AP National championship for Texas?

by texascfo on Dec 3, 2008 7:53 AM CST

Great article and especially loved the comment from Craig James and others - OU BCS MNC game and Texas Fiesta Bowl game would be considered co-national championship games with the team that played best (Texas or OU) being named national champion in AP. Obviously, this assumes OU beats Missouri and then the SEC champion. The comments kept coming back to Texas has beat OU and deserves its shot just as much as OU.

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AP Poll would not give their 'ship to a team that did not win their conference...

…but don’t count out the punks with the ugly jerseys out West…USC. Wouldn’t that suck.

you’re an embarrassment to the game of pool, and you’re lucky I even let you play on my table.

by James Brown - the G.O.A.T. on Dec 3, 2008 8:41 AM CST reply actions

if Texas is AP champ....

I believe the main reason would be for the AP voters to stick it to the BCS system………….which of course they’ve done before.

by silky51 on Dec 3, 2008 9:01 AM CST reply actions

If OU scrapes by Florida, and we lay it onto OSU in the Fiesta Bowl

I could see the AP using the head to head result to justify #1 Texas, #2 OU

by notsofst on Dec 3, 2008 9:26 AM CST reply actions

Per Tim Griffin

I think you’ve laid out a framework for some hope for Longhorn fans. I think the Longhorns will enter the bowl game as kind of a sentimental choice from many college football fans who feel that they were wrong in the BCS — kind of like USC in 2003. So a strong performance by them in a bowl assuredly would cause many of my media colleagues voting in the AP poll to take a fresh look at the final rankings. And if Alabama and Oklahoma play in an ugly game, that might turn out to be the result.

I wouldn’t bet any money on it, though.

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by jc25 on Dec 3, 2008 12:29 PM CST reply actions