The BCS got it right

The BCS got it right

Topic Author: Daniel Gotera

Posted: Dec 1, 2008

Replies Posted: 17 comments

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The BCS got it right

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Let me preface this blog post by saying I have no affiliation or bias towards anything in the Big 12. My allegiance is to a bowl bound team from Evanston, Illinois. But, I do know college football, at least I pretend to and one thing that I have come to realize is…

The Oklahoma Sooners are the right team to represent the Big 12 South in the Big 12 Championship.

From the very beginning I thought OU was the best team in the country. They lost to Texas yes, but that never swayed me from my previous thought. Now that we have come to the end of the season, three teams ended up tied a top the Big 12 South, Texas, OU and Texas Tech. Bevo beat Boomer, Boomer beat Raider and Raider beat Bevo.

How do we solve this? The way the computers did. Texas fans have 45-35 engrained in their minds so much they are probably going to petition Webster’s Dictionary to put it in their next edition with the definition being: why Texas should be above Oklahoma. Well, if we are going to use head to head results, then why isn’t Tech above UT? 39-33 anybody? Then OU should be above Tech right? 65-21 ring a bell? Head to head doesn’t matter. It all cancels out and shouldn’t included in this discussion.

Even though they all ended up tied, Texas Tech was somehow eliminated from the conversation at the start of this week. That being said, Tech’s removal from the discussion says a lot about the way OU demolished the Red Raiders. Tech was hurt more than the Sooners were helped by that beat down in Norman on the 22nd. I agree with Bob Stoops when he reiterated Sunday afternoon, that omission should say a lot about how much more of an impact an OU victory had on the race. Tiebreaker advantage: Oklahoma

Now that the tiebreaker is taken care of, look at the overall body of work. Oklahoma played TCU, Cincinnati, Washington and UT-Chattanooga in the pre-conference schedule. One is headed to a BCS bowl and the other should be. Texas beat up on Rice, FAU, UTEP and Arkansas. I know UT scheduled the Razorbacks a long time ago, but OU did the same with Washington. These pre-conference games are scheduled a long time in advance, but something tells me Rice, FAU and UTEP will never be what TCU and Cincinnati are. In conference, Oklahoma won a tough road game. The other two, didn’t. Texas beating Kansas in Lawrence is not the same as OU over #11 OSU in Stillwater. No matter how menacing the fighting Manginos are. Strength of schedule advantage: Oklahoma

Finally, I am a firm believer in how teams finish. Is there anyway to finish a season in a more convincing fashion than Oklahoma? They scored over 60 points their last four games, became the first team to beat OSU in Stillwater and laid a drubbing to the #2 team in the country. Texas struggled against Oklahoma State AT HOME, lost to Texas Tech and barely covered the spread against Texas A&M. How you finish advantage: Oklahoma

Three key categories in favor of Oklahoma. I guess the computers were thinking the same way. Now it’s your turn to way in on this BCS mess… Bevo, Boomer, Raider everybody…the floor is yours.

Daniel Gotera
KXII Sports Reporter

Posted by: dale Location: ardmore
critics,critics,critics. All please tune in Jan 8th and enjoy a national championship game. Perhaps,it may not be your texas team playing in the championship. focus on the fiesta bowl and just let it go. enjoy a jelley roll while watching your team roll. BOOMER SOONER!!!

Posted by: Anonymous I think that OU and Florida both desrve to be in the national championship game, but the bcs did a horrible job on the other bcs games. Texas should be playin USC or Alabama. Ohio State doesn't deserve to be in the bcs, Texas will blow them away. USc will probably blow Penn St. away and Utah vs. Alabama and Cinn vs. Va TEch? Who really cares. The only game worth watchin will be OU vs. Florida.

Posted by: Anonymous I think OU made there case in the Big 12 championship game that they deserve to be there. Florida on the other hand better get ready for the high flying of offense of OU. Tebow got lucky winning the heisman the true heisman was Darren Mcfadden. Tebow will never play in the pros plus he gives all other heisman winners a bad name.

Posted by: ricky Location: bonham
NO the BCS doesnt have it right!!! Florida deserves to be #2... ok so they had a bad day and lost 1 game everyone has those days... you put tebow and the gators against any defense and tebow will show you why he won they heisman as a sophomore and why he's in the lead in the heisman race

Posted by: Don Location: Durant
I guess OU did beat Texas after all and rightly so. Mac Brown's politicking did get a few votes from the pollsters. I thought it was in bad taste for ABC to allow Mac to beg for votes during the OU - OSU game, but in the end the BCS got it right.

Posted by: Larry Location: Bryan
It's a bad idea to use anything people--especially the coaches of the teams involved--as a tiebreaker. But, that's what the schools agreed to, so you gotta live with it, not complain when it doesn't turn out in your favor. But you cannot say the BCS got it wrong. There are a lot of different "on the field" tiebreakers using the scores of actual games played the Big 12 could have stuck in ahead of resorting to the rankings or a coin flip. But, you know what, in any of those scenarios that involve the 3 tied teams, OU comes out ahead. So, the BCS is not the right method, but they did end up with the right team.

Posted by: Sports Authority Who really cares? College football is NOTHING more than gymnastics in cleats. I think the only fair way to determine the National Champ is a good old fashioned game of paper, rock, scissors at midfield. Let the High schools, D2, D3 college football teams play it off for their Champions. Why can't we all just get along? Saturdays were made for Golfing or rearranging my sock drawer anyway. Fridays and Sundays are all that matter!

Posted by: Choklahoma Location: Sherman
Doesnt matter if OU goes to the title game or not, they will just blow it anyway. Oklahoma cant win the big game.

Posted by: tim If all this stuff people are saying is correct then, Texas beat OU and everyone says texas should be ranked ahead of oklahoma. If that is the case then Tech should be ranked ahead of Texas Right?

Posted by: Kevin Location: Durant, Oklahoma
The BCS got it right!!!!! Texas barely got by OSU in Austin

Posted by: brainlapse Location: sherman
So it sounds like you're okay with the fact that people from New York, California and all points in between determined the matchup of the Big XII Conference Championship game. Seriously? What business does some sportswriter in Florida have determining who plays for the Big 12 Title? You can't leave it up to the BCS to set this matchup!! The system failed, I guess, is my point.

Posted by: Beatdown Location: San Antonio
I thought better of you Daniel. Answer me this... is non-conference even a question in a conference tiebreaker? Who was the ONLY team in the tiebreak to play the North champion? How can you say head to head doesn't matter? What a ridiculous statement. So why in the heck do we even play the games? This is why Tech is not in the argument... they had the biggest loss, and the narrowest victory and played the easiest schedule including two lower division schools. The have shown over the years they are a different team away from Lubbock, a place where OU hasn't won since 2003. They beat Baylor by a touchdown. Yes, they beat Texas when Texas was at the tail end of four straight games vs. top ten teams, where two of their best players were hurt, and they STILL needed a lucky bounce to win. Tech... OUT OF CONVERSATION. Now lets talk Texas-OU. What is there to talk about? Texas won the game. Discussion over. Texas got hosed. OU is not the south champion.

Posted by: chase Location: okla
on the bob stoops bandwagon??? are you serious??? how much airtime did espn/abc give mack brown this last week?? i couldn't even watch sportscenter all week because all i ever hear is mack brown whining

Posted by: caleb its about time the bcs got something right. Texas can't preach head to head when they lost 39-33 to Tech. Oklahoma beat Tech 65-21. BOOMER SOONER!!

Posted by: Longhorns are really #2 Location: Tom Bean
The Longhorns were penalized for beating the Sooners to early in the season I guess. Everyone knows that BCS stands for Bad College Standings. It's not the 1st time Texas has been overlooked. If I ever say listen to Obama on just 1 thing in his tenure. It is lets have a playoff like every other sport has even DII football.

Posted by: Mike Hopper Location: Midland, Texas
Let say the Media helped them "get it right". All of the media is on the OU/Stoops bandwagon from the beginning of every season. It mainly comes down to whichever coach yells the loudest and has the most clout in the College Football world. If you ask the general public, they would rather see Tech or Texas than the tired ole Sooners in the Big 12 Championship, a BCS Bowl and heaven forbid the National Championship game. I would rather see Tech, a school that puts an emphasis on graduating, staying out of trouble and not blabbing opinions to the media over any of the Big 12 South teams. Well, Baylor's Briles is a man of class as well. Thanks for your column.

Posted by: ED Location: Melissa, Texas
BCS got it right, oh come on, this is why we need a sound playoff just like the other divisions in NCAA football. I just became a big time Missouri fan!!!