I have been letting all the nay-saying get me down, thinking we would be passed. Your comment was like a bucket of ice water to the face. Im refocused now

First, I believe that OU will beat Tech and OSU, so we will have the opportunity to see just how wrong you are.

Second, no one is more pissed off than I am about the prospect that OU will land-thief their way into the Big 12 game. A good friend of mine from law school went to OU, and I can’t even imagine the shit I will get if OU gets the nod. Plus, there is nothing I would rather do in January than go to Florida, so I hope I’m wrong (but I doubt that I am).

Third, while I didn’t mention the press/coaches specifically, I agree with premise that the press and coaches don’t really respect UT. You really only have to look at the past human polls for evidence on that. And, while you may not have been paying attention to Longhorn football back in 2005 (or any college football…or any show on ESPN at all), I remember that season vividly. Including the absolute love-fest that everyone had over USC. The endless talk about how that USC team was the best in the history of college football, all before they even played the championship game, was nauseating. Moving to today, the only person on ESPN that talks about Texas being the best in the Big 12 is Herbstreit. Now, you can draw whatever conclusions you want. I choose to believe that it means the press doesn’t have much respect for Texas. You obviously take it to mean that they just LOVE Texas. I’ll give you credit for your positivity. It is very admirable.

Fourth, as I said earlier, I hope I’m wrong. I want to go to Miami just as much as anyone else here. The difference is that I see what has happened (I.e., OU being ranked ahead of Texas in the human polls, only falling once they had a buy week and didn’t play), and I look at their schedule of Tech and OSU, and I can’t help but see us getting passed. SHOULD we be ranked higher than OU? Absolutely. Will we be? Let’s wait and see.