Hank Johnson;2559395 said:
OU went out with a bang. They destroyed highly ranked Tech who just knocked off #1 UT. Then, OU beat a highly ranked OSU in Stillwater (Rivalry game) by 3 touchdowns.
UT's only statement was the RRS. Then, they got dull and OU got better in the second half of the season.
As for UF, their schedule doesn't look quite so tough now that we got all the SEC hype out of the way. It looked tough for the first half of the season, but most on their schedule are average at best.
They still had a tougher road than USC.
At the end of the day, the schedules between OU and Texas are almost identical according to strength of schedule. To say that Texas got dull, IMO, is subjective. Texas and OU meet on 10/11. Texas defeated OU convingly and went on to destroy Missouri. They played a tough game against OSU, lost in Lubback, destroyed Baylor, destroyed Kansas, destroyed TAM. I don't see how that equates to dull.
I mean, you can say that OU played better down the stretch but I don't really see it. They put up more points but they also gave up more points. You can very easily say that Texas played better because they were superior defensively. I watched the OU/OSU game and let me just tell ya that OU didn't look dominating in that game at all. In fact, with 10 minutes in the 4th quarter, the score was 44-41. A 37 yard shanked punt by OSU, a blown assignment allowing a free sack on Robinson and a fumble by OSU accounted for the final score in the last 7 minutes or so. I'm not saying OU didn't deserve to win that game because they did IMO but I would not call it an impressive or dominating win either. They gave up 41. That's not impressive by any means.
You can say that OU played tougher teams down the stretch but then again, you also have to agree that Texas played a brutal stretch in the middle of the season that I doubt anybody in the country could have done and gone unbeaten. We play Tech earlier or later and I don't know that we lose that game. Again, speculation but that's what's going on here right?
After the Tech loss, Texas played the following.
Baylor 45-21
Kansas 35-7
TAM 49-9
OU played all of those teams earlier in the year. with the following results.
Baylor 49-17
Kansas 45-31
TAM 66-28
Was OU really that much more impressive? I don't see it.
In week 11, after lossing to Tech, we were #3 and OU was #5. In week 14, after OU had already beaten Tech, we were #2, OU was #3. Now, 1/3 of the BCS ranking is computer generated, 1/3 is writers and 1/3 is coaches poll. If we are ranked ahead of OU after the defeat of Tech, then I don't see how you can say that OU was more impressive down the stretch the was Texas. Yes, OU put up big offensive numbers but Texas shut down everybody they played and they scored big. The computers were vertually deadlocked. The writers were split. How on earth can the coaches say that OU deserves to be ranked higher in week 15? I mean, that just makes no sense to me at all. If any one of the coaches were in the position Texas was in, not one of them would vote for another team to jump them in the polls, under the same circumstances. That's what I have a problem with.
As far as Florida goes, well, Florida only jumped Texas because they played an extra game against Alabama. The only commen opponent Texas and Florida played was Arkansas. Texas played Arkansas 9/27 and beat them 52-10. They played Florida the next week and lost 38-7. I don't think that Arkansas is more deserving either but we didn't play them head to head and the real reason for them jumping us in the polls is because we didn't get to play for the Big 12 championship.
It is what it is but nobody will ever convince me that OU was better or more deserving this year.
Texas beat a very tough Ohio State team and I'm very proud of that. Everybody wanted to see OU in the title game. Well, they are there. Lets see what they do with it.
