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We begin today with the stories surrounding the Big XII 3 way tie between Texas, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma. As it stands right now all teams have one loss and if all 3 win out the one with the highest BCS rank will represent the Big XII South in the Big XII Championship Game against Missouri

My Thoughts: While there is a 3 way tie, Texas Tech effectively dismissed themselves from the conversation when they went to Norman last week and laid a gigantic egg against the Sooners. Mike Leach and his squad aren't near as impressive when they leave Lubbock. Tech will not factor into the high BCS ranking as the loss dropped them too far and they are playing a non bowl eligible team in Baylor this week. to me it seems at this point you should consider the head to head matchup between Texas and OU. Many people whether they are pro BCS or pro playoff want to see it settled on the field.




Many pundit's say that OU is the hottest team right now and the polls are set up to where an OU victory over Oklahoma State will vault them ahead of Texas.

My Thoughts: There is no denying that Oklahoma is playing very well right now and just waxed the #2 team in the country. Many people also point to Oklahoma's non conference schedule. They have 2 wins over top 25 teams in Cincinnati and TCU. Nobody points out the fact their other non conference wins came over Tennesse-Chattanooga and a winless Washington who is the worst team in college football. Texas certainly did not play a world beater schedule in non conference but went through a stretch where they played Oklahoma, Missouri, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech. They went 3-1 in that stretch and the only loss came with 8 seconds left on the road. Look folks it's simple, someone is getting screwed in this whole deal. Oklahoma and Texas may be the 2 best teams in the country and one of them will not play in the National Championship. That's the way it is.

Solution #1: Besides the obvious thoughts of a playoff system I have a solution for the Big XII. If you are going to use the tie-breaker in place right now causing the highest BCS ranking to break the tie then there is one simple solution. Eliminate the divisonal play and send the 2 best teams to the Big XII title game regardless of North or South. Why should Missouri benefit from playing in a shitty divison. Who wouldn't want to see a Texas-OU rematch in Kansas City this year? Tech fans will argue that they factor in since it is a 3 way tie but this is the solution only if you use the current system of highest BCS ranking.

Solution #2: Orangebloods writer Chip Brown wrote this week in "Chip's Corner" the SEC 3 way tie breaker would be perfect in this situation. The SEC's 3 way tie breaker makes alot of sense and goes as follows.

The tied team with the highest ranking in the BCS standings following the last weekend of the regular season shall be the divisional representative in the SEC Championship Game, unless the second of the tied teams is ranked within five or fewer spots of the highest ranked tied team. In this case, the head to head results of the top two ranked tied teams shall determine the representative in the SEC Championship game

The Heisman - It's a 2 man race

Let's go on to the next subject. Here is my current Heisman trophy list...

1A - Colt McCoy - QB - The University of Texas

As it says on the magazine Colt McCoy is the heart of this squad.

Numbers: 268-347, 3,134 yds, 77.2%, 30 TD's/7 INT's. 117 carries, 527 yds, 8 TD's, 4.5 yds per carry.

The Story: On a team that was supposed to not win 10 games and had no explosive playmakers on offense, McCoy has led his team to the #2 BCS Ranking (for now), and at one time they were #1 in the country. He's done it with his arms and legs, minimizing turnovers and completing 77% of his passes. As Kirk Herbstreit once said on a broadcast, "It's hard to do that against air." He's up for many honors including the Maxwell and Davey O'Brien awards.

Why he won't win it: He doesn't have the high yardage and TD numbers of some of the others and isn't flashy enough for some.

Why he will win it: While he may not be flashy enough for some he's been so incredibly consistent. He's not working with the weapons the other guys have and has virtually no running game. To do some of the things he's done this year with all of that considered is amazing.

1B - Sam Bradford - QB - Oklahoma

Numbers: 238/349, 3,710 yds, 68.2%, 42 TD's/6 INT, 35 carries, 42 yds. 4 TD's

The Story: Bradford followed up a tremendous freshman year with an even better sophomore year. Already being talked about as a potential first overall pick, Bradford has shown tremendous accuracy and spreads the ball well to all of his weapons (Iglesias, Johnson, Gresham). Bradford has lit it up all season and in the lone loss of the season to Texas, Bradford still shined going 28/39 for 387 yds and 5 TD's/2 INT's. Bradford once again has this Oklahoma team in position for a possible Big XII title and National Championship berth.

Why he won't win it: Bradford and McCoy have done similar things for their teams and 1 of the 2 will win it. McCoy has also done similar with less weapons.

Why he'll win it: Bradford will top the school record for TD's in a season this week as he just needs 1. Looking at his numbers there is no way to argue against him and the Sooners playing in the Big XII title game might garner him extra attention.


The others: If I was forced to pick the other 3 in the race it would be Tim Tebow, Graham Harrell, and Shonn Greene

Tim Tebow wont win it because: His numbers aren't near as impressive as they were last year (148/225 65.8%, 22 TD's/2 INT's, 121 carries, 427 yds 11 TD's) and the biggest factor is that voters will be reluctant to hand out 2 consecutive Heisman trophies.

Tim Tebow will win it because: Florida is the media darling right now and Bradford and McCoy might split regional votes

Graham Harrell wont win it because: Harrell needed an undefeated season because all Tech QB's put up gaudy numbers and Harrell is no different (365/518 yds, 70.5%, 39 TD's/6 INT's, 6 rushing TD's). Tech QB's will always be defined as system QB's and usually those QB's don't win because Tech has a mediocre season. This year Tech had a great season but got embarrassed and exposed on national TV against Oklahoma. He lost all credibility after that game.

Graham Harrell will win it because: As I mentioned above, he wont for those reasons.

Shonn Greene wont win it because: He plays for Iowa. Greene is one of my favorite players and is having a great season (278 carries, 1729 yds, 17 TD's, 6.2 avg.), but Iowa is 8-4 overall and is 4th place in the Big 10. In today's system many voters dont like a player who's team isn't on the national scene.

Shonn Greene will win it because: He wont