BCS still unkind to Sooners
This week’s BCS rankings weren’t kind to Oklahoma. And they won’t be anytime soon.The Sooners fell from fifth to sixth in the BCS, and truth is, forget rankings and computers and anything else. Any team that goes to Ames and trails at halftime, then wins 17-7, deserves a mighty fall.
But even so. OU’s computer ranking of 14th is dragging down the Sooners and will continue to do so. OU has Iowa State wrapped around its neck for the rest of the season, pulling down its computer average. Baylor awaits, which will do the same.
Texas A&M and OSU won’t hurt the Sooners’ computer ranking but won’t help much.OU still can climb the BCS mountain. But the Sooners very likely will lose out to most one-loss teams.What it boils down to is this. Oklahoma still needs help, and lots of it.
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The days of rolling out of bed and beating anybody by 30+ points are over. It’s a crying shame that style points matter. I really don’t care about the BCS ratings and championship game any more. Honestly, it has become so conviluted, subjective and bias, that whoever plays in the champsionship game will have warts and naysayers. I can get excited about controlling on our own destiny by winning the Big XII and playing in a BCS Bowl Game against an excellent opponent. That is what football is all about – not worrying about some computer deciding whether or not we deserve a shot at the title. Until there is a playoff and the championship is determined on the field and not on a spread sheet, let’s just enjoy the games and hope for a win.
Maybe if Stoops would schedule an actual road game this wouldn’t be a problem. At least they’ve looked good away from home this season.