Comments on: “F*ck it. I’m voting us number one.” http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: WhoooTex http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22703 WhoooTex Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:17:40 +0000 http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22703 "So you’re saying the powers that be wouldn’t consider it a loss for OU if UT won in a Big 12 South tiebreaker?" Why would they? I'm saying OU would have climbed back up to #1 through attrition. Maybe in my scenario, UT jumps OU back to #1 since we beat them head to head, but either way, if OU is #1 and idle during Championship Week, #2 loses, and #3 UT wins impressively to jump up into the top 2, I don't see any way those two teams don't end up in a rematch in the BCS title game. In other words, if OU and UT finish as the only one-loss teams in America, and if chronologically the scenario plays out as I wrote it (OU becoming #1 prior to going idle during championship week), I can't imagine the voters would drop them out of the Top 2 slots to prevent a rematch. I guess I should also point out that I am not anticipating any unbeaten non-BCS teams out there (e.g., BYU or Utah running the table). “So you’re saying the powers that be wouldn’t consider it a loss for OU if UT won in a Big 12 South tiebreaker?”

Why would they?

I’m saying OU would have climbed back up to #1 through attrition. Maybe in my scenario, UT jumps OU back to #1 since we beat them head to head, but either way, if OU is #1 and idle during Championship Week, #2 loses, and #3 UT wins impressively to jump up into the top 2, I don’t see any way those two teams don’t end up in a rematch in the BCS title game.

In other words, if OU and UT finish as the only one-loss teams in America, and if chronologically the scenario plays out as I wrote it (OU becoming #1 prior to going idle during championship week), I can’t imagine the voters would drop them out of the Top 2 slots to prevent a rematch.

I guess I should also point out that I am not anticipating any unbeaten non-BCS teams out there (e.g., BYU or Utah running the table).

]]> By: TXinDC http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22664 TXinDC Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:15:33 +0000 http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22664 "In the above scenario, at the end of the year, OU and Texas are the only one-loss teams in America." So you're saying the powers that be wouldn't consider it a loss for OU if UT won in a Big 12 South tiebreaker? “In the above scenario, at the end of the year, OU and Texas are the only one-loss teams in America.”

So you’re saying the powers that be wouldn’t consider it a loss for OU if UT won in a Big 12 South tiebreaker?

]]> By: WhoooTex http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22645 WhoooTex Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:55:37 +0000 http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22645 "* We blow out Missouri and Florida loses to push us back to #2" This is what happens when I'm not posting on a message board that allows me to surreptitiously edit my posts to appear immediately coherent. Those two events (UT over Mizzou, Florida losing) take place in the respective conference championship games. “* We blow out Missouri and Florida loses to push us back to #2″

This is what happens when I’m not posting on a message board that allows me to surreptitiously edit my posts to appear immediately coherent. Those two events (UT over Mizzou, Florida losing) take place in the respective conference championship games.

]]> By: WhoooTex http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22643 WhoooTex Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:53:59 +0000 http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22643 Why couldn't this happens: * OU runs the table * Tech and OSU lose two conference games each * We drop one to let's say Missouri by a point * We win out from there, tying for the B12 South and go to the B12CG via head to head tiebreaker * Through attrition, OU rises to #1 in the country (not far to go from where they currently are), we're let's say #3 behind Florida * We blow out Missouri and Florida loses to push us back to #2 All of the above presumes that the remaining potential MNC contenders (Penn State, Alabama, USC) lose games in a convenient enough fashion to allow OU to get to #1 and us to get to #2. In the above scenario, at the end of the year, OU and Texas are the only one-loss teams in America. Why couldn’t this happens:

* OU runs the table
* Tech and OSU lose two conference games each
* We drop one to let’s say Missouri by a point
* We win out from there, tying for the B12 South and go to the B12CG via head to head tiebreaker
* Through attrition, OU rises to #1 in the country (not far to go from where they currently are), we’re let’s say #3 behind Florida
* We blow out Missouri and Florida loses to push us back to #2

All of the above presumes that the remaining potential MNC contenders (Penn State, Alabama, USC) lose games in a convenient enough fashion to allow OU to get to #1 and us to get to #2. In the above scenario, at the end of the year, OU and Texas are the only one-loss teams in America.

]]> By: TXinDC http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22639 TXinDC Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:34:15 +0000 http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22639 No. Either they make it to the Big 12 championship game, or we do. There's no way we'd both have the same record and still be in the running for the MNC. No. Either they make it to the Big 12 championship game, or we do. There’s no way we’d both have the same record and still be in the running for the MNC.

]]> By: Hippie Killer http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22636 Hippie Killer Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:09:44 +0000 http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22636 Is there any chance that we could play OU in the MNC(if we make it)? Is there any chance that we could play OU in the MNC(if we make it)?

]]> By: Sailor Ripley http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22603 Sailor Ripley Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:57:14 +0000 http://www.barkingcarnival.com/henryjames/%e2%80%9cfuck-it-i%e2%80%99m-voting-us-number-one#comment-22603 I agree. Win the conference. Show me vs. Show me. I agree. Win the conference. Show me vs. Show me.

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