OU-Texas

Sorry for the extended absence. Holidays and all, you know.

So, OU is going to the Big 12 Championship Game. Texas got screwed? Who did it, and why did it happen? First off, let's look at the human polls. What exactly are they trying to measure? Well, you ask all the pollsters and each one will have a different opinion. Are they trying to measure who has had the best season? Maybe. Are they trying to measure who is the best team right now? Maybe. Well, who had the better season as a whole: probably Oklahoma. Who is the better team right now: probably Oklahoma. Who won head to head: Texas, definitely. Well, whatever they are trying to measure, the human polls are neck and neck, with a slight lead to Texas actually.
Secondly, let's look at the computers, since they are what put OU ahead of UT. Compare these two schedules:
Arkansas vs. TCU
Rice vs. Cincinnati
Florida Atlantic vs. @Washington
@UTEP vs. Chattanooga
On the one side, I see one (C-USA) opponent going to a bowl game but no teams that spent any time in the rankings this season. On the other side, I see two current top 15 opponents, one a BCS conference champion, one a second place finisher in a better-than-some-BCS-conferences Mountain West. We often hear the "big schools" say: our conference schedule is so tough, we need to schedule some patsies to give our team a break. Well, it was only a matter of time before a situation like this came up and a "big school" got ousted by another big school that ponied up in the non-conference scheduling. Because OU manned up and played somebody out of conference, Texas will be sitting at home this weekend.
Texas did get screwed; they got royally screwed. Why? Arkansas, Rice, FAU, and UTEP. They screwed themselves: replace FAU with Tulsa, Central Michigan, BYU, Navy, Fresno State, etc. and they would have the inside track to the title game. Cowboy up, Horns, the Sooners did, that's why they are where you want to be. Head to the store, pick up a little cheese with that whine of yours, and talk to your AD about scheduling teams outside of the two worst conferences in America. Rice, UTEP, FAU? Looks like a great baseball schedule. You want to play for the national championship in big-time college football, play some football schools. Your rivals, the guys you beat on a neutral field, had some cajonas and, as a result, they are playing in the big game. Or, if you plan on continuing to schedule patsies, at least work on your double-coverage on the sideline with 2 seconds left in the game. If you could do that, you'd be 12-0 and there'd be no discussion. Two words: Boomer. Sooner.