First of all, let me say, I've heard enough about the Big 12 South and the BCS. The University of Texas, Mack Brown, and all of their fans seemingly have no vocabulary other than "we beat them." This just proves how stupid they are. OU lost to Texas...Texas lost to Texas Tech...Texas Tech lost to OU. Alright, think about it. It is a three-way tie because IT CAN'T BE FIGURED OUT WITH HEAD TO FREAKIN HEAD. That's the whole reason there's a tie-breaker! Idiots! They say that Texas should be ahead of OU because they beat OU. Well, then Tech should be ahead of Texas because they beat Texas. Sounds pretty stupid, doesn't it? So shut up! Have you forgotten that you were beaten by Texas Tech?!?! By the way, that's the same team we beat by over 40 points. Texas beat OSU by 4 points, I think, at home...we beat them by 20 on the road (their first home lost all year). Like I said, if you could decide it by using head to head, it would've never gone to a tie-breaker.
The other thing Texas likes to cry about is that they only lost to Tech because they dropped an interception on the last drive and they only got beat on the last play. If I'm not mistaken, any team can say that about any close game (point out one play that changed the game). Also, if I'm not mistaken, they didn't lose on one play. I'm pretty sure that Texas only led for about a minute and a half total in that game. And Texas Tech drove over 60 yards in under a minute to win it, immediately after Texas had taken their first lead. I'm pretty sure you have no right to claim that you're a "championship" team if you allow someone else to drive down the field like that in less than a minute AND score a touchdown. Dropped interceptions, defense, tackling, those are the things that determine how good a team you are. They aren't excuses you can use to say that "you shouldn't have lost the game."
It's obvious that ESPN and a few other media outlets have an agenda. Okay, I get it, everyone is afraid to put the Sooners in a big game because they've choked a couple of times. However, you shouldn't fry Oklahoma because the BCS is screwed up and you might not like the Big 12's tie-breaker rules. No one from Texas was complaining about the tie-breaker rules until they were on the short end of it. They sound like a bunch of babies arguing over a toy. Texas' athletic director was interviewed and quoted talking about how bad the tie-breaker rules are for the Big 12...he was on the committee that helped form the rules!!! And all the politicking!?!? Mack Brown comes on the ABC broadcast for the OU/OSU game and cries for 5 minutes. It proves what type of person Mack Brown is, but it's more ridiculous that ESPN encourages it. I've lost all respect for many people that I used to enjoy listening to. Stoops was asked to do the same thing during the Texas/Texas A&M game and he refused because he said that's not right. I'm sure glad Stoops is with OU - that's class.
If you really think that Texas got screwed, it's nothing new. The same writers and talking ESPN idiots cried like this last year for Georgia, in 2006 for Michigan, in 2004 for Auburn, and so on, and so on. Yes, the BCS sucks, but it can't be changed! It's done! Let the teams play it out on the field and shut up.
ctb
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
Off topic.
I like your countdown's look...and everytime I see the initials CTB I think of the stolen Braum's letters.
-annika
Well said Clay. Here's some rules for life:
Not ever allowed: agree to rules; play game; lose by rules; blame/hate winner. Three options: win game; change rules; shut up. :-)
You can't play the game, lose, and then complain that you lost. Did the rules come as a surprise? Did they change? No? Then there's nothing else to say.
Well said!
I was actually going to write a blog about this, but hey, now i don't have to, thanks clay, your better at this kind of stuff anyway...my thing is this...you can't always use head to head to prove that one team is greater then the next. "Any given Sunday any team can beat any team" is the quote that comes to mind...Should we put Ole Miss ahead of Florida, since Florida lost to Ole Miss AT FLORIDA? Should we put Oregon St above USC, since Oregon St beat USC? How about putting Iowa over Penn State? Let's take it to the NFL...Are we really going to say that the Browns are better then the Giants, since the Giants lost to the Browns in week 6? My point is simple...just because you beat a team 6 weeks ago, doesn't make you better then that team now...I get why Texas is pissed...I'd be kinda mad too if I was in their shoes, but I would go on with my life and say "oh well", because really what else can you do? Oh yeah, you can whine about it as much as possible on espn like Mack Brown...now, I still say that they should just put OU, Texas, and Tech in the Big 12 Championship, and have them play a big ol' game of smear the queer and have Mack Brown play "all time queer"
Post a Comment