Texas Fans: Be Mad at Florida, not Oklahoma!
This entry was posted on 12-14-2008 04:58 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
Being a huge NCAA Football fan, and bleeding Crimson and Cream when I'm cut, I'm quite caught up in the Big 12 South controversy. For those who do not know, the Big 12 South (consisting of six teams: OSU, OU, Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, and Baylor) had a three-way tie for the winner of the Big 12 South. In the South, three teams each—OU, Texas, and Texas Tech—lost only one game, and all three lost to one another. OU lost to Texas (45-35 on "neutral" field). Texas lost to Texas Tech (at Tech). Texas Tech lost to OU (at OU). All three teams finished 11-1 in the regular season, and all three teams lost to one another. So, who would go to the Big 12 Championship Game in order to represent the South and play the winner of the North (the North consisting of six teams: Missouri, Nebrask, Iowa State, Colorado, Kansas, and Kansas State). The ultimate tie-breaker, as it turned out, was the team ranked highest in the BCS polls would represent the South in the Big 12 Championship game. Oklahoma, having lost to a better team and played the toughest schedule in the nation, was ranked highest in the BCS (#1) and was chosen to go to the Big 12 Championship game.
OK, so, Texas fans are upset. I don't blame them. I would be upset, too, as should be Texas Tech fans. However, the Big 12 Championship game is moot in my opinion. The issue is, "Why isn't Texas ranked #2 and playing Oklahoma for the National Championship?!" Texas should be ranked ahead of Florida in the BCS rankings. Texas only loss was to the #1 ranked team on the opponent's field (a last second loss). Texas beat a better #1 football team, Oklahoma, as opposed to Alabam. Florida, however, lost to an unranked team at Florida. Clearly, Florida had a more difficult schedule, and both beat three top 13 teams.
Texas should be arguing to be #2 in the BCS, and for playing Oklahoma in the National Championship Game. Texas has a point regarding the Big 12 Championship, but so would Oklahoma and Texas Tech if Texas were to go. Regardless, the point, now, should be why you were not ranked #2 in the BCS.
