I'll be pulling for the Gators in the National Title game. For one thing, Urban Meyer is an awesome guy, and he did great things for my school's football program. Secondly, I'm a little disgusted that Oklahoma got in ahead of Texas. The one thing that should have mattered in that situation was head to head competition. Texas beat Oklahoma when they played, that's all that should matter. Just another feather in the BCS cap-o-crap IMO, they left the selection of the National Title contender from the Big-12 to the voters, granted it was agreed on at the beginning of the season by both teams, but it's still crap. Texas should be playing in that title game, I'd be pulling for them if it were the case.
SLC
This argument is getting so old. I wish people would use some logic. The head-to-head argument is useless. Whether Texas likes to admit it or not, they lost to Texas Tech.
Consider this, Tech beat Texas while being ranked #7. What is Tech ranked now? 7th. That means where everyone and thing thought Tech was at then, they are at the same place now ... not off the face of the planet.
Next, let's consider the Tech/UT game in Lubbock.
End of 1st: TT 12-UT 0,
End of 2nd TT 22-UT 6,
End of 3rd TT 29-UT 19,
End of 4th TT39-UT 33.
So last play or not, Texas
never led at the end of ANY quarter in that game. In fact, they only led for a measly 1:38 or so. You have to consider the Tech game, it is a three-way tie like it or not and thus head-to-head means nothing.
Now, if we look at the 3:
--Texas Tech is 2-1 versus BCS top 25, both wins at home, loss on road
--Texas is 3-1 versus BCS top 25, 2 wins at home, 1 win at neutral, and a loss on the road.
--Oklahoma is 5-1 versus BCS top 25, 3 wins at home, a win on neutral field, a loss on a neutral field, and a win on the road.
--Neither UT or TT won a big game on the road, OU did.
--Between the 3, OU has the largest point differential amongst common opponents.
Texas lost out to OU based on rules set forth BEFORE the season that EVERYONE agreed to, yes even Texas. It is weak to bitch about them now. If there is any beef, it is Texas over Florida. Florida lost at HOME to a 4 loss team. Texas lost to BCS #7 on the road. Both schools beat a BCS #1 team, so all things considered, Texas should be ahead of Florida.
Additionally, using your head-to-head argument, now that things are settled, Texas Tech should be in the Fiesta over Texas. Both have one-loss, both beat a BCS #1 team, and Tech beat Texas head-to-head, which according to you is the only thing that matters.
The system is flawed and the need for a playoff is evident, but don't act like OU screwed anyone. And by the way, it wasn't left solely to the voters... in fact Texas had a lead in the BCS standings based on voters alone, it was the computers that put OU in.