General Discussion

Yeah im tired already thought it was saturday

So this game will pretty much determine who will be playing Flordia for the natl champ.(sorry bama cant beat them) I think Texas is done, if we lose tech will stay in front of them and OU will move to 2. Tech wins they stay undeafeted take 1 when bama lose then wins the natl champ. Though atm OU has a 7 point spread and I think theyll hit it at home.

Oh, I thought you said the big game.  In OU-Tech, I think it'll be too close to call.  But I'll pick Tech just to get under your skin.

In the big game, I'm picking Ohio State to beat Michigan. :)

I agree, I don't think the SEC championship will even be close.

This OU / Tech matchup should be dramatic. I think Tech will pull it out, but they better be ready to play four full quarters. I'm not quite sure what it would take to get Harrell out of his rhythm. I think the only operson that may know is Stoops. We shall see.

38 - 42 Tech

On paper I'd give OU a slight advantage, and that's why I'm going to have to go with Tech. If I've learned anything so far this season (and last...) it's don't bet on the favorite in close games unless they have a clear-cut likelihood to win.

BOOMER SOONER

That is all

Texas does not derserve a rank above ou, we destroyed Tech while Texas only beat us by 10 points. We put up points agnist the #2 team that Flordia did to a team not even close to being ranked. It should fall Bama, OU, Flordia, Texas, USC tomorrow.

Originally posted by Arndur

Texas does not derserve a rank above ou, we destroyed Tech while Texas only beat us by 10 points. We put up points agnist the #2 team that Flordia did to a team not even close to being ranked. It should fall Bama, OU, Flordia, Texas, USC tomorrow.

It doesn't really matter that much, this throws the BCS into complete chaos and it's the BCS committee's worst nightmare, which makes it a good thing from my perspective.  Now if Florida beats 'Bama as most people seem to think will happen, then we'll have a situation about as bad as the global economy.

Suppose, 'Bama, Florida, OU, Texas, USC, Penn St and Texas Tech all finish the season with one loss.  Not to mention, Utah and Boise St, who are non-BCS schools, undefeated and both very good teams.  How can you possibly pick two teams out of that mess to go to the BCS Championship game?

Well let's look at a couple situations.  Texas Tech is almost certainly eliminated even if they win out.  The drubbing that they took tonight will not look good in the eyes of the voters.  If Florida beats Alabama bad, then they will be eliminated as well.  But if the game is close, then 'Bama will still probably be eliminated, but they would also have an argument as a one loss team, imo.

Penn St is an automatic qualifier to the Rose Bowl, so I'm betting they will not be considered for the Championship game since they fit so well into that BCS game.  Utah and Boise St, even if they go undefeated, will probably not make it since they are considered to be in weaker conferences.

So that leaves Florida, Texas, OU and USC.  Picking two teams out of that group is going to be tough.  Normally, USC would be the other automatic to the Rose Bowl, which would solve that problem.  But USC lost to Oregon St, so the Beavers have the tiebreaker if they beat Oregon in the Civil War next week.  Now if Oregon wins that game, then USC will go to the Rose Bowl and that would take care of the Trojans.

Of course, if Alabama beats Florida, then the Crimson Tide will be an automatic qualfier and the Gators will be eliminated from the BCS altogether.  One scenario that cannot happen is another match-up between OU and Texas in the Championship.  It will either be one or the other.  My guess is whoever goes to the Big 12 Championship game between those two schools based on the tie-breaker, will go onto the BCS Championship, if they win it.  If that school loses in the Big 12 Championsip, then it will be eliminated and the other school that didn't go, might find themselves in the BCS Championship.  But don't forget, OU still plays a very tough Okla St team next week, so the Sooners should not count their eggs before they are hatched.  Heck, Florida plays a pretty good Fla St team as well, so there's still a lot of football to play.

I think the morale of the story is, there should be a college football playoff so all this guessing could be put to rest once and for all.

As a sidenote, tonight's game puts Tebow back in the Heisman picture big time.  Colt McCoy and Bradford will still be up there, but the down side for them is that they will probably split a lot of votes from the Midwest.

Damn Sooners...nothing will stop them now. Any team that makes out of the big 12 South this year has to be a powerhouse.