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Big 12 powers that be will serve up 13-0 Longhorns to BCS Title game
BY ANDY PURVIS | Huskers Gameday Correspondent
Take the title for what it is worth.
Honestly, I don’t know why we are bothering to play the Big 12 title game next Saturday night.
The outcome is a foregone conclusion, regardless of what sort of chance Nebraska may or may not actually have on the playing field when they face the Longhorns.
What makes me say this?
Reference an earlier article of mine, “Big 12 Office: Offensive linemen holding is ignored by Big 12 referees.”
The University of Texas with its big money, deep pocket donors runs and owns the Big 12 conference and when they don’t get their way or something doesn’t work out, like the 2008 BCS title game, they whine like a small child.
This is the sort of spoiled child behavior that we can trace all the way back to before the inception of the Big 12 conference.
When it came to policy making, establishing rules and guidelines for the conference, if the University of Texas didn’t get their way on every vote, they threatened to take their ball (all the TV viewers and dollars) and leave.
Remind me. What team needed a conference to join and who are they to dictate or make demands?
Tom Osborne was right about these people.
So, how does this relate to the outcome of the Big 12 title game?
Back to last year.
Remember how upset and angry the University of Texas and its fans were over missing the BCS title game in 2008?
Well, the Big 12 office will be all too happy to acquiesce to the Longhorns and serve up an undefeated Big 12 team to the BCS title game.
And it’s not just about getting Texas back to the BCS Title game. This is about the Big 12 wanting to keep the conferences highest profile university with the golden boy quarterback in the national spotlight.
It’s about keeping the University of Texas in the national championship picture and Colt McCoy in the Heisman race.
It’s about the money that goes into the Big 12 coffers and the prestige of having its most high-profile team competing for the national championship.
How can the Big 12 office get this accomplished within the normal constraints of a supposedly fair football game?
Well, back to my earlier article.
You think the holding that you have witnessed Big 12 referees ignore for many years in offensive lines like Texas is something?
You haven’t seen nothing yet.
With the University of Texas having a shot at the BCS title game being led by a quarterback in the midst of a tight Heisman Trophy race.
Just watch.
The Texas offensive line will be able to wrangle, strangle, and go WWE on the Nebraska defensive line all night long without penalty.
Oh, and if a Nebraska defender does happen to make contact with Golden Boy, out will come a personal foul flag.
Golden Boy McCoy and his Heisman race will be protected by the Big 12 office and its team of officials. They won’t let a big, bad Cornhusker defensive line get in the way of McCoy, his Heisman, or the University of Texas getting to the BCS Title game.
What was a one step rule after the quarterback throws the ball, will suddenly be enforced to the degree that the Nebraska defense can hardly touch McCoy without drawing a personal foul flag for roughing the passer.
Those type of penalties are so big because they extend drives with 15 yards and a first down. They are usually back breakers. There will be a time or two, or more, when McCoy is hit in what looks like a legal manner or barely touched, and out will come a flag.
I have seen it numerous times this year and Nebraska wasn’t playing an undefeated team and Heisman candidate quarterback.
It will happen. Count on it, and don’t count on a Nebraska victory.
^^^I think it is very pessimistic, but it does raise some serious questions. I guarantee there will be at least 2 unwarranted flags thrown on late hits on McCoy. And our DLINE has been held all year, and I don't see that getting any better on Saturday.
I still think if we can put together a game plan like we had against VTECH this year and TECH last year that we have a shot. Obviously we would need to finish unlike we did in those two games. We are due for a big upset like this one could be.
BY ANDY PURVIS | Huskers Gameday Correspondent
Take the title for what it is worth.
Honestly, I don’t know why we are bothering to play the Big 12 title game next Saturday night.
The outcome is a foregone conclusion, regardless of what sort of chance Nebraska may or may not actually have on the playing field when they face the Longhorns.
What makes me say this?
Reference an earlier article of mine, “Big 12 Office: Offensive linemen holding is ignored by Big 12 referees.”
The University of Texas with its big money, deep pocket donors runs and owns the Big 12 conference and when they don’t get their way or something doesn’t work out, like the 2008 BCS title game, they whine like a small child.
This is the sort of spoiled child behavior that we can trace all the way back to before the inception of the Big 12 conference.
When it came to policy making, establishing rules and guidelines for the conference, if the University of Texas didn’t get their way on every vote, they threatened to take their ball (all the TV viewers and dollars) and leave.
Remind me. What team needed a conference to join and who are they to dictate or make demands?
Tom Osborne was right about these people.
So, how does this relate to the outcome of the Big 12 title game?
Back to last year.
Remember how upset and angry the University of Texas and its fans were over missing the BCS title game in 2008?
Well, the Big 12 office will be all too happy to acquiesce to the Longhorns and serve up an undefeated Big 12 team to the BCS title game.
And it’s not just about getting Texas back to the BCS Title game. This is about the Big 12 wanting to keep the conferences highest profile university with the golden boy quarterback in the national spotlight.
It’s about keeping the University of Texas in the national championship picture and Colt McCoy in the Heisman race.
It’s about the money that goes into the Big 12 coffers and the prestige of having its most high-profile team competing for the national championship.
How can the Big 12 office get this accomplished within the normal constraints of a supposedly fair football game?
Well, back to my earlier article.
You think the holding that you have witnessed Big 12 referees ignore for many years in offensive lines like Texas is something?
You haven’t seen nothing yet.
With the University of Texas having a shot at the BCS title game being led by a quarterback in the midst of a tight Heisman Trophy race.
Just watch.
The Texas offensive line will be able to wrangle, strangle, and go WWE on the Nebraska defensive line all night long without penalty.
Oh, and if a Nebraska defender does happen to make contact with Golden Boy, out will come a personal foul flag.
Golden Boy McCoy and his Heisman race will be protected by the Big 12 office and its team of officials. They won’t let a big, bad Cornhusker defensive line get in the way of McCoy, his Heisman, or the University of Texas getting to the BCS Title game.
What was a one step rule after the quarterback throws the ball, will suddenly be enforced to the degree that the Nebraska defense can hardly touch McCoy without drawing a personal foul flag for roughing the passer.
Those type of penalties are so big because they extend drives with 15 yards and a first down. They are usually back breakers. There will be a time or two, or more, when McCoy is hit in what looks like a legal manner or barely touched, and out will come a flag.
I have seen it numerous times this year and Nebraska wasn’t playing an undefeated team and Heisman candidate quarterback.
It will happen. Count on it, and don’t count on a Nebraska victory.
^^^I think it is very pessimistic, but it does raise some serious questions. I guarantee there will be at least 2 unwarranted flags thrown on late hits on McCoy. And our DLINE has been held all year, and I don't see that getting any better on Saturday.
I still think if we can put together a game plan like we had against VTECH this year and TECH last year that we have a shot. Obviously we would need to finish unlike we did in those two games. We are due for a big upset like this one could be.
