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This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Big Confusing Situation
Nov
24
2008
The college football scene, division 1-A, is as interesting as ever. The Big 12 South, which had most of the top-10 teams, is a tie.
I had hoped that Texas Tech would win the Big 12. I hadn’t really cared about the Big 12 South, until the Texas-Texas Tech game. I would have been happy regardless of who won; I was just glad to see a good, close, entertaining game for that one. After TT won and was the only undefeated team in the Big 12, I was hoping they would finish out the season undefeated. I figured with the way they were playing, and how Florida looked, a TT/UF championship game would be very entertaining. That is, if you measure entertainment by points scored.
So now that TT lost to Oklahoma, there is a 3-way tie for the Big 12 South. The top 3 teams all lost to each other. Texas to Texas Tech, Texas Tech to Oklahoma, and Oklahoma to Texas. The conundrum is figuring out who is the best in that circle.
I am now rooting for Missouri (Big 12 North champion) to beat whoever is the Big 12 South champion. I don’t like the Big 12’s tie-breaker of BCS ranking. The BCS is supposed to place conference champions in bowl games, not determine the conference champions. The tie-breaker instead should be the records of the non-conference opponents.
So if Mizzou wins, that will avoid that problem completely. And then the Big 12’s formerly top-ranked team will have a worse record than its formerly second-ranked team. That would allow Utah to sneak into the championship game and cause some real fun. Okay, USC will probably be ahead of Utah. But it’s fun to speculate.
What I would like is for Missouri to win and allow someone else to play in the BCS championship game. What I expect is that Texas will win and go on to face Florida. I hope, and expect, that Florida will beat Alabama for the SEC championship.
The reason I don’t want Oklahoma in the championship game is that they have proved over the last few years that they don’t belong in the championship game. They are good at losing their bowl games, and it would be nice to give someone else a chance to see if that other, non-Oklahoma team, would do any better. So I will be rooting for Texas in the Big 12 South, as UT and OU each have one more game.
“Of the three in the second {rank} he was the most honored and became their commander; however, he did not attain to the {first} three.”
– 1 Chronicles 11:21
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 7:18 am and has been carefully placed in the Sports category.
