Published 1/6/2009
by Cas Heilman
at Bleacher Report - College Football
They had us fooled. It seemed too true to be a lie. How could high scoring offenses and great quarterback duels be wrong? The Big 12 South HAD to be the best division in college football! Most of us thought the Big 12 North should be abandoned and Texas and OU should rematch for the Big 12 title. You might be reading this and saying out loud, "But Texas won last night!" You would be correct. The score in the paper this morning and on the University of Phoenix Stadium scoreboard clearly shows UT the winner.
However, the game didn't. It took an early missed field goal and a last second touchdown for Texas to defeat an Ohio State team that has been destroyed in every big game it has played since the last time the Buckeyes played in Glendale. Still claiming to be the best team in the land, it is obvious that Longhorn players, coaches, and fans didn't get a chance to check out the other bowl games this year or even their own game. Texas' "No. 2 Rush Defense" allowed the Buckeyes to scamper ...
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