Super-Hot Three-Way
If you think you know which two teams are the best in the Big XII South, let alone the country, you’re a liar. With Texas, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech, there are now three teams in the south that are 10-1 and 6-1 in conference. See if you can make sense out of this:
October 11: Texas beats Oklahoma at a neutral site by 10
October 24: Texas beats Oklahoma State by 4 in Austin
November 1: Texas Tech beats Texas by 6 in Lubbock
November 8: Texas Tech beats Oklahoma State by 36 in Lubbock
November 22: Oklahoma beats Texas Tech by 44 in Norman
November 29: Oklahoma will play Oklahoma State in Stillwater
And that’s all just in the freaking Big XII South. If you put a gun to my head and said “pick the best two teams in the South”, I’d change my shorts and say “Texas and Oklahoma”.
If you forced me to pick the best team in the Big XII South, I’d say “do you mean best team right now, or best body of work? Shall I consider all 2008 historical implications and data available or shall I use the oft ‘who’s hottest right now’ because that would lead to two different conclusions, and since Texas didn’t play this weekend, they can’t possibly be that hot, I mean they were chilling in their dorm rooms watching a team they beat destroy a team they lost to….
I hate the BCS. Down with the BCS and the politically corrupt University Presidents who force it down our throats.
One thing for sure is that one of these three teams isn’t going to go BCS bowling. Now, the stated mission of the BCS isn’t to get the best teams to play each other in bowl games, but even with full acknowledgment of that, it doesn’t feel right that one of these guys will be replaced by Cincinnati or Virginia Tech.
And that only scratches the surface. Between Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Florida, USC, Alabama, Penn State, and a non-BCS flavor of the year, would you bet with complete certainty your entire government bailout check on one of them to win a tournament? I would- it’s free money anyways, but still, would be a hard exercise.
Dear Mr. President Elect,
We need a playoff and we need it now. Screw Detroit, screw the banks, screw each one of George Bush’s mistakes that you’re going to have to fix. Fix college football- it will immediately improve “consumer outlook”. Plus, it’s a rescue package of its’ own. Fans traveling to more bowl games, Universities “re-distributing” more wealth to themselves via the networks. It’s win, win. Do it. Now.
Regards,
Red Renee.
You’re welcome.
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