An OU-Texas rematch
Lots of possibilities exist in this wild Big 12 football season. Here’s a doozy. An Oklahoma-Texas rematch in the Big Bowl.
It’s a longshot. But it could happen. Here’s how.
1. OU wins out. An absolute must.
2. Texas wins the Big 12, preferably with a 13-0 record. If the Longhorns stumble somewhere, at Lubbock or at home to Missouri or OSU, and go ahead and win the conference at 12-1, I guess it’s still possible, but 13-0 would make it more simple.
3. Help from others, starting with the SEC:
a. A two-loss team must win the SEC, which is not crazy thinking. It happened last year, and with Alabama the only remaining unbeaten, it could easily happen. Alabama and LSU in the West, Georgia and Florida in the East are the heavy division favorites. All but Bama already have one defeat. But a one-loss SEC champion would and should trump OU, and any other team, for a Big Bowl berth.
b. Penn State must lose. The Nittany Lions could lose next week at Ohio State, or could stumble somewhere else.
c. It would help if USC loses again. Might not have to happen, but voters might prefer an 11-1 SC, champion of the Pac-10, over a 11-1 Oklahoma that didn’t even win its own division. In 2006, voters in the final poll decided they didn’t want a Michigan-Ohio State rematch and jumped Florida over Michigan.
There’s a lot of football left. We’re only halfway through the regular season. The Sooners are in great position poll-wise, ranked fourth. But they are in shaky position conference-wise, needing help to win the South. An OU-Texas rematch is possible but unlikely.
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Re the possible Ohio State/Michigan rematch of a few years ago:
I think a BIG factor in that game NOT happening was the fact that both teams played in the last game of the season. Voters figured the game that WAS played as a national semi-final, kinda like OU/Mizzou was last year in the big 12 Championship. Since OU/Texas is in the middle of the season, I think that opens–a bit–the possiblility that a Red River Rematch (should I copyright that NOW?) COULD happen. Berry, I differ with you a bit: I think both teams MUST win out AND Penn State has to lose AND USC has to lose AGAIN if this is to happen. In ADDITION to all the SEC scenarios that you layed out.
Just think, if the BCS and the Big 12 had been in place in ‘77, we could have seen a precedent for this!