Wouldn’t you rather root for OU to win???

At best Texas could still have their “45-35” rant. IF UT wins their bowl game. And who knows, maybe get a split vote.

This about conference pride

If, as the game is play, it becomes apparent that Mizzou cannot beat OU, root for OU to rout Mizzou and take away some votes from Florida.

If OU struggles to beat Missouri barely, couldn’t we raise the Texas v. OU debate again?

I think the voters might be inclined to change their votes again just a little bit more to maybe give Texas an edge over OU in the next weeks BCS standings

has about the same chances beating ou as Colorado had beating Texas in 2005.

I don’t understand why he wants Texas fans on his side…he just wants friends.

Anyways, there’s no way in hell I would root for OU to win another BCS champs. I would rather see Florida or Bama win..more Bama than Florida. :)

Big Game Boob will return.

I know the answer is probably “no”, but:

Is there any way USC can talk its way out of the Rose and into the Fiesta?

From what I’ve read, USC and its fan base were looking forward to playing us in the Fiesta than stay at home, again, and beat down a perceived inferior Big 10 opponent, again.

I’m sure Utah wouldn’t mind trading places, and Penn State is happy just to be there. And the Rose Bowl itself, despite losing the “traditional” match-up, might be happy to trade the local team coming for the fourth straight year in favor of a team with fans who’d travel and spend money in the local economy.

And of course, we’d much prefer that.

Maybe there will be turnovers in the bad weather that will help mizzou. He probably wont be under center at all.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/extra/article.aspx?tab=ou&subjectID=92&articleid=20081130_92_0_Olhmur552

we all know OU doesnt deserve to go anymore than Texas, so you’re really wasting your time..you should be celebrating…seriously.

Torn ligaments cause swelling and tightness over time. No practice this week, coupled with lost dexterity, and inclement weather may make this a closer game than you think. Instead of wasting your time here, go by Big Red and see if any body can mlb this weekend…

Mack Brown wants to win the big XII he needs to leave his dignity behind. Like Stoops he should leave the first string in during blow outs and run up the score because this is a situation where “Style Points” do matter. Every article I’ve read today expounds on how OU scored 60 points in all these last few games and on and on…… so that is what matters,
 McCoy was pulled in the fourth quarter of every game that wasn’t close and so the team gets punished because it shows a little sportsmanship.

Good luck in the Fiesta Bowl

I will be laughing at Sooner Nation when Florida or Bam scores 60+

:)

Protest the BCS.

I am not despairing as much as I thought I would with the result. We are ranked three, moved up to two in the Harris, almost won the 4 game stretch, beat OU and aTm, barely lost to Tech and we were supposed to be third or fourth in the Big 12 South. I just wanted to watch another UT game next week instead I will cheer for Mizzou. If its Fiesta I am going and I think McCoy stays because he is a competitor and because Shipley is eligible. When I watch next weeks game there is no disputing that UT won both convincingly. Except for schedule I am not convinced OU is hotter than UT. I thought OSU played a great game last night. It was highly entertaining and almost was just a 3 point margin loss.

The only good thing to come out of this is the BIG 12 will change its tie-breaker rules to eliminate the lowest ranked team and use a head to head record for the 2 remaining teams

It sucks we were on the losing end of this situation and were the guinea pigs to make the change

   Now I’m going to get a t-shirt that says .9351-.9223. You can have crappy orange 45-35 shirt. That game was a joke flawed with all kinds of bad calls that even all of my Texas friends talk about. Bottom line- OU is OU and you’re Texas. Glad to see that the shorthorns will no longer be rooting for us to win just to keep their so called dream season alive.

Is for Colt to stay for his senior season. With Colt back to lead this team (and mentor Gilbert for a season) along with the young talent and Muschamp’s D, we will be primed to win it all.

If he was playing in the Big 12 champ game, different story.

that if you swap Texas and OU in The Wolfe and Sagarin ratings, we’re going to KC. OU edged us out by .44 in the Sagarin, and .029 in Wolfe. You have to figure that had Mizzou beaten Kansas, we would at least have stayed ahead in the Wolfe, if not Sagarin. Just something else to drink about tonight.

Knock out all of the Mizzou players prior to the game. Tie them up and hide them somewhere. Then Colt and our guys wear their jerseys, beat down OU and then we would go on to play for the national title. Actually, Colt would have to throw a few blatant picks at the end. We wouldn’t want Chase Daniel to sneak back into Heisman contention.

I believe that 2008 may be best remembered for me as the year my hatred for Tech surpassed my hatred for OU. I know we’re supposed to hate the sooners right now, but when I close my eyes, all I see is red and black.

Maybe its the egregious holding that ONLY THEY seem to get away with, or Graham Harrell’s “douche-bag of the year” smirk, or that idiot with the painted face and mohawk, or Brent Musburger’s infatuation with “the Mad Scientist,” but I just can’t seem to muster the same anger toward OU.

To me, OU is just being OU. They always win 10 or 11 games. The X-factor this year was that nobody expected Tech to jump up and cause a three-way tie. Any other year, and the head-to-head would have been enough to put us past the sooners, but NOOOOOOO, Tech chooses this year to get over that seemingly-insurmountable hump in the win column. That, and the fact that they broke our hearts twice this season – yesterday’s close call against Baylor left me feeling every bit as bad as I did after our own loss in Lubbock – I could swear they did it on purpose.

Maybe I’m just used to OU’s shit. But Tech will inspire the most satisfying revenge for me in 09.

To bad Texas can’t just go to the Independant conference like N.D. Couldn’t see us in the Big 10 nor the Sec the Pac 10 would be a joke.

one thing we all should remember is No one gave baylor a snow balls chance in hell to beat tech and had it not been for 2 stupid penalties they would have done it you give them that INT or that fumble and they beat Tech. Im giving Missouri a slight chance just cause its Saturday and they might fool us all. OU knocked them out of NC game last year so maybe thats on there minds and they play better than they have all season

I dont understand this arguement..so the pollsters think that they’re better now after their loss…weren’t they the #1 team in the nation? Were they playing awful? No. Its the same team that Texas beat.

If you can serously look at yourself in the mirror and not fight for Texas to be in the Big 12 championship game then you are not a longhorn nor a texas fan. Please don’t waste any of your time pretending that you are and go play whatever games you like to play. I wish that we could meet on neutral field and play a game of football cause I would love nothing more than to knock your block off. Any response to this that’s negative means you are not even close to being a longhorn and are a worthless piece of shit.

1. Texas still has avenues to the national championship. Let’s hope one of those avenues happens, preferably the one where Mizzou beats OU.

2. If UT isn’t in the national championship, I would be very, very proud of Mack, DeLoss, and the team if they made a joint decision to flip the bird to the BCS and go to the Cotton Bowl instead. That would be the ultimate revenge. I know there’s a money difference, but cripes, UT LOST MONEY ON BOTH THE ROSE BOWLS. Not that UT needs the money at all, but the lower payout of the Cotton would be more than offset by the much, much lower cost of busing the band and such up to Dallas instead of flying half the university to and putting them up in hotels in Miami.

3. Yes, I realize that #2 would never happen. Crap.

Nick Saban being the devil. I think I shit myself laughing at that statement.

I came onto the thread and almost forgot to post after reading.

First off, there is a very SLIM chance of Florida beating Alabama and NOT getting the 1 or 2 spot in the BCS. Here’s why:

Florida will pick up atleast 70% of the 1st place votes in both polls, and the rest will be 2nd place votes. I dont see anybody other than an idiot voting Florida 3rd or lower if they beat Alabama. Their Harris and Coaches poll ranking will trump Texas’, something to the tune of .9600+ in both polls. I think Texas can hope to get up to .9200 in both human polls, but probably not more that .9250.

In addition, Florida will jump up to .9000 in the computer standing, minimum. I predict their computer average scores to be around 23, due to the immediate Alabama drop in the computer rankings. An average of 23 in counted computer polls would give them .9200. If it only gives them .9000 or .9100, I think that will still be more than enough with their projected human points to put them above Texas.

Our hopes need to be with Mizzou. We need to hope Maclin is healthy, Chase Daniel can see over the line, and 0U takes a big Stoops all over themselves.

It would be an outside shot if we got in by out BCSing Florida, and I would love to go to the MNC any way possible. But I wouldn’t want to screw Florida out of an MNC game by back dooring them that way. But if we do, maybe next year they wont play Citadel.

Our computer schedule is what kept us out of the Big Xii Championship game and our “control your own destiny” shot at the MNC. We scheduled weaker teams (Rice, UTEP, FAU) and it’s OUR fault that we’re in the position we’re in. If I could find a way to look up old posts (from LAST YEAR) I’d like to link when I said “I’d rather play the most difficult schedule and be the first 1-loss team voted INTO the #1 or #2 spot than an undefeated team left OUT of it because of a poor SoS.”

By the way. Excellent analysis, as always, BZ.

I’m so tired of seeing some garbage come out of the North every year and play in the Big 12 Championship game. The last 8 years there have been about two or three Big 12 North Teams that have actually deserved to be there. I remember a couple of ye