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I’m not among those who think that Oklahoma’s loss to Florida means Texas ought to be No. 1. No, Florida is No. 1, and plainly deserves to be, after figuring out how to get past the Sooners defense. The one the Big Twelve wasn’t supposed to have, eh? That’s the way it is under the current BCS system, which is the only system we’ve got.

Utah done good, but they play in a weak league. USC also performed, at least in its bowl game, if you can call beating Penn State a big deal.The Pac 10, like the Big Ten, sucked during the regular season. And Texas used another one of its trademark come-from-behind, last-two-minutes touchdown drives to get by a really good Ohio State defense.Then smothered OSU’s schizophrenic offense for the win.

Maybe Texas should have played in the title game, instead of Oklahoma, but the Big Twelve’s method of tie-breaking is as old as the conference and sent the Sooners there, instead. Pity Big Game Bob couldn’t pull it off. Again. He really should have left Sam Bradford alone instead of changing the plays before practically every Oklahoma snap. As a result, there was none of the hurryup that had worked so well for the Sooner offense during the regular season. Once again, BGB made the Big Twelve look bad. Ah, well, there’s always next season when, I’ll bet, it’ll be the Big Twelve vs the SEC once again. Get used to it.

UPDATE: AP, dishonest in national politics reporting and so most else, rolls over and plays dead to rank Utah and USC higher than Texas. What a joke. Not that I particularly care, frankly. Bowls are money and Utah provided a more exciting game and beat a team of note. But USC? Same old, same old East and West  coast bias. Bleh.