Monday, November 24, 2008

We need a playoff

Oklahoma looked great against Texas Tech. 65-21 is an absolute route and they should get all the credit in the world for being a great team. I am not trying to take anything away from Oklahoma and what they did Saturday, but how is it possible to be ranked in front of a team that beat you?

In the AP poll, Oklahoma is #3 while Texas is #4. This makes absolutely no sense. It gets even worse than that. Oklahoma is #2, while Texas is #4 in the coaches poll. The coaches poll is used in the BCS formula. (Look at poll results here)

I don't understand how someone can vote this way. Both Texas and Oklahoma play in the Big 12 South. They play the same teams. They each have one loss and were ranked very highly in the preseason. Oklahoma lost to Texas on a neutral site, I repeat, Oklahoma LOST to TEXAS on a NEUTRAL site.

Oklahoma has one thing going for them, and it shouldn't even be a "thing" that they have going for them. Oklahoma beat Texas Tech, Texas Tech beat Texas. Oklahoma beat Tech at home, Texas lost to Tech at Texas Tech on a fluky play in the final seconds. If that is justification for a voter for placing Oklahoma in front of Texas in the rankings, then their vote should be taken away from them.

If this isn't a call for a playoff system, then I don't know what is. A season like this just shows how screwing college football is. Now we are debating who has better non conference wins, and coaches are lobbying voters to get their teams into the National Title game. Things like that should not be happening. Deciding who the best team is should be decided on the field.

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