The fraud that is OU Football exposed tonight - USC and LSU should meet for the championship

dateline: Texas Stadium | 12/6/03 | Jamail Holloway's fur coat at the Orange Bowl

[Diddle E. Squat]

Congrats to K. State, Big 12 Champs. They spanked the pompous overrated Sooners 35-7 tonight in the Big 12 Championship game. Meanwhile USC and LSU continued to roll with big wins(52-28 and 34-13(with 3 minutes left, respectively.)

No way should OU be chosen by the BCS to play in the Sugar Bowl, the pollsters and computers should drop them hard to at least #3(Michigan is probably better, but they do have 2 losses.) What a fraud the BCS is, can anyone reasonable prove that OU is better than LSU and USC, both of who have dominated late in the season? Yet just like with Nebraska a few years ago, OU will probably back in based on bogus prior rankings, overrated hype, and a scam of a system.

OU didn't just lose, they got their butts whooped. If they had lost by just a few points, one could make a decent argument that perhaps they below in the mythical national championship game. But not after this lame performance, and the impressive play of USC and LSU in the last month. 2 teams are going up, 1 is going down. But once again, the BCS is probably going to show how utterly bogus it is. Besides, I'd say its 50-50 that right now Michigan could beat them all, just as with USC the year before.

Without a playoff, its all just figure skating.

[af_vet_rr]

There needs to be a playoff!

Unfortunately it won't happen. The coaches and ADs want it, but the college presidents don't, because the BCS teams split a heckuva lot of money (8 teams splitting like $45+ million, while the other 40-some teams split like $30 million).

I even heard a local college president say this weekend that playoffs would cut into finals, and extra games would stress the players. I about fell out of my chair - that same college has their men's basketball team playing in New York this week (during finals), and the women are also on the road this week (during finals). Many other sports play through finals (including I believe Baseball). College basketball plays a longer season, more games, and more travel (and usually further distances) than football. Division I-AA, II, III, all have football playoffs (during finals).

I wonder when people will get tired of hearing excuses for why there isn't a playoff system. This is the only sport in a single division in the NCAA that isn't decided by a playoff system.

I guess the fans don't mind when a USC doesn't get into the championship game or a Nebraska does, because they obviously aren't putting enough pressure on the schools.

[af_vet_rr]

I just want to say I think OU lost the way they did just to screw Texas over one more time ;-)