rivals.yahoo.com - 11/30/2008
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First things first: Of the two relevant polls that have been released as of this writing, the Coaches poll and Jeff Sagarin's computer poll both rank Oklahoma ahead of Texas. The margin in the Sagarin poll is .44 points, out of a possible 100 for any given team. The margin in the Coaches' poll ...
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 ...
thesportsculture.com - 12/1/2008
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thesportsculture.com —
Exclusive video evidence : ESPN ran a somewhat
fluffy feature video on the BCS nerds that make
up those jokeshow rankings. Four math dudes — that full-fledged pocket protector breed of virgins — are responsible for developing the formula that determines your NCAA BCS ...
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Video evidence: One BCS mathematician has Oklahoma bias
msn.foxsports.com - 11/30/2008
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msn.foxsports.com —
By virtue of its second-place showing in this
week's standings, Oklahoma has emerged from a three-way tie
atop the Big 12 South and will play Missouri in the Big 12 championship game. Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Texas had finished the regular season with ...
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FOX Sports on MSN - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - BCS gives ...
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What We Learned From Week 14 In College Football
AwfulAnnouncing —
... of 60+ points in games plus a tougher non-con schedule was enough to outweigh the fact that the Sooners lost to Texas at a neutral site. (Expect Sam Bradford to, accordingly, be the leader in the clubhouse for the worthless trophy in the stiff-arm pose.) Texas' destruction of Texas A&M on Friday wasn't enough to keep them ahead. Question is, whether you agree with the choice here. I don't like the BCS standings being a tie-breaker with the three-way, but such as it is, the post Matt Hinton wrote anticipating exactly this result over at Dr. Saturday seems to jibe with the ...
Week 14 BCS Standings Are Out: Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida Are The Top 4
FanIQ Blog —
... Dr. Saturday provided this interesting chart with Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech, as compared by their various wins and losses against teams, and how those teams fit in the Sagarin rankings. The Sagarin rankings are a bit flawed, as evidenced by its #24 ranking of James Madison University, an FCS(1-AA) team. However, the chart is interesting nonetheless, and provides a compelling argument for ranking Oklahoma ahead of Texas, regardless of their head to head matchup. ...
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collegegameballs.com 12/8/2008 —
A Sooner fan held this up during the Oklahoma rout of Missouri. It is just a huge fuck you from Oklahoma to Texas.
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sports.espn.go.com 12/1/2008 — In the end, it was what we expected. It just happened far differently than anyone had imagined. Oklahoma will represent the Big 12 South in the conference championship game against Missouri on Saturday, giving the Sooners a chance to play their way ...
Mack Brown Is Texas’ BCS Scapegoat
sportsbybrooks.com 12/1/2008 — So you’re a Texas fan. You’re mad at the world because, despite beating your biggest rival by 10 points on a neutral field , they’re going to the Big 12 Championship and, in all likelihood, the BCS Championship instead of your ...
Finding myself thankful for the computers
fannation.com 12/1/2008 — For the first time in the 11-year history of the BCS, I find myself thankful for the computers. As I wrote earlier this week , BCS voters were dealt an unwanted burden this weekend thanks to an ill-devised Big 12 tiebreaker format that forced them to ...
Texas Got Screwed!!
sports2debate.com 12/8/2008 — Texas Longhorns beat the Oklahoma Sooners by ten, and was an underdog in that game.
The game was on a neutral field, and Texas is clearly the better team.
Lets debate how Oklahoma is more deserving than Texas to be in the National Championship Game.
Life Isn’t Fair: The Texas Longhorns Story
thebiglead.com 11/26/2008 — In the latest BCS Standings (Bullshit Championship Stupidness), Texas is No. 2 and Oklahoma is No. 3. It hardly matters because the Sooners will leapfrog the team it lost to by beating the Cowboys in Stillwater Saturday. That victory will put ...
Red River Rout?
ncaafootball.fanhouse.com 10/11/2008 — It's hard to imagine how a college football game could get more attention than Saturday's Red River Rivalry. Maybe Army vs. Navy, if they met as armed forces instead of football teams (which, coincidentally, is what we imagine a Tank Johnson family ...
