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I still think the Big 12 got lucky this year that OU was the team to win it with 1 loss

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I really don't think any other team gets in with one loss except OU. It's just the way it is boys, we are a Blueblood in college football. With that being said, do you think the Big 12 will still be looking to expand to at least 12 teams very soon? Do they think they have proven that the risk is worth the extra money per school since the Big 12 got a team in the playoff?

Also, if the playoffs go to 8 teams and each conference champion gets an automatic playoff spot and with 3 at large picks to make up the 8 then I say stay in the Big 12 if this is not how the playoff deal is going to go then I say we still need to leave the Big 12 and join the SEC. I hate the SEC but I think this fits our program better than any other conference.
 
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I believe that a 1-loss OsU, Baylor, or TCU would have gotten left out this year.
Thank God we are the Oklahoma Sooners!!!!!!
 
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Luck or ESPN promoting us? Kirk has been on the bandwagon all season. Mark May and some of the others gave OU a lot of positive press the day after the TCU game. May changed his opinion in one day, at halftime he was not high on the Sooners.
The Tuesday vote by the committee moved us from #7 to #3. They all probably just watched ESPN the same as me.
 
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I think we should add teams like USF and Cincinnati, which would expand our television footprint and recruiting bases and stick with the Big XII.
Set up two divisions, A- UT, TTech, BU, TCU, and the Kansas schools; B- OU, OsU, WV, ISU, Cincinnati, USF -- when things fall right, it would be OU and UT in the championship game!
 
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Baylor was #7 last week in the CFP rankings, and would have been no worse than 5th this week if they had beaten TCU and OU had lost to OSU. With one home game left at home against Texas, they easily could have reached the top 4.

I doubt that OSU or TCU could have made it, because overall they were less impressive than either OU/BU.

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Blue blood program does not mean as much as who you beat and who you played.

Any 1 loss big xii champion with a win at Knoxville would be in the final 4.

With stanford having 2 losses a 1 loss baylor big xii champ probably would have been in.

And there is a huge benefit that the big xii does not have to worry about a knockout from the championship game. SEC or ACC could get knocked out this wekend with an upset. Thise upsets happen more times than not. Last year was an anomaly where everything went against big xii on the last day. Big xii championship game has knocked more teams than it has helped. That history is partly why we dont have the game.

The chances of Bama, Oregon, FSU, and Ohio state all winning final games was less than 20%.

Big xii just got unlucky last year. Glad they didnt overreact because of knee jerk dans and meda.
 
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Mister Moses said:
Luck or ESPN promoting us? Kirk has been on the bandwagon all season. Mark May and some of the others gave OU a lot of positive press the day after the TCU game. May changed his opinion in one day, at halftime he was not high on the Sooners.
The Tuesday vote by the committee moved us from #7 to #3. They all probably just watched ESPN the same as me.
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Luck or ESPN? I'll go with Luck.............HA!

 
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I think if Baylor played our schedule every year, they'd have the clout we have. But they play SMU, who is annually one of the ten worst programs in the country in FBS. And then they play FCS schools. If they went to play an SEC school before 100,000 plus at their place and won, they'd be there. They played nobody and were getting lots of attention before we beat them soundly at their place.

Same thing with TCU and OSU.. But OSU played home and home ith Minnesota. Close to solid, but the weak side of the Big Ten and not a factor ever, unless you remember Sandy Stevens. I think that's the way you spell it. (Early 1961 Gopher quarterback, Rose Bowl champ and MVP if they named one.) Since?

I agree that OU has more gravitas. But OU got in, when those three wouldn't have this year, because we won At Knoxville, At Waco, and At Stillwater. None of those are final four teams this year. But at their place, those were quality wins against top 25 teams. I don't think anybody else has that total, much less all on the road.
 
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I think Baylor will get the message (although too late for next year) and start scheduling like OU, or at least the rest of the Big 12. Then a 1 loss B12 will always be in the mix. Love not playing this week and letting Clemson, Ala. fans sweat.
 
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I feel like Briles is a decent coach, but he lucked out a bit with RG3. That set the table for him to reel in some top notch talent, and then he exploited a fragile time in Big XII history when both OU and Texas were subpar. Now that we're back, he's going to struggle a bit more with top talent wanting to go to a crap town and take mandatory religious classes and chapel.
Flash in the pan is what I'm predicting and hoping.
 
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YourCrimsonNightmare said:
Baylor was #7 last week in the CFP rankings, and would have been no worse than 5th this week if they had beaten TCU and OU had lost to OSU. With one home game left at home against Texas, they easily could have reached the top 4.

I doubt that OSU or TCU could have made it, because overall they were less impressive than either OU/BU.

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Very true. A one loss Baylor was in if we weren't.
 
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Okie70 said:
I think Baylor will get the message (although too late for next year) and start scheduling like OU, or at least the rest of the Big 12. Then a 1 loss B12 will always be in the mix. Love not playing this week and letting Clemson, Ala. fans sweat.
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They better get...2 years ago...when they set their schedules for next year! Joe C. and Coach Bob are pretty good at what they do. ;)
 
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YCN, Plaino (or anyone)

What do we want to happen this week while we're relaxing ? I've heard theories that IF iowa wins it could pave the way for tosu to ace us out depending on what the others do. (I'm not sure I buy that, and won't be pulling for the hawx)
 
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YCN, Plaino (or anyone)

What do we want to happen this week while we're relaxing ? I've heard theories that IF iowa wins it could pave the way for tosu to ace us out depending on what the others do. (I'm not sure I buy that, and won't be pulling for the hawx)
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OSU has almost ZERO chance of getting in. They didn't win their conference, heck, they didn't win their own division. If Stanford wins and either Clemson or Bama lose...they get in. Now if BOTH Bama and Clemson lose...they've got a mess on their hands. I almost hope it happens. Would lead to an 8-team playoff quicker.

One "theory" that a buddy of mine pointed out (assuming Clemson and Bama win) is that we'd play Clemson in semi's to hopefully set up an OU/Bama NC game. Given the $$$....could be a valid theory.
 
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I don't think Ohio State should move ahead of the loser of the Big Ten CCG. Michigan State would have two losses, but beat them in Columbus. They definitely should be ranked ahead of a one loss, non division winning Ohio State. And MSU's other loss would have been and is disputed at the end.

Iowa, maybe. But again, they won their division. The Buckeyes have one truly quality win. That was at Michigan. They really didn't beat anybody else.
 
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iasooner1

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IF iowa wins Saturday over sparty, they will have exactly ONE quality win, after 12 pillow-tickle fights...
 
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