Comments on: Power Lunch: Chat with Jenni Carlson http://blog.newsok.com/jennicarlson/2013/01/15/power-lunch-chat-with-jenni-carlson-21/ Opinions from The Oklahoman sports columnist Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:24:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Randall http://blog.newsok.com/jennicarlson/2013/01/15/power-lunch-chat-with-jenni-carlson-21/comment-page-1/#comment-32188 Randall Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:25:44 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/jennicarlson/?p=2468#comment-32188 Jenni said: “I think it’s important to remember that if things would’ve been just slightly different in the BCS, OU would’ve likely played Louisville or LSU or someone other than Texas A&M and probably would’ve won.”

I don’t see it. Berry Tramel has made the same point, except he talks about OU playing and beating Florida, so it’s not like Jenni is out there by herself, but I don’t see it. When was the last time that OU beat a good team in a major bowl game? Florida State in the Jan 2001 Orange Bowl is the last one that I can remember. Since then, in major bowl games there have been losses to LSU, USC, Boise State, West Virginia, Florida, and Texas A&M. Why assume that OU would have beaten Louisville (which beat Florida rather easily) or LSU this time around?

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