sportingnews.com - 12/2/2008
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Regardless of what Spencer Hall would have you believe , the BCS is not alright. Sure, we’ll likely get an exciting National Championship game between Florida/Alabama and Oklahoma, but it won’t be without controversy. Texas is obviously getting the shaft, having beaten the Sooners ...
rivals.yahoo.com - 12/1/2008
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rivals.yahoo.com —
In a perfect world, the Doc would be
given carte blanche to publicly torch the Bowl Championship
Series in effigy and institute the elaborate, double-elimination battle royale of his dreams. But we live in the world we live in, so each Sunday the Doc ...
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BCS Realpolitik: Oklahoma it is, but a new route to ...
pigskinheaven.com - 12/3/2008
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pigskinheaven.com —
I keep hearing this ridiculous argument from university
presidents, ESPN pundits, and just about everything else out
there in favor of keeping the BCS the way it is just for the sake of being what it is that claims that the simple logic behind the BCS is for the sake of the student, we can't add ...
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If the BCS was Really About Money...
bankrollsports.com - 12/3/2008
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bankrollsports.com —
The latest BCS Standings are out and they
have left the Big 12 in turmoil. The Texas
Longhorns have been ahead of the Oklahoma Sooners all season in respect to the BCS Standings for their 45-35 victory over the Sooners this season. However, this week Oklahoma jumped ahead of Texas in.....
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Controversy in the Big 12
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Texas discover comfort and unity in blinding frustration
Dr. Saturday —
... and, if you ask them, Georgia (2007) on the wrong end of the BCS' annual stick. It could have just as easily -- and just as maddeningly -- been Oklahoma's turn this time around, given the Sooners' exceptional resumé and dominant stretch run, but their time will come. Everybody gets their turn at outrage.
And who knows: It's still possible for the Longhorns to pass the torches and pitchforks to Florida -- how's Percy Harvin's ankle, anyway? Isn't it "exciting?"
Texas discovers comfort and unity in blinding frustration
Dr. Saturday —
... and, if you ask them, Georgia (2007) on the wrong end of the BCS' annual stick. It could have just as easily -- and just as maddeningly -- been Oklahoma's turn this time around, given the Sooners' exceptional resumé and dominant stretch run, but their time will come. Everybody gets their turn at outrage.
And who knows: It's still possible for the Longhorns to pass the torches and pitchforks to Florida -- how's Percy Harvin's ankle, anyway? Isn't it "exciting"?
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