Ksu wvu

[SoonerBounce13]

Anybody else feel awkward watching that big bearded freshman from wvu?

 

[PeteHoops]

We recruited him if I remember right?

 

[DenverSooner]

I wish KSU could have won that game. Those type of games matter when the pick tournament teams. If OU is close conference wins against other majors can support an arugment that the Big XII is a stronger conference and therefore deserves an at-large over perhaps another major conference team with a very similar resume. It certainly isn't a huge deal since it didn't involve OU but if you look at the BCS, OSU is probably playing LSU had A&M beat Arkansas. That single game (which A&M should have won based on the first half) would have increase OSU's strength of schedule and hurt Alabama's. There was such a minor difference between the final standings that I truly believe it would have been enough to cause the computers to put OSU in the Championship game.

 

[MsProudSooner]

I wish KSU could have won that game. Those type of games matter when the pick tournament teams. If OU is close conference wins against other majors can support an arugment that the Big XII is a stronger conference and therefore deserves an at-large over perhaps another major conference team with a very similar resume. It certainly isn't a huge deal since it didn't involve OU but if you look at the BCS, OSU is probably playing LSU had A&M beat Arkansas. That single game (which A&M should have won based on the first half) would have increase OSU's strength of schedule and hurt Alabama's. There was such a minor difference between the final standings that I truly believe it would have been enough to cause the computers to put OSU in the Championship game.

I don't think it would have overcome OSU losing to Iowa State.

 

[badger]

Anybody else feel awkward watching that big bearded freshman from wvu?

I dunno if we recruited him or not, but I thought it was funny that a WVU guy had a big ol' Mountaineer beard going

 

[DenverSooner]

I don't think it would have overcome OSU losing to Iowa State.

Look at the final rankings. I actually think it would have. Alabama ws .9419 and OSU was .9333. That is extremely close. That single game would have lowered Alabama in every single computer ranking and raised OSU in every single computer ranking. The computers look at strength of schedule and how your opponents perform. It would also impact human voting because people would have had slightly less respect for the SEC and slightly more for the Big XII.

I don't know if you still get bonus points for wins against the Top 10 but if you do, Arkansas would not be a top 10 team and Alabama also would have lost the bonus points.

I would really be interested to see a computer person write an article on it or run projections showing what happens based on that single game. The non-conference games are important. Another important non-conference game was ASU v Missouri. Missouri lost that game in OT. A Big XII win would have also helped OSU but not as much as the Big XII vs. SEC game would have.

 

[campbest]

Look at the final rankings. I actually think it would have. Alabama ws .9419 and OSU was .9333. That is extremely close. That single game would have lowered Alabama in every single computer ranking and raised OSU in every single computer ranking. The computers look at strength of schedule and how your opponents perform. It would also impact human voting because people would have had slightly less respect for the SEC and slightly more for the Big XII.

I don't know if you still get bonus points for wins against the Top 10 but if you do, Arkansas would not be a top 10 team and Alabama also would have lost the bonus points.

I would really be interested to see a computer person write an article on it or run projections showing what happens based on that single game. The non-conference games are important. Another important non-conference game was ASU v Missouri. Missouri lost that game in OT. A Big XII win would have also helped OSU but not as much as the Big XII vs. SEC game would have.

Grantland has an article on something similar right now with quanitative analysis on the final BCS standings. Good read.