MJ: Texas Tech scored the winning touchdown with one second on the clock. A game in which the winning points are scored at the last second - literally - cannot, by definition, be anything but a close game. Yardage matters only to the extent that it produces points.
Allhailcale: Texas Tech got passed by a team they beat. And had Tech been voted as the top, Oklahoma would have been passed by a team they beat. No matter what happens, someone's going to get passed by a team they beat. I can understand the argument that Texas should be ranked higher if you're doing overall rankings and ignoring the fact that it's used as the tiebreaker in which a third team is involved, but if you're voting on it as a tiebreaker - and assuredly, some people were - the round-robin argument absolutely matters. (In fact, by throwing out Tech on the basis that they got blown out in their loss, you essentially punish OU for having the biggest win by saying they crushed Tech so badly they shouldn't even get credit for it in the tiebreaker.)

Don't forget about Cal in 2005 - they were on the wrong end of Texas' politicking then.
Texas Tech's blowout against Cal in the Holiday Bowl proved things right in hindsight, but this time 3 years ago the difference was just fractions of a percentage point.

Can anyone help me out with this question - I doubt Mizzou can beat OU in the Big 12 championship so let's assume that's not an option...but is it basically a "done deal" if Florida beats Alabama that they will play in the BCS championship? Not to take anything away from Florida or Alabama because they are both great teams, but I'm curious - I've seen a few scenarios and some commentaries - but is there a possibility that UT could slide into the number two spot and play OU in the BCS Championship if Florida wins - but maybe wins by a small margin? Thanks! Pam - Bevo28

Washington in 2000. They actually beat Miami that year.

Pam, I don't see any way that Texas can slide into the #2 slot and play in the championship ahead of Florida. The problem with the current system is that it's so political. There are going to be a lot of Harris Poll and Coaches' Poll voters who would rather see a Florida/Oklahoma championship than a rematch Texas/Oklahoma championship. So those voters are going to put Florida at #1 or #2, and Florida is going to get in, even if the computer rankings judge Texas to be better. The polls count for two-thirds of the BCS rankings. So I think it's virtually impossible. But wouldn't it be awesome?

JosephineTX - thanks for the update. It really would be an awesome rematch but I won't get my hopes up then. Thanks again for responding. Pam

"Thus a meme is born..."
Not cool, man. Rules #1 and #2...

Cummon MJ get real all your proving is that Texas Tech had more yardage more first downs and still almost lost the game and you wanna say looks like an asskickin.....lol......an asskickin is a 65-21 loss not a last second touchdown to win by 6 get real man......

I'm sure you were probably only talking about title-game snubs, but if you're talking BCS snubs in general, K-State in 1998 deserves to be at the top of the list. Considering they changed the rule after that happened, I'd say that ranks right up there.

Get OVER it Texas...YOU GOT BEAT by TECH and THEY are the team that should be in the other BCS along with Oklahoma. YOU LOST 39-33...got smashed...get a life and stop whining. It's always the same with you horns...whine about not going to this bowl or that bowl..cried enough to go to the Rose Bowl to play Michigan....crybaby!! Why not put your alum's money to good use again and fly a banner over Kansas City at night...hahaha...really effective.
Use your "head-to-head" logic on yourself and let Tech have the other BCS...why is it good for you over OU and not good for Tech over Texas? IDIOTS!!!

I get why both Mizzou and Texas would be in hate-OU mode right now. But can somebody please help out this overly-sensitive Oklahoma State fan by explaining why either UT or Mizzou would have anything against OSU. I mean, besides the fact that they're a conference rival and all. I'd think that, as conference rivals go, OSU is about as harmless as it gets. Sure, they beat Mizzou this year, but who didn't?
Or am I misinterpreting those signs?

Poor texas. Even computers hate them.

Texas Tech is the best team in Texas. PERIOD. Head to head. UT lost to TTU. UT and Baylor can have a BLTTTU bowl. Both lost to TTU. HEAD TO HEAD.

This is karma for 2004 when Mack Brown pandered for votes for an at-large bid. Even though the screwjob was coming in for Cal long before Mack started yapping, such homerish behavior by a coach cannot be tolerated.
Hell Mack was calling into ESPN about a billion times this week. His pandering never ends.

Texas sprung one on California in 2005 and got themselves to the Rose Bowl, then the refs missed calls where the Texas QB was down. Because of the almighty dollar and the ability to manipulate the numbers, the BCS is worthless. They wouldn't put Florida #2 because that would put #1 and #2 in a conference game, not the big one. Send Texas to another game and let them strut their stuff.

lol...just wanted to repost this. This guy makes more sense to me than all the "sports experts"...
"But, I was thinking...if the
games played in the Big 12 no longer are considered as to who wins or
loses, then several of us football fans are proposing the following:
Each year, the annual UT-OU game nets each college approx. 1.1
million dollars, and beginning with the 2009 game, that will increase
to approx. 1.35 million each.
Since it no longer matters who actually wins the game, whatsoever, we
would first like to petition OU to return their portion from this
year's game, since they participated under false pretenses. Texas
players. coaches, and fans were playing fully in the understanding
that the outcome of the game did indeed have some meaning.
Secondly, we would like to immediately replace OU's appearance in any
further game with a college more "economically worthy". Seriously,
if the outcome of the game no longer matters, as has been
established, then wouldn't it make more sense to have a team like say
Western Kentucky make an appearance, get national exposure, and a
bunch more for this game than say their usual 50,000 a game? Just
think, a smaller college like that could then afford to recruit
heavily in the state of Texas, exactly as OU does (ever seen a
hometown printout?).
It's a "win-win"for sports. We lower the stress level significantly
for anyone still laboring with the delusion that it matters who wins
these games. And more importantly, we pour an amazing amount of money
into a small football program that could quadruple the creature
comforts of the entire athletic department. Thereby, making the
entire college sports experience so much more physically amenable,
now that the mental satisfaction of actually winning games has been
removed from the entire student body and ardent fanbase..
Keep up the good work, and I'll send you a copy of my next
screenplay: "45-35". It/s a thriller about the greatest theft in
America since the Great Train Robbery of 1914.
Cheers,
Ed Neal"

i can't believe all the hypocrites hating on mack for politicking for his team. what do you expect him to do? he, like every other head coach in the ncaa, has a responsibility worth several million dollars a year to do whatever he can to get his team to play the best possible football, and likewise to get them into the best possible post-season scenario. it's exactly what every single coach in the nation would do in his position. and any of you who disagree, well you proverbially deserve to play in san diego as opposed to pasadena.
p.s. why are you blaming mack in the first place? it was the rose bowl committee who chose them - and you can bet it wasn't because of mack. it was because texas travels better than 99% of all ncaa teams and sold many more hotel rooms than cal fans would have. if you want to make that argument, then you'd better be on here griping a week from now when ohio st. is playing in the fiesta bowl instead of boise.....

allhailcale..one thing comes to mind...actually beating Texas Tech before squealing foul comes to mind. UT lost in Lubbock..location doesnt matter (except to UT fans) a loss is a loss..doesnt matter if the game is played in the Wal Mart Parking lot..a loss is still a loss..it doesnt go away because you beat OU...doesnt go away because Mack says it should go away..its triht there for everyone to see. I personally think the barage of 45-35 signs hurt UT..because most folks saw past the smoke and saw the 39 to 33. This Lubbockite will concede a little for the UT fans now......Next season..Tech goes to Austin in what will most likely be an intense game for UT. But Graham Harrell graduates and I'll be terribly shocked if Crabtree doesnt declare for the NFL draft. Leach gets his QB's up and running pretty quick Potts looks pretty good on the field. That said..I think Tech wins 7 or 8 games next year. I want to be wrong folks..wont mind being proven wrong on this..but thats the way I see it right now. The team to look out for next season? You might be shocked by this...so take a seat..I'm not a fan of theirs....but..... Baylor may stun more than a team or two next year. Art Briles is no dummy and the Bears showed flashes of whats to come for them. I think Tech was hung over after the OU thrashing..but Baylor isnt as bad as a lot of folks want to make them out to be. They hung with UT for a little while if I remember correctly..not like they did in Lubbock..but UT didnt exactly run away from Baylor. UT went up by 14...and Baylor came back and tied them up before UT finally pulled away is the way I remember it. This isnt a cut at UT..just saying Baylor may shock a couple of teams next season. I think they will be bowl eligible..a 6 or 7 win season is a definite possibility

MJ..the stats do resemble a slap in the face for UT..but trying to convince most of these UT fans of something theyd dearly love to forget makes it impossible. I think Florida kicks Alabama to the curb this weekend setting America up for yet another round of "What about us?" Anything involving the NCAA and politics forces Texas Tech back to the second tier. The best thing Tech can do is string 4 or 5 eleven wins seasons together. But I dont see it happening next year..anything can happen..but I think the void left by Grahams graduation (which will fill pretty quickly) and the declaration for the draft by Crabtree will be too much to toally overcome. The elf graduates too. If anyone can do it ..Leach can..but I think thats too any hurdles to get over in too short a time..but I really hope I am wrong

Why not have the true big twelve championship game. Who cares about North vs the South? Take the best two teams and let them play. Once and for all we all can see who is the better team. That would be a great slobber knocker game.
++Both teams can crush the Mizz. and Texas Tech isnt the same team with crabtree hurt.++

Just another example of we need a playoff system.Then we would'nt have to worry about teams getting screwed year in year out.Not to mention the country could have a true ncaa football champion.
The conference champ could be decided by what team went the furtherest in the bracket.

Doug D, yeah, I think you're misinterpreting the sign. I think the OSU symbol is on there only because these folks were attending the OU/OSU game, not saying that OSU sucks. I've never known Texas fans to hate on OSU. We always root for y'all when you're playing OU.

Jimmy - your problem with trying to bring the Texas-OU argument forever back to Lubbock is that the choice was never about them. They took themselves out of the argument by laying the biggest egg of the entire season up in Norman. Despite your newly-found superpower as keeper of justice and all things fair in the Big 12 South, this debate was only ever about two teams. And that fact falls squarely on the shoulders of your beloved Red Raiders. You pontificate about Texas losing to Tech, but in the same breath think that Tech should be kept in the discussion? Paging the pot and the kettle...
More later. Typing on an iPhone sucks in epic fashion.