How I Plan to Cope With This
“This” is rooting for OU this coming Saturday night.
Honest to goodness, the only times in my life I have openly rooted for Oklahoma to win a football game has been a couple of times when they were playing A&M, and even then, I found myself deeply conflicted on the matter.
Logic tells me that I must hope for Oklahoma to beat Texas Tech Saturday in order to enhance the Longhorns’ chances at making the national championship game. I’m a lover of logic, a sometimes fan of rational thought processes, and a sporadic believer in a just world. So my mind tells me I must root for OU to win this game, but my heart keeps coming up with alternative scenarios by which OU could lose this game and Texas still end up playing the SEC champion for all the marbles on January 8.
The problem is that those alternative scenarios are few, and all of them involve Tech losing to Baylor (McCain had a better chance of beating Obama), Tech losing to Missouri in the Big 12 Championship game (the odds are slightly better that this could happen), or the Tech football program announcing this Sunday that it has run out of cash and will not be able to compete in further football events until it gets its rightful share of that federal bailout money (I call this the GM scenario).
So, I keep coming back around to the reality that our best chance for getting to Miami in January rests with the sorry, god-forsaken, toothless, trailer-trash, cheating, lying, back-stabbing, mostly-disloyal-Texan, sorry bastard Sooners taking down the Red Raiders. The prospect of facing this Saturday evening leaves me depressed, distraught and more than a tad ridden with angst. It’s like waking up at 3 in the morning and realizing that you still have 200 pages of a Dostoyevsky novel to read prior to your world lit exam that begins in six hours, a knot in the pit of my stomach I last felt as a senior in college.
To make matters worse, we will be viewing the game at the home of some very good friends, also Orangebloods thank goodness, so I will be expected to behave in a civilized manner and possibly even exhibit some level of composure, decent table manners, and - god help me - even good cheer. It could be the most difficult night of my life, but I must do my duty and cope somehow.
So I have developed a strategy for coping this Saturday night, and I call this strategy Dripping Springs. As in Dripping Springs Vodka, the smoothest, most buttery vodka on the market today. Mixed with a little soda and a dash of lime (and possibly even at splash of grapefruit juice thrown in for the vitamin C content), I am planning on drinking copius amounts of this sweet nectar throughout the game, even if it means we must call a cab to make our way home afterwards.
This is a strategy, not just a finely distilled alcoholic beverage.
Given the game’s 7:12 kickoff time, I plan to arrive at my friends’ home around 6:30 (regardless of the fact that they don’t expect us until 7:00) armed with a half gallon of Dripping Springs (enough to share a bit, if absolultely necessary), a half dozen plump limes, a single eight oz. can of grapefruit juice, and a six pack of ten oz. bottles of Canada Dry Club soda. This will give me plenty of time to greet my host and his lovely pregnant wife, tussel the hair of their two great young sons, and scope out the best seat directly in front of the TV screen before moving into the wet bar to begin mixing my first drink by about 6:45. If I drink quickly, I’m thinking I can have my third vodka and soda in hand by the time the game kicks off. I’m hoping this initial load of alcohol coursing through my blood stream will provide enough of a nerve-deadening impact to allow me to openly root for those sorry bastards to the north without puking my guts out.
Me at kickoff.
By halftime I hope to be all in, both in terms of my vodka soda intake and my ability to stomach hearing Boomer Sooner blasted out by the mediocre OU band for what will then be about the 82nd time whether they’ve scored any points or not. My assumption is that by that time I will be on vodka soda #8, which will inevitably lead me into a state of benign indifference to the outcome of the game, and likely royally piss my lovely wifey off. Oh, well, there are times when domestic tranquility must be sacrificed for higher priorities, and this is definitely one of those times.
Me at halftime.
By the end of the game I plan to be in such a drunken stupor that it may well be Monday morning before I recover enough to realize which team actually won the game.
Me at game’s end. Somebody call cab.
All of which is my long-winded way of saying that this week’s Good, Bad and Ugly is likely to be either very late in coming, or totally incoherent. Then again, it wouldn’t be the first time either of those situations was the case.
Boomer Soo…er….uh…Boom….ummmm…Boo….shit. Where’s the Dripping Springs? Might as well get started now.
Hook ‘em!!!
November 20, 2008 at 3:22 am
You must have an impressive collection of feline debauchery photos.
It is not like OU is playing Mother Theresa’s favorite 85 football players. They are playing the loathsome sand aggies. I hate OU, and I have never rooted for them even against A&M, but Tech fan on top is one of the most nauseating experiences in the MB era.
November 20, 2008 at 3:39 am
Ou winning hurts us more in the long run. Tech will flame out after this year. The ou stinch persists and their winning the Big 12 needs to stop.
November 20, 2008 at 5:14 am
Cheer for Tech.
November 20, 2008 at 5:29 am
Don’t root for OU to win; root for Tech to lose. I.e., hope for Tech’s o-line to break down, root for Harrell to throw pick-6’s, root for Crabtree to trip over his own feet, etc. Cheering in this manner creates no moral conflict for this longhorn fan.
November 20, 2008 at 5:30 am
Here’s what I picked up yesterday at Spec’s. Great(?) minds think alike.
Celis, bitches.
November 20, 2008 at 5:35 am
If by great minds you mean ……(insert punch line here)
November 20, 2008 at 5:55 am
Henry James gets it.
November 20, 2008 at 6:00 am
So the Dripping Springs is pretty good? Haven’t tried it yet. Pulling for OU is as good a reason as any.
November 20, 2008 at 6:01 am
HJ also has nice kitchen knives.
I have come to the conclusion that both routes are equally unlikely to lead to a conference championship for us. So I’m going to root for Tech because [charlton]you’ll hear boomer sooner come from me when you pry it from my cold dead larynx.[/heston]
November 20, 2008 at 6:01 am
Cheer for an ugly OU win…best would be a last second field goal to win by 1
November 20, 2008 at 6:07 am
But why does he have Wustof knives in a Henkel block?
November 20, 2008 at 6:12 am
Eyes:
It would be different if this was OU playing a team to which UT fans could be indifferent or even supportive (USC, Florida, etc.). This is Texas Tech, you jackass. TEXAS. TECH. You remember 39-33, right? Texas was the 33.
Tell you what, instead of cheering for OU, just cheer against Tech. I know you can do that. Instead of cheering for the OU offense, cheer for the Tech defense to trip on a shoelace or get a minor injury or somesuch. Instead of cheering for the OU defense, cheer for Crabtree to drop a pass or for Harrell to overthrow an open receiver.
That’s better, right? Just don’t think about the team in crimson winning. Focus on Tech losing. Get your schadenfreude on, Eyes.
November 20, 2008 at 6:30 am
Root for OU? Makes me want to puke.
Sorry Horns fans, much as I want to see Texas in the Big 12 Championship game, there are somethings I won’t do, even under the influence.
November 20, 2008 at 6:33 am
I say Screw OU and I’m going to cheer for Tech. I hate those fuckers too. But, I’ll always defend the South!
November 20, 2008 at 6:41 am
Yours is a loyal and commendable strategy, Eyes. Just not sure I can do it. The idea of Jokelahoma jumping us in the BCS and claiming another conference title is more than I can bear. I’ll probably be holding my nose and half-heartedly supporting Tech, hoping Mizzou can do the dirty work in the CCG.
All the while cussing GD for the safety and the miserable clock management in Lubbock…
November 20, 2008 at 6:45 am
I think that vodka distillery in Dripping may be down, temporarily; last week there was a serious accident involving a welder who was pretty badly burned.
November 20, 2008 at 7:02 am
But why does he have Wustof knives in a Henkel block?
And he tears off paper towels from the roll with his teeth.
Lots of questions from that seemingly innocent picture.
November 20, 2008 at 7:02 am
One scenario that I haven’t heard anyone comment on that I think gets us to the big game is if 1) ou beats tt and 2) osu beats ou. Don’t we get to the Big Game w/out even playing the CCG? I would love for ou to get punk’d like that and a half hearted victory for tt for winning the big 12. Any thoughts on that, I think it is a definite possibility.
November 20, 2008 at 7:09 am
f environmentally friendly paper towels
November 20, 2008 at 7:31 am
Church- I think your scenario gets Tech in the NCG if they win the Big 12 with 1 loss. I think Horns fans should pull for Tech becasue that takes OU out of the picture, gets you an automatic BCS at large at worst. With some help from the SEC or a Tech loss to Mizzou, you’ll be in the NCG. If OU wins, and wins out they will jump you and you get OU in the NCG, and Tech and Texas fighting for the At large BCS. You could end up at the Cotton Bowl becasue of the head-to-head loss to Tech.
November 20, 2008 at 7:43 am
No. I’m not doing it again. I’m sick of cheering for OU. NO. I’ll take my loss to Tech like a man. A 40 year old man.
I’m playing Call of Duty instead.
November 20, 2008 at 7:48 am
Redpants, here are my Cheerios. Please tinkle in them.
Kthxbai!
November 20, 2008 at 7:48 am
When you factor in the low chances of the BCS coming out our way, plus my disdain for OU winning the conference or worse, plus my belief that Tech could easily lose to Mizzou in KC, I believe cheering for Tech is the best approach.
November 20, 2008 at 7:49 am
Redpants,
I disagree. Here’s what I see happening in Church’s scenario.
1. IF Tech loses by double digits (I think this scenario is more likely to work if the loss is a bad one)they will drop a few spots in the BCS. Enough spots so that a win over Mizzou can’t vault them back over us. Remember, when you lose is sometimes as important as to whom and by how much.
2. OU would have 2 losses and fall too far as well.
The only other contenders are AL, FL, and USC. Al and FL will take care of each other leaving the winner in the MNC game. USC simply does not have the SOS in my opinion to jump us. THat leaves us as the default #2.
November 20, 2008 at 7:49 am
Let me revise… your dream scenario is OU beat Tech, OU lose to OSU, Tech lose to Mizzou or Baylor. It’s unfortunate for you that someone has to win this game.
BTW- Nice gimmick by Mack to stay in the press on a bye week and the Tech/OU game gobbling up headlines. Is Muschamp pledging this simester?
November 20, 2008 at 7:56 am
Rouge Pantalons,
I agree that the loss by Tech to Mizzou would be the perfect ending and certainly help us even more but I saw that as less likely than Tech losing to OU in Norman. The events that Church mapped out that I agree with seem entirely possible and I believe leave us playing for the MNC even if Tech beats Mizzou. I’m just trying to play the odds. Also, as stated, if Tech loses a squeaker in the last seconds of the game, this may not work. We need them to lose badly enough that it hurts them in the polls such that they can’t recover.
November 20, 2008 at 8:00 am
t1- I agree with your blowout scenario, but I think if Tech loses a close one, they will be back in the top 2 if they win the Big 12. There are 3 big games remaining (4 if OU beats Tech) before the bowls: Tech/OU, Bama/FL, and Big 12 title. In your scenario, Tech plays in 2 of the remaining big 3. I think the computers and the pollsters will push a 1 loss big 12 champ over a 1 loss big 12 team for the NCG.
November 20, 2008 at 8:05 am
Dripping Springs is probably the best mid-priced vodka on the market, with Sirius (french) a close second, imo.
November 20, 2008 at 8:06 am
I just scrolled up to see who Rouge Pantalons was. Damn this Texas Tech education.
November 20, 2008 at 8:10 am
I know I’m filibustering here, but let me raise another reason to pull for Tech. The winner will be favored heavily for the remaining games, so which team would you rather not see in the NCG?
November 20, 2008 at 8:25 am
i’ve got bad news for tech fans if they think they will make the national title game over the longhorns if both teams have one loss. tech will get raped in the computers for such a weak schedule. it would probably take the voters putting tech #1 in the polls to overcome the computers. the voters are not that smart. they will have the winner of florida-alabama at #1.
November 20, 2008 at 8:26 am
Now you know how we feel every year when UT plays OSU.
November 20, 2008 at 8:40 am
Scenario where tech wins out and we still make national title game?
Tech wins out, we win out, Florida loses to FSU, then beats Bama in SEC champ game, Oregon State wins out.
Any chance this could work?
November 20, 2008 at 8:40 am
i cant believe i’m saying this, but after beating OU the way we did, i wont have a hard time rooting for them
even if they end up winning the conference
they know we beat their ass
November 20, 2008 at 8:41 am
Tech will have the edge in SOS if they beat Mizzou in the CCG. Pollsters will not vote an at large team that was beaten by the conf. champ above the conf. champ. I know that depends on how far Tech would fall if they lost to OU, but c’mmon…surely not. Please?
November 20, 2008 at 8:43 am
even if they end up winning the conference again
I fixed it for you.
xoxo
November 20, 2008 at 8:43 am
I have a different attitude. I can’t stand blowu, and I can’t stand tech slightly less. I hope tech wins and gets face-stomped by Florida.
November 20, 2008 at 8:44 am
If Tech loses a game, any game, they’re out of a BCS bowl. The computers will drop them faster than Henry James drops his pants for Doperbo.
Any Tech fan that thinks a BCS bowl, any BCS bowl, will pick a lower ranked 1 loss Tech over a higher ranked 1 loss Texas is still caught up in their once in a lifetime euphoria.
That’s just the reality of it.
November 20, 2008 at 8:46 am
I know this is message board blashpemy, but at this point, shouldn’t we just wait it out and see what happens?
Let’s look at other aspects of the game. Will a loss make it more or less likely that Venables jumps OU for a head coaching position? Do we want Venables to stay or go? Same question could be asked about Leach.
November 20, 2008 at 8:48 am
texlarry,
I agree that if OU wins out, Tech’s in the cotton bowl. It’s not fair , but we’ll be this year’s Mizzou. F-you for rubbing my nose in it.
November 20, 2008 at 9:03 am
I can’t foresee Tech will not have the SOS edge even by beating Missouri, if the current NCAA numbers are close to right.
Human voters may try to manipulate their votes to keep Texas out in lieu of Tech, but that doesn’t explain the coaches only last week seeming to realize that Texas beat Oklahoma.
November 20, 2008 at 9:20 am
Oooh boy.
“I can’t foresee Tech will have…”
Carry on.
November 20, 2008 at 9:30 am
First, texlarry: Tech could lose to OU, OU lose to OSU and Tech could then win Big 12. So, yes, Tech could lose a game and still go to a BCS bowl.
Which brings me to my next point: if OU beats Tech, you might have to root for OU again the next week. Thus, I’m hoping for this:
Tech wins out.
UT beats the Aggies.
Somebody pulls a huge upset and beats Florida. I’m guessing that it won’t be The Citadel.
Alabama loses a game.
USC continues to get no love from BCS computers.
Tech plays Texas in championship game.
Yeah, I know. But is it any crazier than rooting for OU?
November 20, 2008 at 9:37 am
Should be a good game. Tech should have Crabtree healthier than anytime since before the TAMU game. That’s offset by Tech being a different team on the road (doesn’t Jones Stadium still have astroturf, rather than field turf or grass)?
November 20, 2008 at 9:41 am
What time is it? OU still sucks!
If you like Dripping Springs, you should try Savvy….another local spirit.
November 20, 2008 at 9:47 am
There’s no way that Tech can lose a game, any game, and finish ahead of a 1 loss Texas in the BCS Poll.
November 20, 2008 at 10:05 am
beowulf,
I wish that were true, but don’t you think that if Tech loses to OU, but then gets to play for, and win, the Big 12 championship by virtue of OU losing to OSU, that they would almost certainly go the MNC game above texas?
The voters would see to it, and I believe the voters count more than the computers. Tech and Texas would each have one loss. Tech would have beaten Texas and won the conference. Texas’s computer advantage would not be enough.
November 20, 2008 at 10:19 am
SOS will not be an issue at all. Tech’s ranked 16th in SOS with a #5 team in front of them. After the game, they’ll easily have a top 10 SOS without playing #12 Mizzou. If Tech beats Mizzou, they are in the NCG. A 1 loss Big 12 champ will be in the top 2 in the BCS…Unless that 1 loss is a complete blowout.
Jones is field turf.
November 20, 2008 at 10:21 am
Thanks for putting that in writing, beowulf.
November 20, 2008 at 10:27 am
The scenario y’all are discussing would be very, very close. I think you’d probably see the voters drop Texas a spot or two, just so that situation wouldn’t happen. Even if we beat aggy by 100.
November 20, 2008 at 10:44 am
Hey rubyknickers. Unfortunately, if tech loses to anyone, U Mass and EWU will drag you to at least the five spot (unless everyone with one loss loses). I am not saying it is fair, just saying that is the way it is. The voters can’t help you, its a computer thing. If it helps, I’m rooting for Tech.
November 20, 2008 at 10:54 am
dog- I still don’t think SOS will be a factor between UT and Tech. The difference between the 2 will be tiny after the OU game, and If we play Mizzou, I think we’ll be almost identical. I think if Tech loses a close game they drop to 5th, OU jumps to 2 or 3 with FL, TX is 4. FL and AL settle it on the field, with the loser being out for not winning the SEC, or 2 losses. That puts OU 2, TX 3, and TT 4. IF OU loses to OSU, that puts TX 2, TT 3. Tech beats Mizzou, wins Big 12 and jumps UT. That’s what I’m convincing myself would happen. Then again…
November 20, 2008 at 10:57 am
…we could just beat OU, Baylor, then lose to Mizzou letting you run off to Miami and spend all that money.
November 20, 2008 at 11:02 am
I miss Specs (midtown). Haven’t found anything comparable in DFW yet.
Tech wins, Tech loses, you’ll be drinking. Best scenario for Texas is Tech beats ou, loses to Mizzou (which given their recent history of being able to defend our passing game is plausible). 2 loss ou, 1 loss Tech (bad loss to Mizzou), Texas jumps them in the BCS and hopes USC doesn’t jump higher.
November 20, 2008 at 11:03 am
ok, i am here to spread the truth of the equation, like Lincoln v. Douglas and shiiiit…
Tech wins = CCG & NCG (they are NOT gonna lose to Mizzou)
OU wins (barely) = Texas in CCG & NCG (voters will not put OU in front of UT)
OU wins (badly) = OU in CCG & NCG (voters WILL put a routing OU in front of UT)
now drink up, jonny, daddy’s coming home to beat yer ass!
November 20, 2008 at 11:07 am
Bowl Championship Series Standings
Beowulf is right. See the projected computer rating of a 1-loss Tech vs. a 1-loss Texas. The poll voters aren’t going to push Texas down to #10 just to keep Tech ahead.
November 20, 2008 at 11:15 am
even if they end up getting blown out in a BCS game again
xoxo
November 20, 2008 at 11:18 am
It sucks twice. They win as we want, and those bastards may overtake us! Argh*&^$)#
November 20, 2008 at 11:38 am
Stars never aligned for OU to go to the Holiday Bowl against some Pac-10 also-ran, BCSBC. How’d that work out for ya?
November 20, 2008 at 11:41 am
Don’t bother me with stats and facts and other crap. I got it all worked out. Tell me I’m right or leave me alone. Seriously though… if OU wins out, they are going to the NCG and Tech is Cotton bowl bound. I don’t care what your little computers say.
November 20, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Ponderos does it bother you that Mack Brown now owns stoops? I know it used to bother me when it was the other way around. Maybe you guys can get Mike back.
November 20, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Face it. What you really want is a rematch with Tech. Apparently, it could happen.
November 20, 2008 at 12:30 pm
This is a Great Dilemma. I decided OU Sucks and Tech is in Texas. Guns up.
November 20, 2008 at 1:13 pm
There are some delusional and ill informed Raiders on this blog. The computers will drop a 1 loss Tech team below each and every other 1 loss team, Penn State and USC also, if they lose one of their next 3 games (including the Big 12 CG if they get there)
For the love of God.
November 20, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Eyes - great stuff. Tonic over soda though. On that last cat pic it looks like you flipped over to Cinemax???
November 20, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I think you are correct, texlarry. I didn’t say I believed it. Just pointing out where someone put together a crazy scenario where it a rematch could theoretically happen. The human element against Tech will be too strong if they have a loss at any point. Damn Tulsa for cancelling on us.
BTW, thanks to whomever cleaned up my mess.
November 20, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Word, texlarry
November 20, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Tech will not drop below USC and Penn State in the computers with just one loss.
November 20, 2008 at 1:44 pm
And the Dripping Springs vodka is a good call. I think absolut and I will focus on red wine and tequila (alternating, of course).
November 20, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I’m fiddling blasphemy along with Nero. The scenarios are too many to puzzle out. History tells us something unexpected will happen anyway that will blow all of our calculations/speculations out of the water. I’m just going to enjoy the games and see how things plays out.
On the other hand, Eyes, you better follow through with Plan A. Can’t be too careful.
November 20, 2008 at 2:07 pm
More clarity here.
November 20, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Just to clarify: Tech can get into a BCS bowl game with a loss, as they could win the Big 12 and get the conference’s automatic bid (they lose to OU, OU loses to OSU, Tech beats Mizzou).
I would agree that, as long as 2 of UT, OU, USC, Alabama, Florida and Penn St remain one-loss teams, a one-loss Tech does not go to the BCS title game.
But that’s different than say there’s no way a one-loss team makes a BCS bowl game.
November 20, 2008 at 3:01 pm
1-loss Tech would go ahead of Penn St., right?
November 20, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Listen nerds. look at the SOS: USC-49, PSU-68, Alabama-78, TTU-16. After the OU game, TTU will be in top 10 SOS and computers will be kind to losing to a top 5 team on the road. If it’s a blowout, the humans will kill Tech, but Bama is the only team on that list that will improve their SOS. TTU is #1 in the computers right now. USC will be irrelevent if they don’t win their conference and so will Bama or FL. The humans are not going to vote a 1 loss big 12 champ behind a 1 loss big 12 team that the champ beat. Either way this isn’t the game for UT fans to care about. It’s the OU/OSU, OU/Mizzou or TTU/Mizzou game that matters.
November 20, 2008 at 4:14 pm
I can’t say that I would terribly depressed if OU lost their next two games and went to the Alamo Bowl,(tech to BCS, UT to Fiesta, OSU/Missou to Cott/Holiday).
November 20, 2008 at 5:43 pm
redpants, you aren’t reading the chart correctly. Currently, TT has the #41 SOS. It will have the #16 SOS (projected) after playing OU and BU. Texas has the #1 SOS now, and projected to the end of the season. Sorry.
November 20, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Taylor- thanks, I wasn’t sure. That’s still pretty high and that isn’t counting a Mizzou game if Tech gets there. The way I figure, there is no way for UT to get to the CCG. The NCG is still well within reach and the best way to get there is for Tech to beat OU and lose to Mizzou.
November 20, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Beowulf and texlarry are right - Tech will have zero chance of finishing ahead of Texas in the BCS if they drop any game.
And Art, tonic has too many damn calories.
November 20, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Eyes - not the diet tonic from Wal-Mart. I hate to admit but that stuff is sweeeet.
November 20, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Eyes,
Im sorry but thats unrealistic. You really think that Tech would have “zero chance” of finishing above us if they lose to OU close and then OU loses to OSU? And then Tech beats Mizzou for the Big 12 championship?
So we would have the same record and they beat us. And they would be the Big 12 champs. Are you aware of how much more the votes count than the computers?
November 20, 2008 at 9:12 pm
anonymous,
The gap in the computers between Texas and Tech would be much greater than the gap in the human votes. 1 loss Tech (even with a win over Missouri) will be lower than a 1 loss Texas, period. The only way that would change is if voters purposefully moved Texas’ rank down to manipulate the system… I just don’t see that happening.
November 20, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Maybe you didn’t notice but it was those same voters who had us behind ou in the coaches’ poll last week. If anything, should tech lose to ou on Saturday I’d be more worried about the computers not dropping tech far enough. The human pollsters don’t want to see tech anwlywhere near the nc game. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that the humans care more about head to head than about name recognition because they don’t. If all three teams wind up with tlone loss the question will be which team ou or Texas goes to the nc and which team goes to the bcs as an at large. It tech losses (yes even in a close game) and ou and Texas win out, then the Cotton Bowl will be getting a damn fine tech team
November 21, 2008 at 3:03 am
And if Tech wins…I am at peace. Tech will deserve to go to the B12 CG. Texas will either be headed to the Fiesta Bowl (if Tech wins the B12), or Miami (if Tech loses in Kansas City). OU will play OSU for the right to go to the Cotton Bowl. It will be the last Cotton Bowl played in the old stadium in Dallas- maybe the Sooners could make some t-shirts about that.
November 21, 2008 at 4:49 am
Did you say that HJ has knives?
November 21, 2008 at 5:02 am
I will be cheering for the referees.
November 21, 2008 at 5:07 am
Fuck rooting for either of these cocksuckers. I’m rooting for a tornado.
November 21, 2008 at 5:39 am
Drink me.
November 21, 2008 at 6:24 am
Longhorn Scott’s point is right on. Where we differ is that I don’t believe the computers are going to drop Tech beyond 4 or 5 in a loss…pollsters may. If OU lost and after the FL/AL game, there will be 2 spots made up by Tech unless the humans push USC. In the end I don’t buy the idea that pollsters don’t want Tech in the NCG. I think they would have more of a bias against voting in a team that didn’t even win the division of their conference. I didn’t consider the tornado scenario. That would certainly benefit Texas.
November 21, 2008 at 6:59 am
The one thing I know is this site will unfortunately be unreadable for at least a couple of days if Tech wins.
November 21, 2008 at 7:24 am
Guys, help me out here.
Let’s say Tech wins out - beats BlowU, hammers Mizzou.
And Florida beats Alabama in the SEC Championship game.
Can’t Texas play Tech in the MNC game in that case? Texas would have to stay in front of Florida in the BCS poll - not unreasonable as y’all SOS gets stronger each week. Maybe FSU could upset Florida as well before the SEC Championship game as well (The Citadel would be better).
In short, doesn’t losing to Tech give y’all the same advantage Pac 10 and Big 10 schools have of not having to play in a conference championship game?
Obviously, being in it and taking care of it yourself is the best way to go, but it’s not the end of the world in Austin if Tech wins Saturday.
November 21, 2008 at 7:31 am
Florida would play Tech.
November 21, 2008 at 7:56 am
Your tile work has gay bric-a-brac.
November 21, 2008 at 8:57 am
“not unreasonable as y’all SOS gets stronger each week”
I think it’s already #1 and although playing your team will not help matters, I don’t think it will knock us out of the #1 SOS spot. Florida will improve a lot bc they would beat the #1 team on a neutral field.
FSU beating Florida would be the only hope. Not holding my breath on that one.
November 21, 2008 at 9:36 am
We didn’t get hacked to pieces just so some #### from UT-Austin could surrender our honor. Anyone rooting against a team from Texas should be summarily shot. If you disagree, step across this line……..
November 21, 2008 at 10:45 am
Out of a hundred eighty five
EyesofTexas crossed the line…
November 21, 2008 at 11:18 am
Eyes of TEX
Regarding -
“If I drink quickly, I’m thinking I can have my third vodka and soda in hand by the time the game kicks off. I’m hoping this initial load of alcohol coursing through my blood stream will provide enough of a nerve-deadening impact to allow me to openly root for those sorry bastards to the north without puking my guts out.”
lmao - there are soooo many of us who wish to emulate your words of wisdom, that you shan’t be “near alone” my friend. Hooke’m while……
Briefly “booming for sooner” mañana en la noche,
UTBlood4Life
November 22, 2008 at 6:23 am
“Im sorry but thats unrealistic. You really think that Tech would have “zero chance” of finishing above us if they lose to OU close and then OU loses to OSU? And then Tech beats Mizzou for the Big 12 championship?”
Anonymous - that’s exactly what I’m saying. If Tech loses tonight, the human polls will drop them like a rock down to probably #6 or #7. They will fall below all the 1 loss teams, plus Utah. Tech has had a good season, but does not have the cache’ with the poll voters that Texas and OU do. Also, their SOS is far below ours with the computers - the price of playing two sub-division schools in non-conference - and they would have no way of gaining ground on us in that aspect of the BCS.
So, with Tech at #6 or #7 and Texas moving up to #2, how would you believe they would ever manage to move back ahead of us, so long as we don’t lose? Would not happen. Period.
November 22, 2008 at 7:18 am
That is a great point eyes. Even if Tech only drops to #3 or 4 in the human polls (I agree they will drop further), then they would never be able to catch up to us in the BCS. A lot of human voters could look at the UT/Tech game and see that it was at Lubbock and they needed a last second TD to win and rationalize putting Texas over Tech based on what they think would happen on a neutral field.
November 22, 2008 at 11:37 am
Eyes, You may be right but I think its a lot closer than you think. You are certainly right that Tech would fall below us immediately after losing to OU. But once OU loses to OSU, and Tech (presumably) blows out Baylor, the voters will notice that it is Tech that is going to the Big 12 championship, and will remember that they beat the only team they are tied with in the big 12–texas. After beating mizzou, this trend will only increase. It will be the same thing that happened with Texas and OU in the coaches poll a few weeks ago. Texas dropped too low, and then the voters had it brought to their attention that Texas beat OU and the rankings changed based on that fact, not on anything that was going on week to week.
Again, the votes count 2/3 and the computers count only 1/3. Tech won’t be as bad as you think in the computers either. In this scenario they would have beaten Texas, Mizzou, and a 2 loss OSU team that beat OU and Mizzou. Thats better than anything USC or Penn state, among others, will have on their resume.
Again, you may be right about how it would turn out, but they certainly have much better than a “zero percent chance.”