Posted on 12/07/2008 4:48:19 PM PST by scott says
Oh, I'm over it. I will enjoy watching UT stomp OSU and end up number 2 after OU embarrasses the Big 12 in their bowl game as usual. Enjoy the Cotton Bowl.
And remember, Tech's year this year was Kansas' year last year. Tech's year next year will mirror Kansas' year this year. Harrell - gone. Crabtree - gone. (I know he said he will stay, but I would lay money that he won't). 3 offensive linemen - gone. This was their peak year for now, and it's gone.
See you in Austin next year. I'm sure that Leach is looking forward to it, if he is still there.
Firstly the only reason the SEC would have sent Texas is because they would have used the BCS to eliminate one of the teams. Then a head to head.... Still using a poll as a tie breaker, still stupid..
Very true, but still better than letting the BCS pick the winner.
Sure, the home team has an advantage with a cheering crowd, but the regular season has ended and your team lost in Lubbock, my team lost in Norman - nothing can change that now.
Good luck in your bowl game - it will be good to see a Big 12 team win the Fiesta Bowl for a change.
I have no illusions that Tech will have a fabulous team each year but they are my team and I"m proud of them every year - even the bad years. Of course Tech has been bowl eligible every single year the Big 12 has been in existence and we are the ONLY Big 12 team to do so.
Pssst... in football vernacular, calling a home crowd hysterical is a compliment.
By eliminating one team from a tie you *are* letting the BCS pick the winner.
Better to do a coin toss than the BCS
#8 Penn St vs #1 Oklahoma
#7 Texas Tech vs #2 Florida
#6 Utah vs #3 Texas
#5 USC vs #4 Alabama
Who in their right mind would want to see a dull, boring playoff system that would include the above matchups? /sarc
No, you are letting the BCS pick the loser, then letting the rest be decided on the field. You remember the old Sesame Street song, right? "One of these things is not like the other..."
I know that it's hard to digest, but the SEC scenario is far superior to the current Big 12 scenario in letting the play on the field decide.
Let's see, we have 5 conferences with divisions, and of those 5, 4 of them would have picked Texas, while one of them picked OU and 0 picked Tech. So, is the Big 12 smarter than the other 4, or did the Big 12 screw it up?
I've got no problem living with the results, it is what it is. I just wish that one single OU ot TECH fan would admit the obvious and quit pretending to be superior based on a flawed decision.
That would be sweet... I will never grasp why they are so resistant to doing something like this. I know there would be yearly screaming over the 7 and 8 spots, but it would be a lot lower key that the current cluster.
So by your analogy...it’s Texas Tech, right?
I don’t get it Gipper - you bash Tech for “just winning in the last second” by 6 points, and bash ou for running up the score on teams - so what is the magic number for winning a game? Too little late in the game or blowouts - is there some perfect formula where you have to win for it to count?
“I know that it’s hard to digest, but the SEC scenario is far superior to the current Big 12 scenario in letting the play on the field decide.”
No Its *slightly* superior but its still bunk to use a poll as a tie breaker. Coin flips are more fair than that. Lets be honest the only reason the big-12, SEC, .... Use the BCs is to give their division winner a better chance of going to the NC.
“I just wish that one single OU ot TECH fan would admit the obvious and quit pretending to be superior based on a flawed decision.”
I dont think any of the teams are superior you guys caught OU flatfooted, OU caught TT flatfooted, and TT beat Texas. And of this ‘were better because blah blah blah’ is crap. We will never know who was the best of the 3 unless they all played each other several times at several locations.
Sure suck *all* the history and uniqueness out of college football...
“. I will never grasp why they are so resistant to doing something like this”
because no bowl sponsor wants to drop 17 Million on the quarterfinal game. That fact money is what keeps the BCS conferences coffers full..
“I know there would be yearly screaming over the 7 and 8 spots, but it would be a lot lower key that the current cluster.”
Well other than stepping on the Big East, ACC, not to mention Boise/TCU...
If there was a next week and USC could play Florida and beat them, we’d be back to square one for the BCS standings. That’s how things went this year. The only constant in the rankings seems to be OU’s position.
Well... having participated in a few “field rushings” in my day.. I would say, my mental state was pretty near “hysteria”... but, I don’t see that as a “bad thing”... and, Jail? puh-lease...
Also.. one correction.
My team lost in Lubbock.
Your teams was CRUSHED in Norman.
It’s a subtle difference.. but, I think, an important one.
Wrong. Kansas was successful last year because their schedule did not include OU, Texas, or Texas Tech. This year it did and look at what happened.
Some of the UTexas folks are starting to sound like those Aggies who can't accept that Texas Tech has a good football team. Your 100+ years of tradition and history glow beautifully as Walter Cronkite narrates your commercial, but that doesn't give you the standing to say 39-33 doesn't matter, but 45-35 does.
It’s a subtle difference.. but, I think, an important one.
Ah! So now Animal Farm comes to college football.
"Some 11-1 records are more equal than other 11-1 records." (My apologies to Mr. Orwell.)
Well... when 8 teams are 11-1, and only two can play for the title... the obvious answer is... Yes.
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