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Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

1Tomcat — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:55:20 -0000

Your list
#1 lost to Oregon St
#2 lost to Miss
#2 lost to Texas
#4 lost to Iowa
Tommie you can try and use statistics- but nobody listening
Too bad the Trojans dont play in the pathetic BigXII conference, because they would have alot of trouble outside the Pac were they dominate year after year, join the WAC beat Boise then whine when you get left out, stack up more numbers against weak competition
The Trojans D cannot slow down or stop the offenes of the XII week in and week out.
They might win a bowl on occasion, thats about it
We might see a Texas vs USC I like to see it

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

Bevo_Boiler — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:52:09 -0000

I notice you conveniently left out the Big XII, so I guess you realize that if they had played in the Big XII south, they would have lost at least 4 games, right?

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

1Tomcat — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:02:50 -0000

The real Fluke game was TTech over Baylor

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

gohorns1012 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:19:16 -0000

in previous years you could say that was true, but i definately think the big 12 is the best this year

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

soonerborn — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:16:47 -0000

Cinnci you are right but for the last 6 or 7 years TCU has been a solid football team. I hope Texas does win their bowl, that is usually one of the only games I root for them. It makes the big 12 standout. You are right about Arkansas they sometimes are really good but even you have to admit that the SEC is not as good as it usually is. Do you honestly think that the top 4 teams in the SEC are as good as the top 4 in our conf.

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

gohorns1012 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:25:28 -0000

so if the sec had a playoff you would end up with the same 2 teams FL and ALA , simply because no one else in that conference can hang with them, so that is easy for you to sayand "no big 12 team deserves to go?" you're right a big 12 playoff would only benefit the sec this year, as the big 12 teams that do deserve to go are so close that it has caused america to be in an uproar

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

gohorns1012 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:10:08 -0000

dude you come up with the most child like arguments i have seen on this whole site. i'll bet you're a big brother blogger too and devote all of your spare time coming up with crap that a 4 year old could top, don't even talk to me until you have something that you didn't get off a cereal box or cracker jacks

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

gohorns1012 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:02:21 -0000

good thread, another good OU fan-an honest one

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

gohorns1012 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:59:12 -0000

so i guess bobby stoops uses telepathy to communicate with evil forces with the inside information on who is going to be ranked what at the end of the season. you and everyone else did not expect cinn or tcu to be ranked when these games wre actually scheduled. by arkansas has been good the past few years, this year? mabee not. but they are an sec team, that was scheduled to play texas years before the actual game. what do you wish us to do? hire a phycic or palm reader? seriously, texas played and beat tcu last year and they were a surprise then too..i guess no one will admit that texas could have beaen these teams just like OU did...get over it. the real texas fans have and we are happy to have a shot at 5 straight bowl wins, including 2 rose bowls and beaten OU 3 out of those 5 years....not too bad

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

gohorns1012 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:30:11 -0000

yea , i agree that tech got the cold shoulder as well, texas always schedules at least 1 OOC that is competitve and those games are scheduled years in advance, for instance two years in a row they played ohio state. no one knew a few years ago, or even preseason, that arkansas would be that weak this year. in my opinion, tech gets the worst end of this because of the bcs, they are #7 and will not get to a bcs bowl

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

gohorns1012 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:22:27 -0000

thats big of you considering you are an OU fan 45-35 poser

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

Tom_Blogical — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:52:34 -0000

I assumed so. No problems here! :-)

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

NMLSooner — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:43:44 -0000

Yes, no disrespect to Kevin the Great. It was said with tongue-in-cheek.

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

Eye_of_the_Tiger — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:02:52 -0000

I don't think any of the Big-12 teams deserve to go. Think I'm wrong? Can't prove it. Not until we have a play-off. I don't want to hear any lame arguments that every week is a playoff because it's simply not true when you consider the caliber of teams that will be facing off in the bowl games just to make it to the Championship. If there were a play-off I would be willing to bet any amount of money that the NC game would be USC and Florida. I'm not saying a Big-12 team won't do well, or won't win, I'm just saying I know there are better teams out there.

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

lsw1369 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:01:17 -0000

It is a travesty that Tech is left out in the cold on this one. I believe they have the best team in the Big 12, but when the other team knows all of your plays it makes it tough. As a dude who played ball in Los Angeles and Dallas, I know enough to know that talent isn't everything, and that when you beat a team head to head on a neutral field you are the better team. Go MIZZOU! Can't stand the Longhorns, but love Mack Brown...Let's see Roll Tide v. Hook "Em Horns.

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

hrposon — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:57:13 -0000

No one can say who would win if Florida, Alabama, Penn State, OU, TT, Texas, OSU, USC were in a playoff. My guess is that teams like Utah, Boise State don't have the team depth to slug it out in a playoff.
What we have is a beauty contest and most have scars on their faces. My guess is that Florida will get the nod over Texas, USC and Penn State, only because Texas already beat Oklahoma. My point is that it is not a sure thing...

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

Tom_Blogical — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:25:50 -0000

Yes, but I do it with great respect and (supposed) humor. Kevin's the most knowledgeable CFB guy I know. Plus, ya don't ever wanna piss off the blog host. ;-)

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

NMLSooner — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:08:29 -0000

No disagreement here:)

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

NMLSooner — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:07:53 -0000

You tell him T_B!

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

Ramblin' Gator — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:23:08 -0000

Sure, and the voters may look at Texas and say "you lost to TTech and they aren't even going to a conference championship game?"

More likely, the voters will look at Texas and say "we can't send two teams from the same conference - we would be destroying our own power as BCS voters by doing this!"

It's certainly possible that Texas will come in ahead of Florida and in a more rational world I believe both teams SHOULD be in a playoff for the national title. I just don't see the BCS voters committing suicide this way.

Regarding Ole Miss (and with all due respect to HT and especially Houston Nutt), I suspect the voters are giving that game less concern as it's unlikely that Ole Miss would win a rematch with Florida. The same can't be said for TT and UT.

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

Jason — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:12:09 -0000

Tom_Blogical has an Ohio State helmet next to his name. Are you sure you watch football? Do you even know what your team's helmet looks like?

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

Jason — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:59:44 -0000

Actually Texas Tech won that game. Too bad, so sad Texas couldn't knock Crabtree out of bounds. Then you wouldn't be crying in your beer right now.

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

Tommy_Trojan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:06:54 -0000

Here's some "numbas" for you. Actually, since we took Oklahoma as the Big 12's best statistical team, it looks better for them than I thought it would. We have to subtract Oklahoma's 57-2 win over Chattanooga for this experiment - as they are a Division II team.

USC played teams that had outscored their opposition, by the score of 26.2 to 25.9, and had outscored these teams by 30.6 points per game. This would give USC a +30.9 overall rating here.

Oklahoma played teams that had outscored the opposition, by the score of 33.0 to 27.4, and has outscored these teams by 26.1 points per game. This gives Oklahoma a +31.7 rating. Therefore, in the scoring catagory, Oklahoma would own a +0.8 advantage per game against Southern Cal (or nine points better over eleven games).

Also, USC played teams that were outgained by their opponents by 348.3 to 353.0 yards per game, while USC outgained those teams by +240.3 yards per game. This gives USC a +235.6 yardage rating.

Oklahoma played teams that had outgained their opponents by 416.1 to 379.6 yards per game, while outgaining these teams by 174.1 yards per game. This gives Oklahoma a +210.6 yardage rating.

Clearly, Oklahoma has done better, than I thought that they might have. I can assure you that no other team in the Big 12 comes close to any of these numbers. Florida may rival these statistics. Maybe Penn State might be in the ballpark. But, this is the way you have to measure teams.

The Chattanooga game was removed, as Oklahoma beat that team 57-2, and outgained them by 451 total yards. It really wasn't worth using as part of the criteria. If you want to count it - Oklahoma wins. Nevertheless, Oklahoma does look tough, and Missouri will never beat this team.

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

soonerborn — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:56:10 -0000

So I guess that Texas Tech is the best team since they beat Texas. This is what agrivates me Texas was wanting this to be a two team tie. IT WAS NOT IT WAS A THREE TEAM TIE, and as bad as it sucks for the Texas and Texas Tech fans at the end of the season OU won the tie breaker. It can't be blamed on voters or computers it can only be blamed on Texas and Techs AD's for having such a weak non confrence schedule. Crap put at least one team that has a chance of being ranked at the end of the season and Texas fans are making reservations at Harrah's in K.C. and playing for a BIG 12 Title.

Re: BCS Standings - Nov. 30th 2008

soonerborn — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:46:07 -0000

They also asked Stoops for an interview during the Texes vs Texas A&M game he declined said he was tired of politican. I don't think ol Mac Brown will ever quit politican