Jeenis

I tend to agree, Bama only ahead because they remain undefeated. I don't see them beating Florida right now. Watching Florida the past couple of weeks, I don't see anyone beating them. Tech hasn't faced a Defense yet, not one. They won't get it with OU either. OU is 56th in scoring D and 90th in passing D. Florida D is 4th (scoring) and 17th (passing). I'd like to see Florida/Tech in NCG. For Texas... maybe we can get Boise St?

Deerhunter-Z28

No Tech is always overrated UNTIL this year. Tech seems to have a complete team, the defense is better than most people thought, there is a bit of a running game. OU will be a great game, I wouldn't pay too much attention to the defensive stats that OU has in a game like this.

7420NW7TH

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I agree. Since Mike Leach showed up tech has run that spread offense and done well with it. Trouble is, Tech had no running game or defense to speak of until this year. That has all changed which has turned them from a pretender to a contender.

I have mixed feelings about the tech game in Norman. After seeing the game last night, I am a little less confident about playing them in Norman. They are good. And like I said before, I knew OSU would choke. I have watched them play OU every year for the better part of 3 decades. They are NOT a good road team. Never have been. That close game in Austin was the FIRST time I have seen them play a good team that close on the road.

Having said all of that, if Tech beats OU I wish them the best and will be rooting for them all the way. I just hope some of their fans act like they have been there before and don't blow their wad.

2 SLOW

some of the polls are out

AP:

1. Alabama (44) 10-0 1,604
2. Texas Tech (21) 10-0 1,574
3. Florida 8-1 1,467
4. Texas 9-1 1,437
5. Oklahoma 9-1 1,375
6. USC 8-1 1,311
7. Penn State 9-1 1,161
8. Utah 10-0 1,157
9. Boise State 9-0 1,110
10. Ohio State 8-2 1,009
11. Oklahoma State 8-2 963
12. Missouri 8-2 913
13. Georgia 8-2 880
14. Ball State 9-0 677
15. TCU 9-2 623
16. Brigham Young 9-1 602
17. North Carolina 7-2 597
18. Michigan State 9-2 584
19. LSU 6-3 552
20. Florida State 7-2 380
21. Pittsburgh 7-2 318
22. Cincinnati 7-2 269
23. Oregon State 6-3 124
24. South Carolina 7-3 117
25. Tulsa 8-1 84


USA/TODAY:

1. Alabama (44) 10-0 1,508
2. Texas Tech (17) 10-0 1,469
3. Florida 8-1 1,348
4. Oklahoma 9-1 1,314
5. Texas 9-1 1,300
6. USC 8-1 1,268
7. Utah 10-0 1,104
8. Penn State 9-1 1,074
9. Boise State 9-0 1,028
10. Ohio State 8-2 936
11. Missouri 8-2 883
12. Georgia 8-2 842
13. Oklahoma State 8-2 808
14. Brigham Young 9-1 679
15. Michigan State 9-2 660
16. Ball State 9-0 590
17. North Carolina 7-2 543
18. TCU 9-2 475
19. Florida State 7-2 426
20. LSU 6-3 409
21. Pittsburgh 7-2 311
22. Cincinnati 7-2 183
23. South Carolina 7-3 155
24. Tulsa 8-1 144
25. Oregon State 6-3 71

bballr4567

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The human polls are VERY close. Only a few points seperate Tech from Bama.


Was a GREAT game by TTU. The defense played huge and held themselves together and showed they can be a huge force in the game. Whitlock is just a beast on the inside of the line. The offense did its thing and Im not really surprised.

All I can hope for as a TTU fan is that OSU beats OU and then the game at OU wont matter as TTU would have the Big XII Champ game locked in and will for sure beat a north division team. (edit: Im saying that if TTU loses at OU and OU loses @ OSU then TTU will win against tiebreakers against UT correct?)

Its gonna be an interesting week next week!! Go OSU!!!!

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Harris Poll
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. Alabama (75) 10-0 2808 1
2. Texas Tech (38) 10-0 2768 3
3. Florida (1) 8-1 2531 4
4. Texas 9-1 2471 6
5. Oklahoma 9-1 2427 5
6. USC 8-1 2329 7
7. Penn State 9-1 2073 2
8. Utah 10-0 2034 9
9. Boise State 9-0 1940 10
10. Ohio State 8-2 1765 11
11. Missouri 8-2 1585 13
12. Georgia 8-2 1581 14
13. Oklahoma State 8-2 1488 8
14. Brigham Young 9-1 1335 16
15. Ball State 9-0 1231 17
16. Michigan State 9-2 1122 18
17. North Carolina 7-2 995 19
18. TCU 9-2 975 12
19. LSU 6-3 806 15
20. Florida State 7-2 708 24
21. Pittsburgh 7-2 558 NR
22. Tulsa 8-1 342 25
23. Cincinnati 7-2 331 NR
24. South Carolina 7-3 147 NR
25. California 6-3 120 21

Sooner Todd

So who thought I was kidding?

Sooner Todd

Ou will "win" a threeway tie.

UT us up ~.03 in the BCS rankings and up ~.10 in the computer rankings.

OSU and Tech wins will obliterate that computer lead and unless the human polls want to put OU 2-3 spots lower than Texas, OU will be ranked higher. What makers you think the human pollsters will drop OU in the polls after huge wins? They are already not giving Texas any special credit for te head to head win...why would they after the win is 7 weeks old in their memory?

Sooner Todd

So by that logic, TTU should be ranked above UT still, even if they lose in Norman?

I mean, I just don't see how you can put them ahead of Tech in the BCS rankings when Tech beat them when they played each other.......right?

2 SLOW

Home field advantage, night game, miracle play, 4th game in a string of ridiculous ones

some people are more objective than Sooner fans

Sooner Todd

1. Human pollsters and computers aren;t gving UT any extra credit for the tough loss. SHould they? Prehaps.

2. Everyone in the Big12 South has to play a murderous schedule.


Yes, because saying OU has "zero shot" at the Big12 CG is a pillar of objectivity.

Ignore the tie in the human polls, ignore the obvious upcoming change in the coputer rankings between OU/UT. ignore the trend of teams jumping 2-4 slots upon winning against #1 team, ignore anything you like, after all, that's all part of objectivity, right? Ignoring anything that lends evidence to something you are arguing against?

bballr4567

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So you are objective but cant get over the fact that TTU outplayed UT?? How long did TTU lead? What was the stats? Just because the score was close doesnt mean the game wasnt. ANYONE who watched the game saw TTU outplay UT. Besides it happened TWO weeks ago now so get over it. A loss is a loss is a loss. Cant change what happened.

Im sorry but it TTU loses at OU how can you not do what they did to TX and only drop 2-3 spots in the polls?? OU is ranked HIGHER then TTU when they played UT so they should drop as far right?? So would TTU be higher then UT just because they beat UT??

Remember that TTU is on their own strech of stupid crazy games. #23, #1, #8 and then a #5 so saying that UT didnt drop far because of a stretch of hard games but then say that TTU should drop out of the top 10 if they loose to OU is stupid.

Hell TTU is .01 points behind Alabama in the new BCS rankings. A couple more people voting for TTU to be in 1st would be all it would take to move them up to 1st in the BCS. With the way Alabama is played they could EASILY drop with this weeks game even though TTU has the weekend off.

SonicBoom

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Edit: nevermind

mmiller

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What's ******* nuts is that between UT, OU, OSU and Tech that one of these teams will finish FOURTH, freaking FOURTH in the South. There isn't a whole conference that is better than the Big 12 South, including the entire SEC, lol. You know, we can argue all we want, but none of us has any say-so on how this will all end up. Everyone is obviously biased towards their team. At this point there are so many variables involved that maybe it's time to just step back and drink beer and let the chips fall where they may. After this weekend I need several beers, lol. The one thing that is obvious is that Tech is solidly in the driver's seat.

7420NW7TH

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Who needs a playoff? It feels like we are in one right now in the big 12 South.

Corny40

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Come on now, you know UT didn't show up for that game, not like they should/could have. Yes, Tech is a damn good team, but they were very lucky to have come away with that win. The same cannot be said about OU when we beat them. They showed up and gave us all they had. We didn't give up, were able to stay in the game, and came away with the win, at a neutral field nonetheless.

So, all this crap about OU jumping UT when, ......yes WHEN, they beat Tech, is just that, crap.

I'm with mmiller though, lets just sit back, have some beers and let the chips fall where they may.

7420NW7TH

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What a treat. Another 'objective' UT fan analysis.

I am a much better person for having read that post.

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well the bcs has UT @ #3 so that is all that matters

Duffster

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and no further challenge exists in your schedule. . .

2 SLOW

cause we played a gauntlet of teams and lost the last game with one second left. more than OU did while running it up against 3 Big 12 North teams and A&M.

Tech needs to win out and lose in the Big 12 champ game and UT goes to NC