soonermeteor
12/2/2008, 03:28 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&page=dash0814&sportCat=ncf
After ranting on how "head to head" should be used to break a tie and ignoring the Texas/Texas Tech game, he brings up the Texas/ Texas Tech game as game of the year. Twice. :texan:
"Only in college football could we have a system that overrules the most basic evidence possible for deciding which team is better: head-to-head competition.
That's not to say Iowa is better than Penn State, Mississippi is better than Florida or Oregon State is better than USC. But in case of a tie, what better way to break it than head-to-head? Especially when the game in question was played on a neutral field? "
but wait!
"Game of the Year -- Texas Tech 39, Texas 33 (7). Had it all: plot twists, an improbable comeback and then a jump-out-of-your-seat ending. Follow it up with a field storming and that's hard to beat."
and again!
"Game of the Year -- Texas Tech 39, Texas 33. See above. And the second-best game was the one that no longer counts: Texas 45, Oklahoma 35."
After ranting on how "head to head" should be used to break a tie and ignoring the Texas/Texas Tech game, he brings up the Texas/ Texas Tech game as game of the year. Twice. :texan:
"Only in college football could we have a system that overrules the most basic evidence possible for deciding which team is better: head-to-head competition.
That's not to say Iowa is better than Penn State, Mississippi is better than Florida or Oregon State is better than USC. But in case of a tie, what better way to break it than head-to-head? Especially when the game in question was played on a neutral field? "
but wait!
"Game of the Year -- Texas Tech 39, Texas 33 (7). Had it all: plot twists, an improbable comeback and then a jump-out-of-your-seat ending. Follow it up with a field storming and that's hard to beat."
and again!
"Game of the Year -- Texas Tech 39, Texas 33. See above. And the second-best game was the one that no longer counts: Texas 45, Oklahoma 35."