Who’s on Top? The Big Twelve Is Eerily Equal

Easy Wins in the Big Twelve

This was not a day to miss in college football. No. 1 was supposed to be reconfirmed. Four ranked Big Twelve teams were supposed to win easily.

Number One

Pundits and fans alike like having the certainty of knowing that the teams on top are just that much better than the rest. A few weeks ago everybody knew that USC was just superior and they would go undefeated. There was even a B/R article that worried that an undefeated USC could be denied a shot at the title.

This week the anointed one was Oklahoma. They had the superior quarterback. The game would spotlight two potential Heisman hopefuls. Oklahoma went to the Texas state fair to show college football fans what number one could do.

The “outmanned” Texas team forgot to read the Oklahoma byline. Colt McCoy helped himself in the awards category while lifting Texas to victory in the Red River Shootout.

Number Three

Missouri played host to an undefeated number seventeen ranked Oklahoma State team. The home crowd and a whiney Heisman candidate would certainly provide victory for the Tiger faithful.

The only people who knew the outcome in advance were crammed into a visitor’s locker room in Columbia. The superior quarterback on this day was wearing the visitor’s uniform. Daniel’s three interceptions should shut him out of the Heisman.

Oklahoma State needed determined defensive play and a few great plays. Missouri mounted a comeback but came up short.

Number Seven

After Missouri handed Nebraska an embarrassing home loss in Lincoln, Texas Tech was supposed to dismember them in Lubbock. A vastly superior top ten team was expected to substitute early to keep from making the once mighty from looking too fallen.

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