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12/7/2008

Final BCS Standings: #1 OU vs #2 Florida

Filed under: Sports — DRJ @ 6:43 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

The complete BCS standings are here and the bowl pairings are here.

It looks like 19 days of good football.

— DRJ

12 Responses to “Final BCS Standings: #1 OU vs #2 Florida”

  1. I also received the following email this evening that is making the rounds of the fan sites for teams 3-25:

    BCS DECLARES GERMANY WINNER OF WORLD WAR II

    US Ranked 4th

    After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.

    “Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland and continuing on into conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only losses came against the US and Russia; however considering their entire body of work — including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule–our computers deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking.”

    Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS commissioner stated “The US only had two major victories–Japan and Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren’t influenced by head-to-head contests–they consider each contest to be only a single,
    equally-weighted event.”

    German Chancellor Adolph Hiter said “Yes, we lost to the US; but we defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks.” Herr Hitler has been criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn ‘style points’ to enhance Germany’s rankings. Hitler protested “Our contest with Poland was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in Norway were incredibly challenging and demanded the application of additional forces.”

    The French ranking has also come under scrutiny. The BCS commented “France had a single loss against Germany and following a preseason #1 ranking they only fell to #2.”

    Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the Philippines.

    NOTE: I received this from a WWII vet and I don’t intend this to in any way trivialize what happened on this day in history. The way I see it, not only were these vets part of the Greatest Generation, they have a pretty good sense of humor, too.

    DRJ (b4db3a)

  2. UT lost only barely, and after a long session of very tough games. Yeah, they lost to Texas Tech, but that’s a crazy team that played excellently that day (and they didn’t beat UT badly).

    We beat OU, and frankly, it’s just because we didn’t beat them lately that we’re not ranked better.

    Oh well. UT has 8 or 9 sports ranked in the top ten nationally and it’s a great school in general. That’ll have to do.

    Juan (4cdfb7)

  3. The only consolation for us UT fans is, the Horns will totally crush Ohio State, while Florida will just manage to beat OU in a close game.

    The robots and biased coaches and sports writers will declare Florida the champs of the season, while college football fans will argue for years what would have happened if Florida actually had to play Texas this season before claiming No. 1 status.

    45-35!

    Aplomb (b6fba6)

  4. Any way you look at it, USC got screwed.

    PCD (7fe637)

  5. To everyone clamoring for a playoff……we could end up with #6 Utah v. # 8 Penn State in the final – that would be a terrific national championship game, don’t you think?

    Paul (f708d1)

  6. Wow – Boise State really got the shaft. After that memorable bowl game with the staue of liberty play, I thought they would get more love in an undefeated season. They deserve a matchup with Texas Tech more than Ole Miss does.

    rhodeymark (ae2b2a)

  7. The Big 12 South had a three way tie. Texas beat OU 45-35 then lost to Texas Tech 39-33. OU beat Tech 65-21. Head to heads don’t matter. Allowing the BCS standing to break a tie is not a good method of selecting teams for the Conference championship game. The Big 12 should have sent their two best teams – OU and Texas. IMHO, without the Dallas refs, Oklahoma would have creamed Texas. By last weekend, OU had separated from the pack, setting NCAA records in points and touchdowns.

    Stoops is smart. He gamed the BCS, knowing that the computers would weigh OU’s strength of schedule and blow out games heavier than UT’s. Look at the final poll. OU beat #12 Cincy, #8 Texas Tech, #11 TCU, #13 Okla St and #25 Missouri.

    Texas also played #25 Mizzou and #13 OSU, but they lost to #8 Texas Tech. They don’t get style points for beating UTEP, Rice and Florida Atlantic.

    Florida is a great team, but they have not played a schedule to match OU’s. The top 25 teams they played wound up as #4 Alabama, #16 Georgia and #20 Mississippi (a game they lost at home). Still, I’m looking forward to watching my 52″ plasma a lot between now and 8 January.

    arch (421638)

  8. I’d have liked to see Texas play Alabama in the postseason. Ohio State simply isn’t worthy enough for the Horns, nor Utah for the Tide. Ah, well…

    sdferr (2a37e4)

  9. I wasn’t going to bring this up, but since I live in the Birmingham area and I’m sick to death of “Roll Tide”, who did Alabama play to justify a top 10 ranking?

    Until #2 Florida beat them, the Tide had only beaten Georgia and Mississippi who wound up ranked at #15 or below. Of their 13 opponents, 7 had losing records. Kentucky was 6-6 and Bama came from behind to beat them 17-14 at home.

    Texas, Texas Tech, Penn State or Southern Cal would crush Alabama. I would not be surprised if Utah beat the Crimson Tide.

    arch (421638)

  10. Seven bowl games after Jan. 1?! That’s ridiculous!

    kwo (20c20f)

  11. The quality of the loss and whether it was home/away should have played a larger role in the selection of the National Championship contestants.

    Personally, I would have preferred to see Oklahoma and Texas, on a truly neutral field, or given Missouri’s spot in the Big 12 title game to Texas, but none of that is possible. The Big 12 South has more quality than any full conference in the country.

    JD (059bab)

  12. Oklahoma deserves to be #1. Live with it UT. You’re probably playing a stronger opponent (OSU) than Oklahoma. There are six Big 12 teams in the top 25. The SEC sucks.

    JerryT (930e53)


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