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Texas Deserves the Big 12 South in a Three Way Tie

 
Mack Brown has shown that not only is he not above politicking, but he's pretty good at it.  And, unfortunately, in the BS, I mean BCS, system we have, politicking is sometimes required. Pollsters are human and humans tend to react most strongly to what they have seen most recently.  Therefore, if Oklahoma beats Texas Tech when they play, there will be a strong tide to move the Sooners above the Horns...even though they lost to the Horns. Mack Brown has to prevent this because if OU moves ahead and then finishes the season by beating a ranked team (Oklahoma State) there will not be an opportunity to get the BCS lead back.  So Texas must act proactively.  Having said that, here's the argument that I would use if I were Mack Brown.  I would call a press conference and say this exact verbiage immediately after an OU win over Texas Tech... To All Poll Voters: With today's OU win, there are three teams in the Big 12 South that have identical records overall, in the ... (link)

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