vigilantesooner
12/1/2008, 03:21 AM
In case you didn't have enough reasons, here's the one that sticks the most with me:
By waging this campaign based on a game in Oct, Texas is trying to overturn the unwritten rules in college football that have been in place ever since there's been polls. You get punished for losing, you get rewarded for winning. You lose later in the season, you have less time to overcome it. You win late in the season, you have less time to blow it.
Texas lost to Tech, that made them vulnerable to dropping below a team who might get rewarded for a great win. That was part of their "loss punishment". Tech became very hot, blowing out OSU the next game. Then OU destroyed Tech, an undefeated team ranked second in the country. OU was way down in 5th, there was a lot of room to reward them. ANY TIME, AT ANY POINT, if a #5 team destroys a #2 team they will jump other teams. Texas, who had just LOST 2 weeks ago, and was only 1 spot ahead of OU in the polls. Was OU not supposed to move up at all??
Texas wanted to change the unwritten rules so that just for this year it'd suit them. Well, it don't happen like that. In this game you're punished for losing and rewarded for winning.
To me, that's why OU deserves their spot. Texas doesn't get to change the rules as soon as they don't like them. You're punished for losing and you're rewarded for winning, and that's how it's always been.
By waging this campaign based on a game in Oct, Texas is trying to overturn the unwritten rules in college football that have been in place ever since there's been polls. You get punished for losing, you get rewarded for winning. You lose later in the season, you have less time to overcome it. You win late in the season, you have less time to blow it.
Texas lost to Tech, that made them vulnerable to dropping below a team who might get rewarded for a great win. That was part of their "loss punishment". Tech became very hot, blowing out OSU the next game. Then OU destroyed Tech, an undefeated team ranked second in the country. OU was way down in 5th, there was a lot of room to reward them. ANY TIME, AT ANY POINT, if a #5 team destroys a #2 team they will jump other teams. Texas, who had just LOST 2 weeks ago, and was only 1 spot ahead of OU in the polls. Was OU not supposed to move up at all??
Texas wanted to change the unwritten rules so that just for this year it'd suit them. Well, it don't happen like that. In this game you're punished for losing and rewarded for winning.
To me, that's why OU deserves their spot. Texas doesn't get to change the rules as soon as they don't like them. You're punished for losing and you're rewarded for winning, and that's how it's always been.