Big 12 Game Of The Week: We Are Still Red Raider Fans

by ccmachine on Nov 6, 2008 11:43 PM CST in Football

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Like in 2006 Texas has left the back door open for the Sooners to get into the Big 12 championship game. However, just like in 2006 Oklahoma will need some additional help and that means cheering for Texas Tech to beat Oklahoma State Saturday night. If Texas were to drop another game (Baylor, Kansas, Texas A&M) then the Sooners would be in control of their own destiny. However, until that happens Oklahoma’s best scenario is a three way tie in which the Big 12 would take the highest ranked BCS team to represent the south in Kansas City. For that to happen Texas Tech has to beat Oklahoma State and then fall only to the Sooners. At this point that, and only that, is Oklahoma’s ticket to Kansas City. Here’s to hoping that the same Twilight Zone stuff that has happened to Oklahoma in past trips to Lubbock falls upon the Cowboys.

Big 12 Schedule

11:00 Baylor at Texas

12:30 Iowa State at Colorado

1:30 Kansas at Nebraska

2:30 Oklahoma at Texas A&M

6:00 Kansas State at Missouri

7:00 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

National Games

TCU fell to Utah Thursday night, 13-10, because of their inability to kick a field goal and that will ultimately cost Oklahoma in the BCS standings but it the above scenario plays out then the Sooners will be fine. It pains me to say this but we also need to cheer for the Hat on Saturday afternoon. An LSU win over Alabama would bump the Tide down and move the Sooners up.

California plays at USC Saturday night and while I have little doubt that the Trojans are going to win but I want to see them play a team that isn’t Washington State, Washington or Arizona State.

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Iowa-Penn State

might also be interesting.

by SoonerDutch on Nov 7, 2008 11:13 PM CST reply actions

It's one I'll be watching as well

I’ve not been impressed with Penn St. Sure they are undefeated, but so is Utah and Boise St. And the Big Eleven (or the ACC or the Big East), I don’t think is as good as the Mountain West this year at least at the top (yes, San Diego St sucks, and Colorado St, isn’t much better). This road game may be the closest thing to a challenge for them. They do get Michigan St. in Happy Valley at the end of the year as well.

Thought Clint Hurdle should be fired before it was cool.

by Redhawk on Nov 8, 2008 8:06 AM CST up reply actions

Iowa is a bad team

by ccmachine on Nov 8, 2008 11:17 AM CST reply actions

even bad teams have good days

They may have saved Ferentz’s job with that win

by chrisabo on Nov 8, 2008 7:04 PM CST up reply actions

I was shocked!

by ccmachine on Nov 8, 2008 8:11 PM CST up reply actions

Pokes strike early

Tech not able to keep them out of the end zone after the TO. I have a feeling that OSU is more up for this game than Tech.

by chrisabo on Nov 8, 2008 7:21 PM CST reply actions

Crabtree is scary good

He just made OSU #20 miss b-a-d….

by chrisabo on Nov 8, 2008 7:25 PM CST reply actions

OSU Has To Answer Here

Or it could get real ugly.

by ccmachine on Nov 8, 2008 8:10 PM CST reply actions

Tech scares me more than OSU

but we get Tech at home and OSU will be jacked for us and game is in S’water, but I fear the balance of OSU more than the precision of Tech – although Tech is more balanced this year it seems than they were in the past.

by chrisabo on Nov 8, 2008 8:28 PM CST up reply actions

playing at home is what gives me more confidence against Tech

by ccmachine on Nov 8, 2008 8:45 PM CST up reply actions

watching more of this

the ONLY thing that gives me any hope is that we are at home against Tech – they have a lot more balance than I thought previously. They are playing much better now that they have gotten over the hump against Texas. I don’t think they will be intimidated coming into Norman after this game AND they also get a bye to prepare.

I fear for our secondary, our lack of consistent pass rush, and our continued poor special teams play.

by chrisabo on Nov 8, 2008 9:43 PM CST up reply actions

Seems like OSU has to score and stop them to start the 2nd half

….and I know I still have not fully recovered from the 2005 Orange Bowl, but unless USC comes out and completely dominates Cal in the 2nd half, I think no one should be allowed to mention them and the MNC game for 2008 for the rest of the year.

by chrisabo on Nov 8, 2008 9:03 PM CST reply actions

I agree

The Pac 10 and the Big 10 are out of the race.

by ccmachine on Nov 8, 2008 10:15 PM CST up reply actions

Helping our computer rankings

Cincy just intercepted Pat White at the 1-yd line (can someone tell me why with Noel Devine and Pat White, Bill Stewart is having him pass at the 1-yd line? Why wasn’t he calling those plays when we played them in the Fiesta Bowl?) and with 3 minutes left lead by two touchdowns.

It would have been great if TCU had been able to pull off the win against Utah.

by chrisabo on Nov 8, 2008 9:15 PM CST reply actions

Jinx

WVU tied it with a last second field goal after scoring 10 points in the last minute of the game. I’ll keep my fingers tied up from now on.

by chrisabo on Nov 8, 2008 9:30 PM CST up reply actions

Cincy won in OT though

by chrisabo on Nov 8, 2008 9:43 PM CST up reply actions

Well,

I would say that today worked out well for Oklahoma.

by ccmachine on Nov 9, 2008 12:20 AM CST reply actions

OU needed help and we got it

now we control our own destiny again it appears. The BCS championship game looks to have the winner of the SEC (either Alabama or Florida) vs the winner of the Big 12 (south..assuming a win in KC) of either Texas, Tech or OU.

And I’ve watched Utah, and they are good, TCU had the better team, but couldn’t kick a field goal, and they had 2 tries at it. Better then the winner of the ACC, Big East or Big Eleven. Too bad the NCAA through the BCS is an illegal and discriminatory monopoly that does not equally serve all it’s members.

Thought Clint Hurdle should be fired before it was cool.

by Redhawk on Nov 9, 2008 11:44 AM CST up reply actions