I really do believe that the Sooners rightfully deserve the chance to play in the Big 12 Championship game over Texas or Texas Tech. I know that Texas beat Oklahoma 45-35 on a neutral field and I know that Texas Tech beat Texas and Oklahoma beat Texas Tech. You can go around in circles forever about which one deserves the higher BCS ranking on the basis of these three games. However, Oklahoma is still the right choice!
The Sooners aren't more deserving because they totally annihilated Texas Tech as some people suggest but rather it's because they went out and scheduled and beat some tough non-conference teams while Texas and Texas Tech did not. In 2008 Oklahoma beat Cincinnati, the Big East champion and TCU, currently ranked 11th in the BCS.
Texas played and beat Arkansas, Rice, UTEP and Florida Atlantic while Texas Tech had the easiest schedule of any Div1-A team in the country. The Red Raiders played and beat Umass, Eastern Washington, Nevada and SMU.
There is a lesson here...If you want to be highly regarded go out and schedule some tough non-conference teams! Some will argue that Texas had to play Missouri in the regular season (the best Big 12 team that Oklahoma did not play), but that case obviously makes no sense now since OU will have the opportunity to play Mizzou on a "neutral field" this Saturday. I put quotations around the neutral field for this reason: Yes, everyone points out that Texas beat OU on a "neutral field" and I don't care that the Cotton Bowl is the same driving distance from each campus. The fact is the game was played in Texas and if anyone actually watched the game they could see that the stadium was predominately Burnt Orange colors. Also, I'm still curious to see the outcome had Ryan Reynolds (the stud linebacker from OU) doesn't get hurt and lost for the game/season with the score 21-3 Sooners.
Now Oklahoma has to play Mizzou in Kansas City, an hour and half drive from Columbia I should point out. So if OU beats down the Tigers this makes yet another more impressive win for the Sooners considering Texas played Mizzou in Austin.
Also I took the liberty in comparing the games between Texas, Texas Tech and Oklahoma to show everyone the point differential from those games. Also I threw in the scores from the Oklahoma State game for all three teams (I chose Oklahoma State since they are the best Big 12 team that all three played and were also the only 3 losses that Oklahoma State had this season).
Texas Tech:
Oklahoma State: 56-20 W (+36)
Texas: 39-33 W (+6)
Oklahoma: 65-21 L (-44)
Total Point Difference: - 2
Texas:
Oklahoma: 45-35 W (+10)
Oklahoma State: 28-24 W (+4)
Texas Tech: 39-33 L (- 6)
Total Point Difference: + 8
Oklahoma:
Texas: 45-35 L (-10)
Texas Tech: 65-21 W (+44)
Oklahoma State: 61-41 W (+20)
Total Point Difference: +54
There you have it....my theory on why the BCS, flawed as it can be, got it RIGHT
GO SOONERS!
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Weak sauce alot of OU biased here but what do you expect from an OU fan. First lets break down some facts OU lost to Texas on a neutral field. Yes it is a neutral field its 90 miles from each campus. Saying there is 80% TU fans there whats that really saying about OU fans. We didn't want to have to drive 1 1/2 hrs to support our team in one of the biggest rivalries in all of sports weak fans! Second trying to say an injury played into a loss come on we could go on and on in with many other teams and other sports but we'll let that one slide.
TU lost one game and literally lost at the last second. Now when OU lost that game was in hand far longer then that. Alright OU beat Ok. St. by 20 or whatever it ended up b/c really noone finished watching it. Lets consider what was on the line for Ok St. at the time they lost to TTU and TU they actually had a shot at the Big 12 title, we can not say that about them when OU played them of course. I know I know its a rivalry, a rivalry in which OU has won what 6 in a row now come on whoe didn't see that one coming.
OU played a tough out of conference schedule. They played the horned frogs who have beaten who again and won what the mountain west oh no they didn't even do that. Yes OU did beat Cinn. who is Big East champs but really does that say the Big East is weaker then the Big 10 now thats saying something ha!
Really shame on the BCS for once again getting it WRONG and come on Big 12 way to break a tie break by going by a system that is more scrutinized then any other system in sports Oh well! Hey stuff happens Hooke em' horns Go Mizzou and this is coming from a ND fan so once again thats saying something
peace ninjas
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