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So Texas, which should have played for the Big Twelve title, doesn’t get to play for the BCS title, despite having a better loss than Florida and a better win than Oklahoma, which Texas also beat by ten points. Just one point shy of the eleven that Florida put up on Alabama.

Instead, Texas gets a bowl (the Fiesta) to play 10th-ranked Ohio State. Huh? It would be more logical for Texas to play 4th-ranked Alabama–as in the top two play each other, then the next two and the next two and so on. But that’s not the way corporate college football wants it: no split title, thank you.

Meanwhile, Texas Tech, which rode the No. 1 ranking for weeks, is unfairly excluded from a BCS bowl altogether. And, once again–and I’m happy to see the daily’s Kirk Bohls join me in decrying this–a power team (Oklahoma) is shamelessly rewarded for humiliating an outclassed opponent (Missouri) by running up the score, 62-21. Wherever this game of college football is headed, it doesn’t look good.  

That was the banner flown around last night’s Big Twelve title game before Oklahoma crushed Missouri 62-21. Not only true, but it’s also a claim that the other loser of the three-way tie, Texas Tech, cannot make. Nevertheless, for the honor of the Big Twelve, I hope Bradford & Co. beat the Gators. (Sorry, Diller and nephew.) Fiesta Bowl here we come. Hope it’s against Ohio State.

Two teams Texas beat, Oklahoma and Missouri, will play for the Big Twelve championship, and Zero U goes on to the BCS one in Miami. Blame the BCS computers. I suppose we could also blame the Ags for not being ranked? Yeah, that might work.

MORE:  Our only hope for Miami now, it seems, is for the Okies to lose to Mizzou. Not much hope. 

Or BCS mix. Anyhow. Nice to see Baylor thrashing Texas Tech 28-14 28-21 at the end of the third quarter in Lubbock. Baylor winning would give the Longhorns a shot at the Big Twelve championship. Then, if Oklahoma loses to Oklahoma State tonight, Texas would still have a shot at the BCS championship, as well. Not likely, I suppose. But then Baylor isn’t supposed to be beating Tech. So far. Confusing, to say the least.

UPDATE:  Oh, well, nice try Baylor. No more doormat for the Big Twelve. Now it’s up to OK State. 😉

HOWEVER:  I notice the ESPN guys saying that it might be better if the Sooners win. For then there’d be a three-way tie in the Big Twelve South, with the highest ranked South team in the BCS playing for the championship. Meaning it would be between Oklahoma and Texas. But… Loved the plane towing the banner over Stillwater today: "Texas 45 OU 35. Settled On A Neutral Field." BCS, take note.

FINAL: Sooners win 61-41, creating a three-way tie for the Big Twelve South winner to be decided by BCS ranking. My guess is that aerial advertising aside, it will be Oklahoma ahead of Texas followed by Tech and thus Oklahoma in the BCS championship as well. Leaving the Fiesta Bowl for the Longhorns.

Good game, with Texas up 21-3 at the half. Colt has taken some hard hits but he keeps coming back for another touchdown. The main question is whether Mack will run up the score. Possibly, for revenge for the last two years of losses to A&M. Or not. We’ll see.

UPDATE:  Well, I guess you could call 49-9 running it up. But the second string accounted for the last touchdown. I’m still not sure why the Ags wore the 4th ID’s patch on their uniforms, just that they did. Colt, the Tuscola Kid, had a great night. He’s done all he can do for the Heisman, and the team for the BCS. The rest is up to the voters, the computers and Oklahoma State on Saturday night. 😉