Today, I was all determined to make Texas feel even more adequate in the eyes of the slut known as the BCS. But after seeing it all for myself, I decided to break it down schedule by schedule to answer the biggest question: Did Texas get Horned by the BCS?
Let's look at the schedules of the top four teams, followed by the result of the opponents' season and the key games of the season.
#1 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-0, SEC West Champions)
Game One: vs. Clemson (34-10)---Bowl Eligible with a 7-5 Record
Game Two: vs. Tulane (20-6)---Finished 2-10.
Game Three: vs. WKU (41-7)---Finished 2-9.
Game Four: vs. Arkansas (49-14)---Finished 5-7
Game Five: vs. Georgia (41-30)---Bowl Eligible with a 9-3 Record
Game Six: vs. Kentucky (17-14)---Toss up at 6-6
Game Seven: vs. Mississippi (24-20)---Bowl Eligibile with a 8-4 Record
Game Eight: vs. Tennessee (29-9)--- Finished 5-7
Game Nine: vs. Arkansas State (35-0)---Bowl Eligible with a 6-5 Record
Game Ten: vs. LSU (27-21 OT)---Bowl Eligible with a 7-5 Record
Game Eleven: vs. Mississippi State (32-7)---Finished 4-8
Game Twelve: vs. Auburn (36-0)---Finished 5-7
SEC Championship: vs. Florida---Bowl Eligible with a 11-1 Record
#2 Florida Gators (11-1, SEC East Champions)
Game One: vs. Hawaii (56-10)---Bowl Eligible with a 7-5 Record
Game Two: vs. Miami (26-3)---Bowl Eligible with a 7-5 Record
Game Three: vs. Tennessee (30-6)---Finished 5-7
Game Four: vs. Mississippi (30-31)---Bowl Eligible with a 8-4 Record
Game Five: vs. Arkansas (38-7)---Finished 5-7
Game Six: vs. LSU (51-21)---Bowl Eligible with a 7-5 Record
Game Seven: vs. Kentucky (63-5)---Toss up at 6-6
Game Eight: vs. Georgia (49-10)---Bowl Eligible with a 9-3 Record
Game Nine: vs. Vanderbilt (42-14)---Toss up at 6-6
Game Ten: vs. South Carolina (56-6)---Bowl Eligible with a 7-5 Record
Game Eleven: vs. Citadel (70-19)---No Comment
Game Twelve: vs. Florida State (45-15)---Bowl Eligible with a 8-4 Record
SEC Championship: vs. Alabama---Bowl Eligible with 12-0 Record
#3 Oklahoma Sooners (11-1, Big XII South Champions)
Game One: vs. Chattanooga (57-2)---No Comment
Game Two: vs. Cincinnati (52-26)---Big East Champions
Game Three: vs. Washington (55-14)---Finished 0-11
Game Four: vs. TCU (35-10)---Bowl Eligible with a 10-2 Record
Game Five: vs. Baylor (49-17)---Finished 4-8
Game Six: vs. Texas (35-45)---Bowl Eligible with a 11-1 Record
Game Seven: vs. Kansas (45-31)---Bowl Eligible with a 7-5 Record
Game Eight: vs. Kansas State (58-35)---Finished 5-7
Game Nine: vs. Nebraska (62-28)---Bowl Eligible with a 8-4 Record
Game Ten: vs. Texas A&M (66-28)---Finished 4-8
Game Eleven: vs. Texas Tech (65-21)---Bowl Eligible with 11-1 Record
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Justin Morgan 7 months ago
I would say florida is getting hosed. They are the best team in the country. It's kinda hard to put a 1 loss team ahead of an undefeated team from the same conference. we'll find out next saturday tho
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Dean Walker 7 months ago
Although it seems kind of weird that Oklahoma is ranked higher than a Texas
team that beat them, remember that Oklahoma closed out the season against
Oklahoma State and beat them by 20. The gods of football smile on teams with
a strength of schedule and beating the 11th ranked team to close out the
regular season helps a lot. As where Texas was 3/4 (.750) against ranked
teams, Oklahoma was 4/5 (.800) against ranked teams and ended the season
against one. The BCS tends to favor later wins and punish later losses more
heavily. I hate Oklahoma and think that Texas got hosed in that deal but it
makes sense. Plus Tech beating Texas probably waters down the head to head
victory since OU had no problems with Texas anyway. At least that's the way
I see it.
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Slim Pickens 7 months ago
What is your justification for ranking USC ahead of Penn State?
If you remember, PSU beat Oregon State handily and Oregon State
beat USC.
Penn State just might be the best team that USC has played against this year.
I am glad that PSU and USC will play each other in the Rose Bowl.. Penn State
will get the positive recognition they deserve when it is all over.
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Ron Johnson 7 months ago
Who said I ranked USC ahead of Penn State? USC hasn't even won their conference yet. They still have to beat UCLA, and if memory serves me correctly, UCLA loves to play spoiler against the Trojans.
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Todd Lytle 7 months ago
BCS Fuzzy Math Does Not Add Up!!!
Texas 45 > OU 35 - Neutral Field
Texas 56 > Missouri 31
Big 12 Championship = Two Teams Texas beat by 35 Points Total!!!
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Michael Collins 7 months ago
I can't see Florida in the equation because they will jump into the top 2 with a win over Alabama, or drop out with a loss.
Say Florida wins ugly and barely. Could the top 2 teams conceivably be Texas and Oklahoma?
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Ron Johnson 7 months ago
Not a chance. Rumor has it that the BCS Championship will no longer have a non-champion in the title game. With that said, I see Oklahoma jumping if they win. And if Florida wins, Alabama has a legitimate argument for the rematch if the rumor happens to be not true.
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Erin McLemore 7 months ago
Really, Michael, you have a good question. Frankly, though, I very seriously doubt that anyone would let two big twelve teams compete for the National Championship. That would be anarchy. There would be rioting in the streets for heaven's sake. :) Even though the Big Twelve has really proven itself to be THE powerhouse this year (and for several years before now)! Although this is all very interesting.
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Charles McFarland 7 months ago
Texas beat Oklahoma. Texas beat Missouri. Now, Oklahoma and Missouri meet in the Big 12 Championship for the "rest of the marbles." The Couldn't-Beat-Texas Bowl:
http://couldntbeattexas.spreadshirt.com
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Matt 7 months ago
If OU gets beat by Mizzou then Tech should jump Texas in the polls because that is all of the talking heads "head-to-head" theory at work.
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Major 7 months ago
Again, I find another article about a sore Texas fan.
Be glad your going to get a BCS bowl. What is Tech going to get? The Cotton Bowl? Seriously? 11-1 and in the Cotton Bowl, left out of the BCS because we play in the strongest division of College football.
Cry me a River.
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Ron Johnson 7 months ago
Not a Texas fan. I'm a Gators fan. I look at both sides...or did you not see the other BCS Article?
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James Colt 7 months ago
Why did you highlight a 7-5 LSU team to make it seem like a big win for UF, but not do the same for a 7-5 Kansas team? Also, the 7-5 LSU had to go to Florida, but Texas had to go to Kansas. Also, do you not consider the fact that of all the one loss teams Floida has the WORST loss of all of them. They lost to a team with a qb that's not even good enough to start at Texas, and they lost at home. Florida, has had by far an easier schedule than OU or Texas, and Alabama has too. That is why the computers have those two 1 and 2. It's not some conspiracy they have simply done too much this season to not be recognized for it. Just because two teams play in the same conference does that mean that automatically one of them has to be worse than the champion from another league? NO!!! Believe it or not a conference can have the best two teams in the country. If we go to a playoff format and the two teams that end up in the championship game are from the conference are we all going to say, "wait a second this can't be right they are in the same conference and one of them didn't even win their own conference!!!" Of course not. Basketball has teams that didn't win their conference win the championship, so for all those who say a non-champion from a conference shouldn't be national champion should get off the playoff bandwagon because that's exactly what's going to happen.
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Ron Johnson 7 months ago
For starters, let's analyze your rant. Are you insulting Florida or the SEC? Secondly, LSU was the defending national champions and I highlighted them to show emphasis on key games of the season for the four teams involved in this fray. Kansas wasn't a part of this conversation.
Third, how do you compare basketball with football? That's a lost cause. Florida has not complained about their spot. Only Texas has a legitimate beef because the computers chose Oklahoma over them, even though they beat the Sooners in head to head competition.
In regards to the non-champion portion, this was something that was brought to our attention by our loyal readers. We have yet to confirm whether it is true or not, but if it is, don't expect Texas to get a past if Missouri shocks Oklahoma.
And for the record, Ole Miss is going bowling...and they're the only one who has beaten the past two national champions this season. If Alabama does it, they will be the second. So the Rebel's win over Florida is pretty good right now. And for another record, Iowa beating Penn State is just as bad as Ole Miss beating Florida.
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JIM MURRAY 7 months ago
Everyone talks "STYLE" points, lets be honest this is just provacation to pour on or pound a lesser oppent to embarassment. Give Texas coach Mack brown crdit as the Sooners were pouring on the points he pulled his ALL-AMERICAN quarterback at the start of the Texas AM game and did not play him in a 40 point win which could have been 60 probably . Tell the SOONERS that is true "STYLE " and a lot of CLASS. I am a Penn State graduate so have no ties to either school.
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Erin McLemore 7 months ago
Now lets seriously talk about "STYLE" and "CLASS". Bob Stoops has declined to do the POLITICING and let the computers do the talking (remember they are the UNBIASED judge) because that is the system that is in place. Not because that is the way he wants things done. Mac Brown on the other hand has been on every talk show, newspaper, and other forms of media trying to sway the human pollsters (the ones who could have a BIAS opinion) to vote in the favor of Texas.
Lets not even mention the numerous ads and POLITICING that has gone on by the fans. (I MEAN COME ON: FLYING A PLANE OVER THE OU-OSU GAME!! SERIOUSLY, GIVE ME A BREAK!)
I think everyone would like to see the teams have a playoff of some sort, but now that is completely out of our hands now isn't it? (at least for this year anyway)
I haven't seen the SOONERS do anything but what they needed to do for a Big Twelve Championship and maybe a National Title.
CLASS? Right.
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James Colt 7 months ago
I don't understand how what Mack Brown has done is classless. People keep asking him. ESPN asked him to do an interview. When he does do interviews or "politics" for his team it's not like he's trashing any other teams. The system allows, and really necessitates, this kind of thing. Stoops didn't do anything because he knew that he was in the drivers seat and didn't need to do anything. However, he does leave his starters in way too long. Why was Bradford throwing down field in a 56-14 game? Why was he even still in. The only 4th quarters that McCoy has played this year are OSU, OU, and TT. That is why he doesn't have the same numbers as the other qb's. The same thing happened to VY. He only played two games in 2005 in the 4th quarter so he lost the Heisman.
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Erin McLemore 7 months ago
Still its not Stoops that is the problem. Or for that matter, Brown either. The problem is the way candidates for the heisman are GRADED. Stoops did what he could to make that happen for Bradford, sure. That doesn't make him wrong for doing so. He is a good coach, and he wants his players to do well no matter what. I could just as easily say that the other coaches kept their players from putting up those numbers. The SYSTEM needs to be changed. So really I do take back what I said about the coaches.
But down talking the players or the coaches is classless. They are doing the best they can for their players. Now what the fans did, that is a whole other story. And that I don't take back!
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Kyle Eggemeyer 7 months ago
Oh please you know who got screwed more than those two teams? Texas Tech - you fail to mention our 56-20 win over Oklahoma State or our 63-21 victory at Kansas snapping the 3rd longest home win streak in the nation. Oh ya and lets not forget we DID beat Texas. I don't care if it was at home in the last second. It was a legitimate win over the number one team in the nation. Despite our huge stumble in Norman where we never even played our game we were perfect on the season. Show me another team in the history of the BCS who has played as well as we have this season and not gone to at least a BCS bowl... and don't throw some non BCS school at me cause all their schedules are crap. We are getting shafted with the Cotton Bowl while Pitt, Virginia Tech and Ohio State - maybe even Boise State get BCS bids. It is bullshit!
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Schuyler Robinson 10 days ago
Given a 3-way tie-breaker with similar conference records, wins over each other, similar wins against other opponents, how about taking a look at the non-conference schedule....
Texas's biggest OOC win was Arkansas, Tech's biggest OOC win was @ Nevada, Oklahoma's biggest OOC wins were Cincinatti (a BCS team and finished #17 in the nation) and TCU (finished #7 in the nation). No contest OU wins in this department.
OU was the best team out of the 3....and the BCS ranking backs that up
Tie settled. If Texas (who had the biggest shot to break any tie-breakers between the 3) didn't want this to happen, they would have done more then sent a lone freshman to (try to) single-cover Crabtree.
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