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For those of you who set your clocks back I hope you're enjoying your extra hour.
It was a great game between Texas and Texas Tech last night. It looked like Texas finally ran out of gas after playing three very good teams in a row before this one. Still, coming within 1:30 of running the string to four straight wins against teams that were all undefeated going into the sixth week of the schedule was an amazing feat for the Longhorns.
On the other hand, the game solidified my opinion that Colt McCoy has been the most consistently overrated player in the short history of the Big 12. Don't get me wrong he's a fine quarterback, one most teams would love to have. He's just not the best in his own division of the conference let alone the best in the whole country. His offense line however is not the least bit overrated. When they played well last night, he looked terrific. But when they looked tired, as well they might, he was getting run over by the defense. In similar situations last night Harrell clearly looked better, and Harrell is not someone you'd worry about taking off and running very often. I honestly think Sam Bradford is the most valuable quarterback in the conference, and perhaps the best. When he's off his game Oklahoma doesn't win. Harrell might be the second best. Who is third would be a very tough choice between McCoy, Chase Daniel, Todd Reesing of Kansas and even Joe Ganz of Nebraska who just doesn't have the team around him the others have.
I doubt Texas Tech can win out. It's a distinct possibility the Big 12 South will end up with three teams with only one loss. If so, all of them should play in January. But short of a miracle, it's doubtful a Big 12 team can play in the nation championship though I think the very people who'll vote against it will realize that probably cheapens the championship game. Rather, the press again will scream in favor of having a playoff. The biggest mouths want a four-team playoff, probably hoping for eight teams later. But having three teams in from the same conference might be the only thing "fair" this year. That would require a 16-team playoff to be the least bit fair to the other conferences. No one in his right mind would consider having playoffs that long, after a 12 game season plus conference championship games. The current system frustrates reporters who'd love to have all the expense-paid trips a playoff would produce. It frustrates the very young who don't see that what happened to Texas last night would happen every year. Playoffs don't determine who the best team is. They determine the luckiest team, the deepest team, maybe the team that stays the hottest longest. Great fun for basketball and baseball. Not for football when tired players get very seriously hurt all too easily.
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dlgood, look who's in front of everyone in the ACC. Bet you didn't think that would happen after the first few weeks this year! Yeah, they have a tough schedule left. But I think they've done pretty well.
ETA. Speakiing of tough schedules, there are three teams in the Big 12 with four wins with three games to play. It's doubtful *any* of them can get to six wins and what would be a guaranteed bowl game.
It was a great game between Texas and Texas Tech last night. It looked like Texas finally ran out of gas after playing three very good teams in a row before this one. Still, coming within 1:30 of running the string to four straight wins against teams that were all undefeated going into the sixth week of the schedule was an amazing feat for the Longhorns.
On the other hand, the game solidified my opinion that Colt McCoy has been the most consistently overrated player in the short history of the Big 12. Don't get me wrong he's a fine quarterback, one most teams would love to have. He's just not the best in his own division of the conference let alone the best in the whole country. His offense line however is not the least bit overrated. When they played well last night, he looked terrific. But when they looked tired, as well they might, he was getting run over by the defense. In similar situations last night Harrell clearly looked better, and Harrell is not someone you'd worry about taking off and running very often. I honestly think Sam Bradford is the most valuable quarterback in the conference, and perhaps the best. When he's off his game Oklahoma doesn't win. Harrell might be the second best. Who is third would be a very tough choice between McCoy, Chase Daniel, Todd Reesing of Kansas and even Joe Ganz of Nebraska who just doesn't have the team around him the others have.
I doubt Texas Tech can win out. It's a distinct possibility the Big 12 South will end up with three teams with only one loss. If so, all of them should play in January. But short of a miracle, it's doubtful a Big 12 team can play in the nation championship though I think the very people who'll vote against it will realize that probably cheapens the championship game. Rather, the press again will scream in favor of having a playoff. The biggest mouths want a four-team playoff, probably hoping for eight teams later. But having three teams in from the same conference might be the only thing "fair" this year. That would require a 16-team playoff to be the least bit fair to the other conferences. No one in his right mind would consider having playoffs that long, after a 12 game season plus conference championship games. The current system frustrates reporters who'd love to have all the expense-paid trips a playoff would produce. It frustrates the very young who don't see that what happened to Texas last night would happen every year. Playoffs don't determine who the best team is. They determine the luckiest team, the deepest team, maybe the team that stays the hottest longest. Great fun for basketball and baseball. Not for football when tired players get very seriously hurt all too easily.
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dlgood, look who's in front of everyone in the ACC. Bet you didn't think that would happen after the first few weeks this year! Yeah, they have a tough schedule left. But I think they've done pretty well.ETA. Speakiing of tough schedules, there are three teams in the Big 12 with four wins with three games to play. It's doubtful *any* of them can get to six wins and what would be a guaranteed bowl game.
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Ultimately, I'd prefer College Football do one of two things. Either go to a playoff or give up on the idea of a True National CHampion and go back to the old system - Conf Champs tied to traditional bowls.
And I'm not betting on anything in the ACC. It's a mess and a study in mediocrity. I still don't think we're any good.