-Texas Tech game -- and root for rival Texas Tech. Why? Because the cowgirls, unable to beat OU for two years in a row, need someone else to do their heavy lifting if they want a shot at the Big XII title game. This is all possible for two reasons:

1. Texas has no football game this weekend
2. Texas football players have no clue that the best way to win the championship is -- and this may be radical thinking in Austin -- not to lose.

Cows. What can you do?

 Starting with the November 26 show, Jeopardy is doubling the dollar amounts on all the questions: $200, $400, $600, $800, and $1000 in the "Jeopardy" round; $400, $800, $1200, $1600, and $2000 in the "Double Jeopardy" round. It's the first increase in prizes since the show resumed in 1984. In today's inflationary lesson, the $100-to-$1000 price range that's now being doubled was itself ten times the original Jeopardy values of $10 to $100. Apparently no one wants to be a millionaire.

 Wil Wheaton reveals in his Weblog that he will reprise his role as Wesley Crusher for Star Trek X, which is to be the last "Next Generation" movie. Cool. People who hate Wesley annoy me. People always hate the smart kid. I was the smart kid. Though I admit it was fun to call him "Weasely."

 The American Red Cross announced today that it would spend all money in the "Liberty" fund, over half a billion dollars collected since 2001.09.11, on disaster relief in New York and Washington. Previously the Red Cross wanted to use much of the money to prepare for future disasters, including spending $30 million to buy itself a new telecommunications system ("wow, major US cities are under attack and I can still hear you clearly!"). The Red Cross forced Dr. Bernadine Healy to quit as CEO, largely because she created the Liberty fund. Before now, the Red Cross has dumped all disaster donations into a single "disaster relief fund" with no oversight and no explanation of how much money is there or where it goes. Since Healy separated the 9/11 money, suddenly accountability was possible. That's not the Red Cross way. You can expect more changes at the Red Cross if they hope to maintain their favored position in American society.