OK, call me Debbie Downer today.
Those people writing about how Oklahoma can still play in the BCS national championship are smoking dope.
After losing to LSU, Alabama only dropped one spot to in the BCS to number 3, leaving it ahead of the next one-loss team, No. 6 Oklahoma.
It’s not a good thing for the Sooners. Oklahoma will need undefeated Stanford to lose at home to Oregon. Boise will have to miss a bus to San Diego State. The Sooners will have to win Bedlam on the road AND get catapulted over the Crimson Tide in the BCS rankings at season’s end, in order to play for the national championship.
These are not optimistic chances.
Even as much as most sports writers, who labored through a poorly played SEC version of the “Game of the Century” in Tuscaloosa, now disfavor an LSU-Alabama rematch in the national championship game, because of Alabama’s computer rankings they may get one anyway whether they like it or not.
And, unfortunately, Oklahoma winning out the rest of the season will only make a rematch more likely to occur, rather than less likely, now that Alabama sits in the cat bird seat at No. 3.
But, look on the bright side of all this. It places Oklahoma in the position of being the spoiler.
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“It places Oklahoma in the position of being the spoiler.”
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Oklahoma State moved up to No. 2 in the country, the highest ranking the Pokes have ever experienced. Their narrow win over an inferior talented Kansas State only proves that Oklahoma State’s defense is about as weak as the French army during World War II. Landry Jones — even without Ryan Broyles catching passes — is likely to light up OSU’s defense.
It seems only fitting that after all these years with the Cowboys always looking to salvage a disappointing season by upsetting Oklahoma, that this year it is the Sooners who can wreck the hopes of the orange and black (and gray and tan and whatever Arena Football uniform color they’re wearing this week) playing in the big game.
Not that that is ideal.
Sure, if Oklahoma wins Bedlam in consecutive years in Stillwater, it will make us all feel a little better.
For a week or two.
But, after all, that’s the way it’s supposed to be. Oklahoma is supposed to win that game. Let’s talk facts: Oklahoma State has always been an inferior program and always will be in my lifetime. The Sooners are supposed to beat the Cowboys. I expect them to do so again this year.
Playing spoiler the Sooners can do. But, hey, that’s what inferior programs do — play spoiler as if that gets you some kind of trophy (well, I guess there is that Big 12 conference championship thing).
That’s not Oklahoma.
The egg the Sooners laid on Owen Field on October 22 will taint the season for us no matter what happens here on out. When two other teams are playing in the BCS championship — LSU or Alabama or Stanford or, heaven forbid Boise State — we will again end the season wondering what might have been, since until two weeks ago it seemed like the stars were aligned to put the Sooners back in the national championship game.
And that makes it all the more disappointing. — Mike
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Disclaimer: The above was written in a funk while lamenting the career-ending injury to Ryan Broyles. Dang it. — the editor.
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How do you feel now? We are now on the other side of Boise, Stanford, and now OSU being put down. What do you think it will take for our Sooners to earn back a chance at the BCS title?
It’s all messed up. And if USC can upset Oregon and Georgia win the SEC championship game, it will be REALLY messed up. But, if Oregon can get derailed OR LSU upset by Arkansas, then we have a chance. Again. Crazy stuff. – Mike
I’m hangin on to hope! The Texas Tech game was for lack of a better word CRAP! OU came in looking ahead and not watching what was going on in front of them and by the time they came to it was too late. Now that Oregon 2 down we still have to stop Baylor, which we are not playing very well. I miss Broyles! haha!