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<blockquote data-quote="doctom4" data-source="post: 129295914" data-attributes="member: 1756333"><p>I still have this nagging feeling that the Big XII as currently constituted is a temporary marriage until Texas and/or Oklahoma decide they want to do something else. Failing to include BYU, Houston and one other team (it almost doesn't matter who it is) to get to 12 and have a playoff is going to be a huge albatross for this league in football unless it produces an unbeaten every year. The extra game now means everything for power ratings and things that the committee looks at. It's an extra game to prove yourself that the Big XII doesn't have. Basically, there'll be no one-loss Big XII teams in the football championship game. Granted, TCU's schedule on the whole proved to be nowhere near that of Ohio State or Florida State if you take a hard look at it. TCU was only a smidge better than Baylor's. In both cases, if the lack of a conference title hadn't tanked them, the non-league schedule would have. Together, it's almost impossible to get in if you lose a game.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="doctom4, post: 129295914, member: 1756333"] I still have this nagging feeling that the Big XII as currently constituted is a temporary marriage until Texas and/or Oklahoma decide they want to do something else. Failing to include BYU, Houston and one other team (it almost doesn't matter who it is) to get to 12 and have a playoff is going to be a huge albatross for this league in football unless it produces an unbeaten every year. The extra game now means everything for power ratings and things that the committee looks at. It's an extra game to prove yourself that the Big XII doesn't have. Basically, there'll be no one-loss Big XII teams in the football championship game. Granted, TCU's schedule on the whole proved to be nowhere near that of Ohio State or Florida State if you take a hard look at it. TCU was only a smidge better than Baylor's. In both cases, if the lack of a conference title hadn't tanked them, the non-league schedule would have. Together, it's almost impossible to get in if you lose a game. [/QUOTE]

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