Showing posts with label Travesty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travesty. Show all posts

Sunday, November 30, 2008

I Feel It Come Alive When I See Your Ghost

Wow, November started and ended on a really sour note, if you're a Texas Longhorn fan. I found out about oklahoma's jump when Kayla and I stopped in Abilene for a meal at Chili's (Where small business gets done) with Kayla's cousin and her husband. I wasn't really surprised by the jump, since 0u did win by twenty points, and UT had a very small lead in the B(c)S polls beforehand anyway, but after getting home and reading this article, I've officially gone back to serious suicide watch territory. It seems that Texas actually increased their lead in the human polls, but got caught by the computers because of oklahmoma's big win on the road. What gets me about this is two-fold. One, had zero-u not gotten their late TD (with all the starters in, no less. Classy Stoops) and their tip-drill 'look what I found' TD by their tight end in the third quarter (I think) the margin of victory may not have been enough to pass UT in the computers. Second, the tie-breaker for the Big XII is obviously out of whack, but after reading the article it seems that the SEC has the three-way tiebreaker figured out. I won't ruin it for you, but if the Big XII had it right, on the field performance would mean something, and yes, Texas would be going to Kansas City next week. Read it and weep Longhorn fans.
Also, this marks the second time in three years that Texas beat both teams that ended up playing in the conference championship game. Awesome.