burntorangenation.com - 11/25/2008
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I'm working on a longer set of notes on this mess, but I want to lay out first--all on its own--why Tech-OU-Texas is not an equilateral triangle, so to speak.
Why head-to-head works for Texas, but not Tech. While Texas fans have very forcefully laid out the case for "Texas over ...
rumorsandrants.com - 11/24/2008
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rumorsandrants.com —
As many of you know, I’m a lucky
bastard. Every year in late November, I head to...
Maui with my family to spend Thanksgiving on the beach. But along with relaxing in paradise, we also make sure to attend the EA Sports Maui Invitational, which ...
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Maui Invitational Preview
rivals.yahoo.com - 11/25/2008
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rivals.yahoo.com —
A couple arguments from the inbox on everyone's
favorite logjam. [Subject: easy to figure out the big...
12 south ...] Quality of wins and losses. ... Wins: OU's win over Tech was impressive, but Texas has the only win among the three on a ...
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Oklahoma-Texas mailbag!
thesportscorner.ca - 11/26/2008
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thesportscorner.ca —
Texas fans should be harping on one thing,
their loss. The Longhorns lost to Texas Tech on...
a last second touchdown pass from Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree that will be on highlight reels for the rest of the century. It was a game for the ages, one you certainly can’t fault them ...
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Big 12 Football three-way: The case for Texas
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Texas Tech Tuesday Morning Notes - We Should Be The Top-Rated One Loss Team Edition
Double-T Nation —
... , who doesn't believe that Texas Tech should be dismissed quite yet, as well as Burnt Orange Nation who feels that Texas Tech is out of the picture entirely. Be respectful and be nice. ...
The Tragic Comedy Of The BCS
Crimson And Cream Machine —
... A head-to-head comparison only becomes valid when the race is between two teams. It is the simplest of all the solutions but it just doesn’t apply at this time. B.O.N. has a post about how the Longhorns loss wasn’t as bad as Oklahoma’s. It doesn’t matter if you lost on the very last play of the game, if you couldn’t close the door in the 4th quarter or if the game was over by halftime it is represented equally in the loss column with a 1. Before the BONers take their ...
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