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Look, I know most Longhorns fans are upset that OU (a team the the Texas beat) was picked to go to the Big XII and, ultimately, the National Championship game over the Horns. You might not think it's fair (I sure don't), but I've got three words for ya....
GET OVER IT!
I hate that OU is going to the National title game just as much as any die-hard Longhorn fan, and I'm a TCU fan. I especially hate it that I have to hear one of my friends from OKC trash talk (eventhough I constantly remind her that Texas beat OU, and that still counts for something..... right?). But the bottom line is, OU is in the Championship game and Texas isn't.
Now you can write all the hate mail and throw bricks in the windows of the BCS HQ, but it wont do any good. Texas had a great season. They only lost one game, so be proud of that. Take the season for what it was instead of what you wanted it to be.
And if there's any Texas Longhorns players reading this... don't hang your head. I know Phoenix isn't Miami (no offense), and the Fiesta Bowl isn't the National Championship.... but it's SOMETHING. Just go to your bowl game, take care of business, make the best out of it, have fun...... Because there are worst things than being "the good team that got left out". Just ask the Washington Huskies......
Bottom line: Texas got hosed!! And, I ain't no Texas fan!
UT got hosed by their easier schedule compared to OU's. While the BCS is far from perfect, I think they got it right for the national championship game. The FL/OK game should be a great one.
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If only Texas had played better against Tech, then there wouldn't be this conversation in the first place. Losing to OU in any other year is one thing, Jim Rome, but losing to Tech?? That hurt more than anything. Not wishing to take away from Tech, you understand. They did what they needed to.
I'll look, instead, on the bright side. Colt McCoy is coming back for his senior season next fall. I look for another stellar recruiting class, and a number of coaches picking Texas number one going into August. All the more reason for optimism in 2009.
Hey, at least the national championship has a Big 12 representative. That's good for the conference.
The problem is that in the scenario with Texas and OU, head to head didn't count. For Florida and Alabama, it did. Alabama lost to a very good Florida team, and Florida lost to Ole Miss, good not great, but they won head to head. The inconsistency in approaches is a problem.
The problem is that in the scenario with Texas and OU, head to head didn't count. For Florida and Alabama, it did. Alabama lost to a very good Florida team, and Florida lost to Ole Miss, good not great, but they won head to head. The inconsistency in approaches is a problem.
Yeah, different conferences have different tiebreaker rules. It seems silly. : \
......... in the scenario with Texas and OU, head to head didn't count..........
Of course it did.......
But so did the head to head with Texas Tech
And so did the head to head between OU and Texas Tech.
All Texas Tech had to do to go to the BCS NC was to beat OU by one point. They had already beat Texas. If they could beat Texas and OU, beating Missouri would have been no problem, and Tech would have gone to Miami.
In the end Texas got hosed because the BCS is a money maker. Its like when Vince Young did not win the heisman but then clearly showed that he was the best palyer that year in college in the Rose bowl. Just the politics of college football that has been around for years and isn't going no where.
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Not wishing to take away from Tech, you understand. They did what they needed to.
