OU_Sooners75
12/4/2008, 11:56 AM
http://www.talkncaasports.com/index.php?q=node/44
Who really should be in the Big 12 Championship?
Now, before you jump all over me and think I am pro-Texas, hear me out.
In any true Championship game you have the two best teams facing each other. In the Big 12 this year, like most years, we do not have that. We have a team that is the fifth best team in the league facing one of the top teams in the league. You got that right. Missouri which is ranked #5 overall in the Big 12, is facing Oklahoma which is tied for #1 in the Big 12.
There has been plenty of talk about how Texas is getting screwed and should be in the Big 12 title game over Oklahoma. And they do deserve the shot. So does Texas Tech. But the Texas Longhorn Nation wants to forget about one important thing: 33-39. Yes OU lost 45-35 to Texas. In doing so, they effectively lost control of their own destiny. When Texas lost on November 1st, 2008, they effective lost control of their own destiny. And the same can be said when Texas Tech lost by 44 points to Oklahoma. So we were left with a 3 way tie for the best team in the conference.
However, this is about a team that should not even be sniffing Kansas City this weekend. Yet, based on rules, they are going to be appearing for a chance to win the conference trophy.
Why? Because all the athletic programs that are members of the Big 12 agreed to all rules in their respective sport. And Missouri is following the rules.
The same can be said of Oklahoma. I have been to plenty of websites and message boards. The view could not be louder or more incorrect. Oklahoma did not cheat the system. Oklahoma did not rewrite the rules to create their own opportunity. Instead, Oklahoma played by the rules. Oklahoma finished 11-1 (7-1 Big 12) and deserve to be in Kansas City this Saturday as much as anyone else.
So why is everyone all up in arms against Oklahoma and not the system we have in place? Oklahoma broke nothing, they just benefited from a flawed system.
Let me make one more opinion on the matter. If you do not win all of your games, you leave your future in the possible hands of the human polls and computer polls better known as the BCS. Win them all and no controversy in conference play can/will occur. Lose one and this is what we get.
It is time for the Texas fans to move on. You all lost your destiny when you lost to Texas Tech. You were not entitled to anything when you lost. You are making a proud bunch look foolish and childish. You are doing what you accused the Sooner faithful of back in 2006 when OU was screwed by the officiating in the Oregon game, but you are doing it at a much worse and louder pace.
To the “journalists” and “sportswriters”: Please shut up. If you are going to report something, at least do so by checking your facts first. One of the most overlooked facts they try using is the margin of victory or points differential is being used by the computers. This could not be further from the truth. The BCS took the MOV out of the equation about 4 to 5 years ago.
Another misinformed fact they love to report is that OU runs up the score. The true fact is the back ups were playing in most of the 4th quarters this year. In fact, Sam Bradford has missed a total of 121 minutes and 19 seconds in game time, all in the second half. And none to injury time this year. In case you need math help, 00:121:19 = 2 hours and 19 seconds. A game lasts for 60 minutes or 1 hour in regulation.
You want to talk about a flawed system? Missouri should be watching from Columbia instead of playing in Kansas City. If the Big 12 had a true championship game, then Oklahoma and Texas would be playing in Kansas City. Yes, this would screw over Texas Tech and their fans. But Oklahoma and Texas are the two highest BCS ranked teams in the Big 12 this year. At least then we would have two of the three teams that deserve to be called Big 12 Champions playing against each other this weekend.
Who really should be in the Big 12 Championship?
Now, before you jump all over me and think I am pro-Texas, hear me out.
In any true Championship game you have the two best teams facing each other. In the Big 12 this year, like most years, we do not have that. We have a team that is the fifth best team in the league facing one of the top teams in the league. You got that right. Missouri which is ranked #5 overall in the Big 12, is facing Oklahoma which is tied for #1 in the Big 12.
There has been plenty of talk about how Texas is getting screwed and should be in the Big 12 title game over Oklahoma. And they do deserve the shot. So does Texas Tech. But the Texas Longhorn Nation wants to forget about one important thing: 33-39. Yes OU lost 45-35 to Texas. In doing so, they effectively lost control of their own destiny. When Texas lost on November 1st, 2008, they effective lost control of their own destiny. And the same can be said when Texas Tech lost by 44 points to Oklahoma. So we were left with a 3 way tie for the best team in the conference.
However, this is about a team that should not even be sniffing Kansas City this weekend. Yet, based on rules, they are going to be appearing for a chance to win the conference trophy.
Why? Because all the athletic programs that are members of the Big 12 agreed to all rules in their respective sport. And Missouri is following the rules.
The same can be said of Oklahoma. I have been to plenty of websites and message boards. The view could not be louder or more incorrect. Oklahoma did not cheat the system. Oklahoma did not rewrite the rules to create their own opportunity. Instead, Oklahoma played by the rules. Oklahoma finished 11-1 (7-1 Big 12) and deserve to be in Kansas City this Saturday as much as anyone else.
So why is everyone all up in arms against Oklahoma and not the system we have in place? Oklahoma broke nothing, they just benefited from a flawed system.
Let me make one more opinion on the matter. If you do not win all of your games, you leave your future in the possible hands of the human polls and computer polls better known as the BCS. Win them all and no controversy in conference play can/will occur. Lose one and this is what we get.
It is time for the Texas fans to move on. You all lost your destiny when you lost to Texas Tech. You were not entitled to anything when you lost. You are making a proud bunch look foolish and childish. You are doing what you accused the Sooner faithful of back in 2006 when OU was screwed by the officiating in the Oregon game, but you are doing it at a much worse and louder pace.
To the “journalists” and “sportswriters”: Please shut up. If you are going to report something, at least do so by checking your facts first. One of the most overlooked facts they try using is the margin of victory or points differential is being used by the computers. This could not be further from the truth. The BCS took the MOV out of the equation about 4 to 5 years ago.
Another misinformed fact they love to report is that OU runs up the score. The true fact is the back ups were playing in most of the 4th quarters this year. In fact, Sam Bradford has missed a total of 121 minutes and 19 seconds in game time, all in the second half. And none to injury time this year. In case you need math help, 00:121:19 = 2 hours and 19 seconds. A game lasts for 60 minutes or 1 hour in regulation.
You want to talk about a flawed system? Missouri should be watching from Columbia instead of playing in Kansas City. If the Big 12 had a true championship game, then Oklahoma and Texas would be playing in Kansas City. Yes, this would screw over Texas Tech and their fans. But Oklahoma and Texas are the two highest BCS ranked teams in the Big 12 this year. At least then we would have two of the three teams that deserve to be called Big 12 Champions playing against each other this weekend.