Around the Big XII 11-11

by aorist9 on Nov 13, 2006 8:23 AM CST in Football Comment 21 comments

Let's take a look at what happened in that part of the Big XII where Aundry Where had no say.

Oklahoma State 66 - Baylor 24

The Cowboys are bowl eligible, and boy did they do it in style. The Cowboys had 510 total yards, 387 of them coming on the ground, and they forced 6 turnovers, as they eliminated the upstart Bears from bowl consideration for this season. Oklahoma State scored it's most points since a 70-7 victory over Southern Illinois in 1973, and the first ever in conference play, though for the entire Big XII one must only go back to last year's Big XII championship. The Bears had promise, but losing Enemy of the Nation, Shawn Bell, was a killer.

Colorado 33 - Iowa State 16

And they have two. Colorado scored on their first seven possessions to make the worst team in the Big XII at least a debate, though losing to Montana State digs you a hard hole to climb out of. Dan McCarney's last road game as Cyclones coach could have gone better. Said McCarney after the game, "They played like a team that's won a lot of games."

Nebraska 28 - Texas A&M - 27

Nebraska is officially in the Big XII championship game and A&M is officially not. Nebraska accumulated its customary halftime lead before squandering it, but this time the Huskers decided they'd fight back and win. I thought it was over when Mark Dodge intercepted Zac Taylor's pass with 2:50 remaining, but the Aggies had a field goal blocked and the Huskers drove down the field to pull out a one point lead. This just in, Dennis Franchione still can't beat a good team to save his life.

Oklahoma 34 - Texas Tech 24

Alright, we get it, god, you hate Oklahoma, but how many running backs must suffer? Allen Patrick sat this game out with an injury to his right ankle, and the Sooners finally decided to put the game on Paul Thompson's shoulders, but the game was iced by 4th string quarterback Chris Brown, who ran for touchdowns of 40 and 2 to put the Sooners up and ice the game over the up and down Raiders. Oklahoma still has an outside chance of a Big XII championship berth if they win out and Texas loses to A&M. Conversely Texas can clinch the Big XII South title if Oklahoma loses to Baylor next week. That'll happen.

The Outlier

The Kansas Jayhawks, idle this weekend, sit at 5-5 and can reach bowl eligibility with a win against the inimitable Kansas State or Missouri, but the Big XII already has eight bowl eligible teams for its eight bowl tie-ins. What will happen to Kansas? If no conferences fail to fulfill their bowl contracts, which is a lot easier with that extra game, Kansas could very well be shut out of the bowls, and they'll have only one person to blame, Kevin Weiberg. How dare you Mr. Weiberg? Could you not see that 8 bowls for a 12 team conference is clearly not enough? O, and society, we can always blame society.

Progressively Less Tentative Bowl Projections

Fiesta        Texas
Cotton        Oklahoma
Holiday    Nebraska
Alamo        A&M
Sun        Missouri
Insight        Kansas State
Independence    Tech/OSU winner
Texas        Tech/OSU loser

0 recs | Comment 21 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

good luck

sorry about your loss guys. i dont want to sound too much like a d*ck but now i definately dont think that you guys will make it to the big 12 championship which would be sad. but i really think that aTm is going to be too much for you guys to handle especially after an emotional loss like that because if colt goes out again man he is basically your offense, your backup was just way too nervous and overthrew almost every ball. as much as i would like to see nebraska blow you guys out i think that at this point in the season oklahoma is the best team in the south in fact i think they have improved since adrian went out. but since a lot of people talked shit when we lost to okie state which is a way way way better team than k state i must do the same to you and say that there is a goood chance that you guys will be in the holiday bowl because texas is no better than oklahoma and nebraska in fact texas is worse and without colt texas sucks.

well if we see you again good luck, bc you will need it, and if we dont then sorry guys but the better team is there lets go oklahoma

and by the way neb fans are more scared af oklahoma than you guys

sorry
later

by huskerbrent on Nov 13, 2006 9:44 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Well since you said sorry

then it is ok that you are a total jackass.

You don't want to sound too much like a dick, but you are one and no matter how much you try not to, it is ingrained in your genes, so stop fighing it.

Your theory about the sooners and your cornhuskers has one flaw, we beat both of you.

go away.

by Wells on Nov 13, 2006 9:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

We discussed in detail

how the loss was not Jevan "Javon" Snead's fault.

Oh... and we beat Oklahoma State too. If there were any points in your ramblings to begin with, they've all been proven wrong.

by boomhauer25 on Nov 13, 2006 10:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Is it too much to ask for a Capitolization?

I mean, just once.

Oh, and whether you want to or not, you sound like a dick. Congrats. We'll beat you again on Dec. 2nd.

If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable.

by GoHorns on Nov 13, 2006 12:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Please dont....

think that all NU fans think the way the d*ick did. I would like another shot at UT but I would also like to see the first OU-NU Big XII championship game. Only because they were our main rival for so many years in the Big 8. If we play you guys again then so be it. I really hate when other fans go to another teams site and talk crap for no appearent reason. It makes the rest of us look bad. Sorry for the shitty fan from NU.

by Huskergod on Nov 13, 2006 8:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If anything

Husker fans have been defended unmercifully here. They have had nothing but gleaming reviews as gracious, kind, and generous fans. We appreciate having them in conference and don't mind a little smack talk every once in a while. But this ass apologizes before he becomes a dick. As if to hide the fact that he's a dick. Just makes him seem that much worse.

If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable.

by GoHorns on Nov 14, 2006 7:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dont worry

I went to CU, and as much venom as we had for Nebraska, we new that the fans were mostly great.

by Wells on Nov 14, 2006 9:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Flip Oklahoma and Nebraska

Cotton bowl officials have said very clearly they are hoping for a North team. And really if you think about it... having already been in Dallas once this year, Oklahoma wouldn't sell nearly as many tickets as the Huskers. It makes good business sense for a struggling bowl.

by kidomaha on Nov 13, 2006 10:11 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure you can

Isn't the Cotton Bowl required to take the 2nd best Big XII team?

by patienthornsfan on Nov 13, 2006 11:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

No

They just get the 2nd pick of who's left after the BCS spots are picked.

by the other Andrew on Nov 13, 2006 11:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I did not know that

Thanks for the info

by aorist9 on Nov 13, 2006 11:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ok

ok im wrong. no doubt. wells dude you are right. i give up. but on the other hand you beat a different sooners team than is playing now and you should have lost to neb (i heard that a lot when you lost to k state that was one of the big things they talked about) and actually i was rooting for texas this week because i wanted to beat a top 5 team not just a top 15 team. and you guys have not faced aTm yet and with this point i am really not trying to be a dick but i dont think you guys are as good as aTm and if you lose and oklahoma wins out ,which both are very likely scenarios, then that would make the big 12 championship neb vs oklahoma. i could be very wrong maybe it was just a fluke. and i dont give a damn if you guys already talk about how it was not sneads fault. maybe it wasnt his fault if you are a texas fan but simply put he is no colt mcCoy not even close he looked more like a joe daily. colt will be a great quarterback no doubt. if he is still out for aTm then i just cannot see texas as being favored in that game. sorry guys but it is just my opinion.
well i guess we will see
later

by huskerbrent on Nov 13, 2006 11:04 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yep

still a dick

and still bitter that you lost. Give it up, the better team did not lose in Lincon. And OU was different, they had the best running back in the country running for them at the time.

by Wells on Nov 13, 2006 12:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

wells,

ok sir,
all you can talk about is your 3 inch penis ok
and all i am trying to say is that nebraska and oklahoma are the two best teams in the big 12 when texas does not have colt mccoy you can disagree if you want but i do have my own opinion im sorry ok?
does that spell it out good enough for you
later dude

by huskerbrent on Nov 13, 2006 4:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

IQ

Dude, is your IQ above 80? Seriously, is it? You argue that both Nebraska and Oklahoma are currently better than Texas. How? We already beat Nebraska in Lincoln and also beat OU on a neutral field. You sound like a moron. Nebraska will get throttled on a neutral field.

I know all Nebraska fans can't be as dumb as you are but you are really giving a bad name to your school.

How many times has Texas beat Nebraska since the Big 12's inception? You probably don't know what "inception" means so please disregard my question.

Sorry, man.

by Top Jimmy on Nov 13, 2006 8:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If Nebraska were in the South Division

They would probably have a losing record. Speaking of "Should have lost" games, how about Nebraska and A&M? You are an idiot.

by SwimTexas on Nov 13, 2006 5:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Let's play pretend...

Just for the sake of argument, let's say that the best team in the north is about as good as the 3rd or 4th best team in the south. So if NU goes to the south, let's say they replace Texas Tech. I know, Tech is down a bit this year, but traditionally they've been good.

Now let's look at a projected schedule for NU, trying to keep as many home and away games as true to this year as possible.

LA Tech (W) 1-0
Nichols St (W) 2-0
@ USC (L) 2-1
Troy (W) 3-1
@ Okie State (L) 3-2
@ Texas A&M (W) 4-2
Texas (L) 4-3
@ Iowa State (W) 5-3
Oklahoma (L) 5-4
Baylor (W) 6-4
@ K-State (W) 7-4
Colorado (W) 8-4

That puts Nebraska pretty much where they're already at.

Any particular part you disagree with?

And yes, I realize NU gets 3 wins from weak non-conference games, but most teams get 2-3 wins from weak non-conference games. And Troy actually is actually a conference contender in their conference.

I'm certainly not arguing that the North is as strong as the South, but objectively speaking I think Nebraska would have just about as much success playing all of the South as it has playing 3 south teams a year. It's not like the South doesn't have down teams.

Also, if that Okie State game was in Lincoln, it would have gone the other way. Of that I'm sure.

Looking forward to another NU-UT matchup in December. Already got my tickets. Good luck against A&M.

by drewmg on Nov 14, 2006 8:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Please again....

ignore that dipshit. When talking with intelligent NU fans today we all agree that it was not Sneads fault. Anytime UT (hell even NU for that matter) scores 42 points you should win and if you dont how the hell do you blame the offense? Was the offense clicking on all cillenders? No but still, 42 points is hardly chicken feed. If a team is to have an emotional let down in two weeks how about aTm losing the last two games by one point. And blowing a real chance to win both. huskerbrent shut up and go to Buffs TV.com and heckle the CU people.

by Huskergod on Nov 13, 2006 8:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

hey huskergod

go up to huskerextra.com the biggest husker fan site on the net ask people there what they think of the texas loss and also ask if they think that oklahoma and nebraska are better that texas
the response will be very different considering that you are then in a nebraska biased blog instead of a texas biased blog.
as for me being a fucking moron go ahead and call me that after texas wins the big 12 but if nebraska wins i will call you that. thats cool ill come back and take the hit if im wrong, but im not.
as for the neutral field, no it will not be either teams home field but i guarantee that there will be considerably more nebraska fans there than texas fans thus making this more of a husker field than a texas field giving who the advantage in that department?
"Huskergod" what a stupid name you loser. you are obviously not a husker fan but instead a husker hater. maybe just maybe you should move to texas because you are obviously a longhorn fan. plus are you fucking stupid, honestly if half of the passes are overthrown how can you make a comeback and that was a very shitty kstate defense so just how hard is it to score 42 points. in hindsight maybe you are a kstate fan
and i agree we won the aTm game by a point but the difference is that nebraska played with heart and beat a good team whereas texas played with heart and lost to a bad team.
get the picture
later

by huskerbrent on Nov 14, 2006 12:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Wow

Way to throw your own fanbase under the bus.
You are a bigger dick than I though.
How much heart did Nebraska play with when they rolled over for OSU?

by Wells on Nov 14, 2006 12:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Still haven't found it?

The "Shift" button is under the "Enter" button and second from the bottom on the left hand side of your keyboard (Make an L with your fingers). Or, you can use the "CAPS LOCK" button (right above the left shift key) for added emphasis. But I don't recommend that option for you, since you can't figure out how to correctly use caps. But hey, thanks for being our resident troll. We haven't had one of you in a while. It's a welcome change from the constant intelligent banter constantly given on this site.

If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable.

by GoHorns on Nov 14, 2006 1:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs