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Well, I guess I basically don't think a computer should be determining these types of outcomes. But that's jmo.....I don't know...OU ahead of UT is consistent with the computer average, which doesn't have anything to do with recency...And for people who think it should be a requirement to be a conference champ, my answer to that is that the conference championship is based on a subset of games (exception being the Big 12 this year, unable to resolve a tie within those games and resorting to the BCS rankings). The BCS championship is based on the entire season. Different criteria can give different results.
Plus, there are conferences that have multiple champions because of no conference championship game, that would put the Big 12 and SEC at a disadvantage having only one team eligible.
Yeah, sorta, except we all know that they favor the team that loses early and that appears hottest toward the end of the season.
Case in point: OKLAHOMA, surprise! OU lost earlier than TX(even though it was TO TX) and has been rolling up 60+ pts over the last 5 games or so. But who's to say that if the 2 teams played tomorrow that TX wouldn't beat them again? I mean, OU was looking pretty invincible when they went head to head the 1st time.
So, since that's rather blurry, they go to the strength of nonC schedule argument which, in this case, has some validity, but goes contrary to the whole 'who's hot now?' thing. All the while, the head to head victory by TX seems to have been lost in the discussion. They want OU right now, plain and simple. But, IMO, OU shouldn't have jumped TX in the polls last weak.
FL is similar to OU in that they lost early and look real 'sexy' right now. Most people seem to want to see an OU/FL NC matchup. So it will be extremely funny if clunky ol' Bama happens to knock off FL and MO OU.
TT would have a similar gripe as TX if they had not been blown out so badly by the Sooners late in the season.
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