SB Nation User Blog: memphizbell

All or nothing for Texas and Colt

memphizbell — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:01:54 -0000

Well, it might end up being an all or nothing result for Texas and Colt Mccoy after the BIG 12 Championship game. If Oklahoma wins, I expect OU to make it to the NC game and also for Bradford to narrowly edge Colt for the Heisman.

If OU loses, then Texas has a great chance to get to the NC game and Colt Mccoy will be the leading candidate for the Heisman, with Tebow as his main competition.

Whatever happens, I am happy that this team closed out the season in a strong fashion and we will play well in either the Fiesta or the Orange Bowl. It was nice to see that we finished the season w/o any problems like the last 2 years.

Dr. Saturday at it again

memphizbell — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:13:39 -0000

I like reading Matt Hinton's blog and recently he had a Texas - OU mailbag. I don't really have any problem with the majority of his arguments but I disagree with this point he made:

"Home field advantage" is among the most ephemeral and overrated concepts known to man and location is the last possible factor to consider, when all the real information -- excluding hot streaks, neutral fields and other bits of amateur psychology -- covering the entire season has been exhausted."

Now we all know Texas Tech is a much different team on the road and a neutral field. And we can agree that OU is pretty much unbeatable at home when they have a good team. Texas has a pretty good home field advantage too. I think when you have 2 quality teams playing each other, home field is one of the biggest factors in the game.

Tech should win tie-breaker

memphizbell — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:52:17 -0000

I don't think we will convince OU fans that Tech is out of the discussion in terms of National Title game. I don't think voters will put a team that lost by 44pts in the title game this year. In that scenario, the only fair thing would be to put USC in there b/c we don't deserve to vault Tech either since they beat us. It pains me to say that as a Texas fan but we shouldn't vault Tech in that scenario because they deserve to belong in the Texas v. OU v. Tech discussion;

So, if OU wants to bring Tech back into the discussion, lets bring them back. So, I posted a question on their board on why Tech doesn't deserve to win the tie-breaker? Other than the fact that they have a poor non-conference schedule, their 2 wins came at home and they lost by 44pts on the road.

I think OU fans are also quick to dismiss Tech's merits to win the tie-breaker unless they lose to OSU.

So, to be fair to Texas and OU, I have elected to root for Tech to be the highest ranked BCS team if we all end up with one loss. It doesn't matter that Tech has absolutely no chance to win the tie-breaker but let's include them anyway because that is only fair.

I think that would be way more fun to see a team you beat by 44pts at home win the tie-breaker over you.. maybe then they can share our pain to see a team you beat by 10 on a NEUTRAL field argue that a team that absolutely has no shot to win a tie-breaker scenario should be involvded in determining the tie-breaker scenario.

On a serious note, I have no problem involving Tech in the discussion if they actually have any chance to be ranked the highest in BCS. I agree that they have a chance to go to the BIG 12 title if OSU beats OU and maybe even the National title game. BUT they have absolutely no chance to win a tie-breaker scenario if Texas, OU and Tech win next week and end up with one loss.