A writer of a leading sports news network wrote the following words in a recent article that was written to contest Oklahoma’s participation in the Big 12 Championship instead of Texas:

“It stands to reason that when teams finish in a tie, the team that beat the other should receive at least some kind of benefit for that accomplishment.”

I will give you a moment to let that sink it. Try and figure out this statement. Let’s recap the obvious:

Texas beat Oklahoma

Texas Tech beat Texas

Oklahoma beat Texas Tech

So based on this statement, if the team that beat the team in a tie is supposed to get the nod, why exactly is Texas the logical choice? Texas has done nothing more that OU or Tech to deserve the right to be in the Big 12 Championship.

They won 11 games, so did OU and Tech, they were 7-1 in conference play, so were OU and Tech.

It is ridiculous to take Tech out of this conversation. Point differential in their loss to OU, according to the conference, has no bearing on this situation all of a sudden becoming a two-way tie.

According to the conference tie-breaker rules, the location that a game is played also does not influence the situation, so the whole Texas beating OU on a neutral field (in Texas mind you, so neutrality of the Cotton Bowl has always been questionable) has not bearing either.

How Texas lost at Tech, with just a few seconds left vs. how OU lost to Texas is not part of the tie-breaker either, again an invalid point.

Let’s not forget a couple of very crucial things about Texas having an argument now. They had no argument if OU lost to OSU. Tech was going to the Big 12 Championship had OSU beaten the Sooners.

Texas’ hope to even make it to the conference title game was a void point until OU took a knee in Stillwater to bring the game to a close.

And remember this all you head-to-headers, if OU loses to Missouri this Saturday, and a Big 12 school is destined to play for the National Title, then head-to-head Texas Tech goes to Miami, end of discussion!

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