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Originally posted by: endtroducing
uh, yeah...because OU just walked over OSU and Texas A&M. do you think OSU and Texas A&M are as good as Georgia, Tennessee, LSU or Alabama? or even Arkansas (who was a fumble away from beating Texas, the biggest farce of a top 10 team ever)?
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I absolutely think A&M is better than Alabama and Arkansas. I also believe they would hang with Tenn and Georgia, two teams you've terribly overestimated. Georgia had ONE win over a quality opponent (LSU), and Tenn had ONE quality win over Florida (an early point in the year when they were ranked #9). Furthermore, Tenn minus a fair second half showing in the SEC championship has lost to Notre Dame, and barely slipped by Vandy and Kentucky in the final 3 weeks of the season. Meanwhile A&M beat at the time of the game #25 Clemson, #15 Oklahoma State, and #25 Texas Tech. OSU, though they don't have the quality wins on the card, seem to have played impressively against some of the top ranked opponents in the nation. Their 7-4 season record is better than both Alabama and Arkansas.
The Texas bashing has to stop. Yeah, Arkansas was one fumble away from beating Texas. Who cares?!? Did Arkansas beat Texas? Nope. LSU was a real shotty call away from overtime against Auburn. Have you forgotten that real laughable call? Texas - Arkansas is a hated rivalry dating back to the SWC days - can you blame Texas for winning a tough rivalry game? Do you blame Auburn for winning a closer than expected rivalry game with Alabama? "Kansas almost beat Texas" - again, who cares?!? They showed the guts to pull out a tough win with their backs against the wall - all of the top teams have done it this year, why is Texas taking the heat?!? Texas came out of the game with a W and that's what matters. Everyone wants to say, "Texas doesn't deserve a BCS game, look at the two close calls they had." Never once do they stop and look at the close calls their team had. California nearly lost to Oregon - nobody remembers that game. And when the eyes were on them Saturday night, they barely escaped Mississippi with a win. Anyone who watched that game knows the final score was not indicative of the whole game. Their ONE top 25 victory over Arizona St hardly proves they're worthy of a bcs bid more than Texas. "Texas is one dimensional, they don't deserve a bcs game." Nobody complained when Nebraska was one-dimensional for the last 40 years! In fact they were praised for playing "traditional" football. "Mack Brown whinned his way into the bcs." The only coach near the top of the polls that hasn't said anything is Pete Carrol - gee, I wonder why?