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I want Ohio State to lose once and force the Title game to be Boise State/Louisville. I can hear the TV execs screaming now. ;)
NE wins the Super Bowl?
Not this year if they stink up the joint like they did last night.
Most important Game in SEC this weekend Ark v Tenn. If Ark wins then that pretty much is the SEC championship. LSU and Auburn out of the race. Important for Auburn as to polls. Without having the SEC championship game as a possibilty Auburn even if it keeps winning will slightly drop in the polls. Life is not fair but hey. That also means that other teams can jump Auburn even if Auburn keeps winning. IF Tenn wins AUburn will still beranked high till the end because the LSU/ARk game is the day after Thanksgiving. SO needless to say I think what happens at Teen/Ark affects more teams rankings than they realize
The WAC still doesnt get enough love. Hawaii gets no respect for example. Sad
Lastly, too much Lou Holtz bashing on College boards. Its depressing how the greatest mind in football is treated. I love him on ESPN. Who cares if he has a lisp. HE overcame that and that even makes him greater
One last thought. I do think the National Cahmpionship is taking something special from football. It seems to some fans the season is over if they are not in contention after losing one game. Sad. I dont detect the same intensity to the rivalries betwen schools as I once did. Coaches now get fired too soon because of this. Another reason for a playoff
Stole my thunder, Mike. Texas is enjoying their time at the top, and they're a sure bet for a BCS game. I didn't see the game with Ohio State; can't help but wonder how it would turn out now with McCoy having some experience now. He's a sure bet for BIG XII player of the year.
My other team, the University of Tulsa, is 8-2 and (I think) still in the running for the conference championship and a nice bowl trip.
Back to Oklahoma, though, it's not a sure bet that we'll win out against T-Tech, Baylor, and OSU but if we do Stoops is coach of the year. If we don't, Kragthorpe at Tulsa is coach of the year.
If you were able to watch the national broadcast of the game AT Texas A&M Saturday nite, you saw an example of classical Bob Stoops coaching on the road in front of a VERY hostile crowd. OU scored either two or three times in the first quarter, (I forget which; I think two TD's and a FG) and then Stoops at his best: Onside kick. Aggies recovered at about their own 40, and went on to score their only TD with the help of a couple of our guys drawing penalties.
On the way to the locker room, Lisa Salters says something like "Coach, did you give them a TD with the onside kick?" Stoops' reply was "No, the play was there so we went for it. If we gave them a TD it was by drawing two penalties."
In the second half, the Aggies came out stopping the run and it became a defensive game. Within the last two minutes, OU had the ball 4th and 1 at our own 30, with the score 17-16. All the "former coaches" in the booth were saying "I'd punt it." Stoops went for it, got the first down and a five-yard penalty to boot because A&M was playing the 12th man, literally. Game's over.
My observations: Stoops is gonna play by the rules and he's gonna play his game. He's not going to allow the fear of losing interfere with anything, let alone the people in the peanut gallery who have nothing at stake. Ignore the guys in the booth, ignore the media, ignore the fair-weather fans. Stoops understands where the buck stops and who his people are. About that final 4th down, someone axed him about his call and he said "I looked my offensive guys in their eyes and I just couldn't punt it."
Stoops for President, so far as I'm concerned.
Oh, did someone ask, what if they hadn't made the first down? Wouldn't be the first time Stoops lost a game. "See ya next week..."