Good night for the Sooners
Thursday night was a good night for OU football. The Florida State-North Carolina State game didn’t mean anything, but down in Fort Worth, TCU’s 32-7 rout of Brigham Young rippled north of the Red River.
BYU was knocked from BCS contention, which frankly doesn’t affect the Big 12 much. The Big 12 figures to get two teams in the BCS no matter what; 10 spots are available and six go to conference champions. That leaves four at-large, and the Big 12 almost surely will get one.
But TCU’s victory could help the Sooners if they climb back into the national title race. TCU’s victory will help in the computer rankings; the Horned Frogs’ only loss was at Norman. OU’s non-conference schedule rating is soaring. Chattanooga will be a drag all season, and Washington remains winless. But TCU now is 7-1 and Cincinnati is 5-1.
If the Sooners get into some kind of BCS tug-o’-war with, say, an 11-1 USC or an 11-1 Penn State, the prowess of TCU would come in handy.
-------------Berry Tramel can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including AM-640 and FM-98.1. You can e-mail him here and follow him on Twitter @BerryTramel. Visit Berry's website here.
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