Oklahoma, The New Ohio State, Is 0-2 Versus Teams With a Defense

Oklahoma played two really good defenses all year. They lost to both of them.  So, this vaunted OU "juggernaut" that we were nauseatingly told set a record in points scored this season (even though they also played in 14 games, where teams used to play 10 or 11) was a smoke and mirrors job against porous defenses. It's now more obvious than ever that Texas should have been in the national title game rather than Oklahoma because they had the Big 12's best defense and they beat Oklahoma. That is, if a Big 12 representative were going to go at all. USC or Utah would have seemed like the better choices in hindsight. I don't think the outcome would have been any different if it were Texas though. They weren't used to playing real defenses either given that they also reside in the Big 12. So Florida would have been just as much of a riddle/mystery to them as they were to OU. We heard all season about how great the Big 12, particularly the Big 12 South, was. Yet, in the bowl season, Texas ... (link)