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This is your open thread for watching the second and fifth best teams in the conference battle it out for the Big 12 Title.

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That pic is why I love Photoshop.

You could add a TCU egg in there too…

by the1austin on Dec 6, 2008 6:35 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Great detail on the pic

You even have the correct order of eggs, with SC at the furthest back, Boise at middle, and WV in front

by goingforthecorner on Dec 6, 2008 6:35 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Commentator of USC game

just said how UT has the “best loss” and with Colt leading our team in rushing also, he should win the Heisman

by goingforthecorner on Dec 6, 2008 6:38 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

now what?

bama lost…

"When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before."

by txex92 on Dec 6, 2008 6:39 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Damn right. Go Tigers!

"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good at math, and those who aren't..."

--GA Horn--

by GAHorn on Dec 6, 2008 6:41 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

BCS supporters pee sitting down...

(No offense GirlsLikeFootball2…)

"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good at math, and those who aren't..."

--GA Horn--

by GAHorn on Dec 6, 2008 7:00 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Tebow

means “sun shines out of my ass”

by shadyrock on Dec 6, 2008 6:45 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Florida winning a close game was a good thing for Texas...

dont’ believe me?

just follow the links below to the BCS nerds:

www.tellshowbcs.com
www.bcsguru.com

by silky51 on Dec 6, 2008 6:47 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

It's good fodder, but...

Gators will be unanimous #1 tomorrow in the polls, and this debate shall be moot. (or “mute” as my mom says, in which case, you couldn’t hear me…")

"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good at math, and those who aren't..."

--GA Horn--

by GAHorn on Dec 6, 2008 6:50 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

That'd

be the biggest travesty in BCS history…this year.

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 6:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I am thinking..

how should we thank and celebrate with the Tigers if they put up the miracle tonight.

by GoHorns1 on Dec 6, 2008 6:48 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Come on Big Game Bob

cozy up to the nest and drop another one! beauty pic, pb.

by zissou on Dec 6, 2008 6:49 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

$5 (not really)

To anybody who can explain why even with a win over Bama Florida will jump UT in the polls. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Florida’s SOS is lower than Texas’ and Florida has a worse loss (at home to unranked team). Florida has three wins right now over top 25 teams including one win over a top 10 team. Texas has the same, but all three top 25 wins are over opponents ranked higher than Florida’s. Florida’s toughest four game stretch was South Carolina, Citadel (WTF) Florida State and Alabama. Texas’ was…I’m sure you know. Against common opponent Arkansas, Florida had a margin of 31 whilst Texas had 42. Granted our Arkansas game was at home versus Florida’s at Arkansas, but is that worth an 11 point differenetial against a weak team? Anyway, call me crazy bu I’m pulling for OU tonight because I believe there is a rematch possibility.

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 6:49 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Objectivity says we should stay ahead

But unfortunately subjectivity rules the BCS, and the voters WILL make sure Florida is ranked above us.

by goingforthecorner on Dec 6, 2008 6:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

They just beat the #1 team

and voters will put them to the top

by GoHorns1 on Dec 6, 2008 6:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Silliness

That’d just be said given the two teams are pretty easily comparable in their schedules. People need to quit power polling at the end of the season, dangit!

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 6:54 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

not certain...

A big OU win tonight could put them in the #1 spot and decrease the space between Texas and Florida in the human polls. That being said, i’ll be rooting hard for Mizzou tonight.

by brownf on Dec 6, 2008 6:58 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Craig James

just echoed my point. what a surprise…

by GoHorns1 on Dec 6, 2008 7:00 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Just stop

Florida’s in. I agree with your argument, CPA but FLA is in. We need Mizzou or it’s just a BCS bowl

by shadyrock on Dec 6, 2008 6:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

You're crazy

If OU loses, you’re in. If OU wins, you’re probably not in. (If OU wins huge, it’s possible that they would be a unanimous #1 and the computers might keep you ahead of Florida … but not likely.)

If you want to be in the title game, you are a Mizzou fan tonight.

by SpartanDan on Dec 6, 2008 6:53 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't forget

that off throwing hand injury to Bradford should cause +2 turnovers at the LOS during the game.

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 6:55 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

fumbles moreso than turnovers

he could pick them up and run them in for td’s as we saw last week

by andmyster on Dec 6, 2008 6:57 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Good point SpartanDan

if OU wins, we should actually root for them to win in a huge blowout. We’d want them to get as many 1st place votes as possible from the Coaches and Harris guys, so Florida would be stuck with #2 votes at the highest.

by goingforthecorner on Dec 6, 2008 6:57 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Media

I like what the media’s been saying lately about Colt and Texas getting the shaft.

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 6:58 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

They were all rooting for us.

Because advocates of a playoff system believe what happens on the field should count. BCS supporters don’t think that’s the way it should be.

by HornPossessed on Dec 6, 2008 6:59 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Hindsight

Man, if Mack and company knew it was going to be this messy, they probably would have won that game in Lubbock.

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 6:59 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

god bless mark may
so why do I feel like Texas still deserves to go ahead of Florida and OU

45-35

by Hook'em13 on Dec 6, 2008 6:59 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

mark may?

did he say that on some other channel? it was john saunders who hosts the show with craig james/flutie who said that..

by andmyster on Dec 6, 2008 7:01 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Good job John Saunders

said he thinks UT should still be over Florida.

Other guy says “but UF just beat #1”

then Saunders said “but so did Texas”

by goingforthecorner on Dec 6, 2008 7:00 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

crap

it was john saunders not mark may.. Mental slap.

45-35

by Hook'em13 on Dec 6, 2008 7:03 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

is anybody concerned

with all of this common sense coming from abc/espn? armageddon, perhaps?

by zissou on Dec 6, 2008 7:01 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

is it just me

or is herbstreit’s jacket kinda sorta maybe burnt orangeish

by APinAustin on Dec 6, 2008 7:03 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Please, Missouri

Don’t get knocked out in the first quarter. OU’s defense dislikes playing all four quarters.

by TheElusiveShadow on Dec 6, 2008 7:04 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Ou's soft spot

is the middle of the field. Sadly, Chunk Daniel’s soft spot is the middle too.

by shadyrock on Dec 6, 2008 7:04 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

i hope they stay in it

for at least 2 qrts before we lose hope

by JBHOOKEM22 on Dec 6, 2008 7:05 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

The real key powering OU offense is TO margin.

OU is +20 overall, +11 in November.
UT is +3 for the season.

What could we have done with 17 more TOs? hmmmmmm

So, for Mizzou, the real lucky key is getting TOs instead of making them. It’s that simple.

by whills on Dec 6, 2008 7:06 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

why couldn't we...

have snuck in Muschamp for mizzou, just for a coupla days this week…?

"When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before."

by txex92 on Dec 6, 2008 7:07 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

The bad part

Is that Mizzou doesn’t seem like the team that likes to sustain long drives and eat the clock. We totally wore down OU’s defense and had a big advantage in TOP. I don’t think Mizzou is the type of team for that.

by TheElusiveShadow on Dec 6, 2008 7:09 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Chunk should throw up the middle

and Mizzou needs to have their defensive game of their NCAA lives

by shadyrock on Dec 6, 2008 7:10 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

here we go

cluck cluck bobby

by zissou on Dec 6, 2008 7:10 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

WTF, ABC?

Why reference that 2001 Big 12 title game and use a picture of the Major? Use a picture of Chris Simms. He was the guy who lost it. Major almost brought us back.

by TheElusiveShadow on Dec 6, 2008 7:11 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Well now worries Muschamp is going to show up and

Blow Fire out of his mouth incinerate the entire OU football team

by JBHOOKEM22 on Dec 6, 2008 7:11 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

well, here goes nothing...

how long till mizzou crumbles??

by silky51 on Dec 6, 2008 7:11 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Cold weather

more benefits to the Tigers not looners!

by GoHorns1 on Dec 6, 2008 7:12 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Let me count the ways

I hate thee Sooner flags

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 7:13 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I like how Stoops always looks like he’s about to cry when he talks.

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 7:13 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

We are gonna hear it alot tonight

I

Guaranteed to work 60% of the time, every time.

by poteet76 on Dec 6, 2008 7:14 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Chunk blew the toss

I'd rather you just say thank you and went on your way.

by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 6, 2008 7:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Come on Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen...

"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good at math, and those who aren't..."

--GA Horn--

by GAHorn on Dec 6, 2008 7:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

poor thing...

plaid & florals…just say NO

"When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before."

by txex92 on Dec 6, 2008 7:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Are you kidding!

That’d be huge if he was in college. So frat.

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 7:17 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

so why I left my sorority...

"When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before."

by txex92 on Dec 6, 2008 7:18 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Stoopid Samford

I hope he fumbles the first snap

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 7:16 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Great

Give OU a short field. That’s nice.

by TheElusiveShadow on Dec 6, 2008 7:16 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

you ain't kidding, sister...

"When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before."

by txex92 on Dec 6, 2008 7:20 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

maybe OU can steal those #1 votes from Florida

Guaranteed to work 60% of the time, every time.

by poteet76 on Dec 6, 2008 7:19 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

C'mon D

knock the ball out..

by GoHorns1 on Dec 6, 2008 7:20 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Maybe OU RB have big night

and doesn’t help Bradford’s heisman chances

by ellayhorn on Dec 6, 2008 7:20 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I may just turn it off after the first TD...

It doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you come in first.

by Super Saiyan Patrick on Dec 6, 2008 7:20 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Look, OU is gonna score tonight

We know that… the question is how much Mizzou can keep up against OU’s weak D. I fully expected this drive.

by crackaTX on Dec 6, 2008 7:22 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

This is also the opening drive they had against Texas.

Look how that game turned out. Although, we had Muschamp and made adjustments…

by HornPossessed on Dec 6, 2008 7:22 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

2 missed picks?

Come on Tigers, gotta take advantage of those

It doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you come in first.

by Super Saiyan Patrick on Dec 6, 2008 7:22 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Great stop by Mizzou.

That’s one more stop than they had against Texas in the first half.

by the1austin on Dec 6, 2008 7:23 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Murray

what happened?

by andmyster on Dec 6, 2008 7:24 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

it's out of bound

no definitive evidence.. it’s out bound

by GoHorns1 on Dec 6, 2008 7:24 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Bradford's looking at me...

No, he’s looking at you…

"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good at math, and those who aren't..."

--GA Horn--

by GAHorn on Dec 6, 2008 7:24 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

GF just said...

“He’s adorable” Then I kicked her out of my house.

by UTexasCPA on Dec 6, 2008 7:25 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

MORAL VICTORY AND MURRAY HURT !!!!

I'd rather you just say thank you and went on your way.

by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 6, 2008 7:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Ugly FG

Balls are cold too.

by milevin on Dec 6, 2008 7:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Crap, almost shanked it

It doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you come in first.

by Super Saiyan Patrick on Dec 6, 2008 7:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

what happens if

OU wins in a very unconvincing fashion? any hope we pass em by?

by andmyster on Dec 6, 2008 7:27 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

No

We would need twice the number of voters to flip this week than the number who flipped in a week of 45-35 attention. Ain’t gonna happen.

by Hopkins Horn on Dec 6, 2008 7:28 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

So I'm a bit confused

I’d been assuming all week that, if OU were to win, a OU blowout would make the “Florida doesn’t catch us” scenario likelier to happen.

But I just read bcsguru, and he makes the case that we’d be better served with a narrow OU win.

My head hurts after all this talk this week.

by Hopkins Horn on Dec 6, 2008 7:27 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Injury

anyone describe the injury…no TV where i am at

by El_Hound on Dec 6, 2008 7:27 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

He was rocking back and forth

banging his fists like a DEA agent had taken his stash.

Oops. Wrong school. Wrong era.

by milevin on Dec 6, 2008 7:28 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Ha. Ha.

I was going with Crabtree’s housemate who got busted earlier this week. Or, OU’s Charles Thompson from the late 1980s.

by milevin on Dec 6, 2008 7:30 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Chase

if you get the TD in this possession, I promise Colt will let you grasp his ass.

by GoHorns1 on Dec 6, 2008 7:28 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I don't know if Colt would agree to that...

It doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you come in first.

by Super Saiyan Patrick on Dec 6, 2008 7:29 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

It's Cold

And Mizzu just played a huge rivalry game their last week. Fan fatigue.

by Kineslaw on Dec 6, 2008 7:33 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

WEb

is a website hosting a live feed of the game?

by El_Hound on Dec 6, 2008 7:30 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Daniel

acting calm and cool

by shadyrock on Dec 6, 2008 7:31 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

run fatboy run!!!

If You See Kay, Oh You

by texfan23 on Dec 6, 2008 7:31 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

AWESOME

The Ralphie Report - University of Colorado Athletics

by Jon Woods on Dec 6, 2008 7:32 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

That was Sloth's line...

"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good at math, and those who aren't..."

--GA Horn--

by GAHorn on Dec 6, 2008 7:32 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok, I admit it

"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good at math, and those who aren't..."

--GA Horn--

by GAHorn on Dec 6, 2008 7:57 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

about the only thing that could spoil the season for me...

at this point would be Oklahoma beating Florida in the BCS championship. When you think about it, Texas stands a pretty good chance of ending the year at #2 and as the highest ranked team in the Big 12. That being said, let’s see a miracle tonight.

by brownf on Dec 6, 2008 7:34 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

what a crap call on 3rd and 2

Guaranteed to work 60% of the time, every time.

by poteet76 on Dec 6, 2008 7:33 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Personal foul on blow u?

It doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you come in first.

by Super Saiyan Patrick on Dec 6, 2008 7:34 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Off setting!

The Ralphie Report - University of Colorado Athletics

by Jon Woods on Dec 6, 2008 7:34 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

bullshit

If You See Kay, Oh You

by texfan23 on Dec 6, 2008 7:35 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Just

got wedgied

by shadyrock on Dec 6, 2008 7:36 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Gary Pinkel

That’s why you coach at Mizzou.

That might have been Missouri’s chance. And Gary Pinkel muffed with a f***ing stupid playcall.

by TheElusiveShadow on Dec 6, 2008 7:36 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I know

this may be annoying, but can tv viewers provide more description of the game? Stuck in the caribbean without TV access.

by El_Hound on Dec 6, 2008 7:36 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Mizzou drives to 32

terrible play call (QB keeper) to try to convert 3rd and 2. Lose four yards. Kicker just barely misses 48 yd fg

by ellayhorn on Dec 6, 2008 7:38 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

summary...

OU comes out strong, moving the ball at will on the first drive. Somehow their shanked field goal goes through.

Mizzou gets a few first downs but not moving the ball quite like OU. Short on a 48 yard field goal by inches.

3-0.

You should check out ESPN.COM Gamecast for play-by-play

by brownf on Dec 6, 2008 7:38 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

roll the ugliness

Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis.

by zamm on Dec 6, 2008 7:36 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

No kidding

Keep a #$ RB back there to make them think run and also help pick up the blitz. Going five wide on 3rd and 2? Is Chase Vince Young?

by TheElusiveShadow on Dec 6, 2008 7:37 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Fate and Destiny are cruel cruel bitches

Guaranteed to work 60% of the time, every time.

by poteet76 on Dec 6, 2008 7:37 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

And the Big XII

It doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you come in first.

by Super Saiyan Patrick on Dec 6, 2008 7:37 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

MIzzou didn't go three and out. Ran the ball OK.

So, basically OU is about six inches ahead.

by whills on Dec 6, 2008 7:37 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

That's what she said

"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good at math, and those who aren't..."

--GA Horn--

by GAHorn on Dec 6, 2008 7:38 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs