Horndog

Can anyone explain to me why Oregon is considered to be a better team than UW? Is there an objective basis for that, or is it just that the Bo Nix has a high completion rate? It seems to me that the ascent of Oregon is largely the result of their beat down of an overhyped Colorado team.

I think it's wrong too. But if the committee goes the direction of saying their charge is to figure out the best teams now - in order to justify picking Bama depite H2H - then I can see them rationalizing FSU away. I really think they don't want any part of the H2H controversy and may look for a way to avoid it.

Counterpoint to the "Texas was lucky they got Bama early" argument: For years we have heard about what a meat grinder the SEC schedule is, how every game is a war, that they need to play a powder puff late in the season to recover from the rigors of the 8- game gauntlet, yada yada. It's lucky for Bama that they played us early in the year while they were still fresh and before all the SEC games took their toll.

This cannot be overstated. A 3 way knot favors Bama and Texas over UO.

FWIW the posters on Tidefans are convinced that they only jump Texas if we lose. They also think Oregon is overranked.

If Bama, Texas, and UO end up as the 3 teams being considered, the committee can avoid the entire Texas/Bama controversy by taking them both. They can justify it by saying the win at Bama is better than UO splitting with UW.

Most likely. But it is also possible they recalibrate after the CG games. If Bama beats Georgia, Texas's win over Bama gains significance. If Oregon is ahead tonight I think we need to root like hell for Bama.

Someone earlier mentioned game control as an element of consideration by the committee. I don't know if that's actually something they look at or just something they said one time to justify a particular ranking, but having nothing better to do I went through the Texas schedule game by game and calculated the amount of time tied, leading, or behind. I did not take into account the actual O/T against KSU because no time clock is used in O/T. Out of a total of 720 minutes of game clock, Texas had the lead for 536:00 minutes (74%), was tied for 119:32 (17%), and was behind for only 64:18 (9%). The number of minutes tied includes the start of the games until the first team scored. Some notable points: There were only two games where Texas was behind for more than 8 total minutes: OU and Wyoming. In the Bama game, Texas led for 47:04, and only trailed for 1:09. In six of the games, Texas scored first and never trailed. There were only 2 games where Texas was behind at any point after it had taken a lead: OU and Alabama (for all of 1 minute and 9 seconds). Even in the close calls (KSU, TCU, and UH), Texas never trailed after it had taken a lead. Other than the OU game, the LATEST point in a game that Texas trailed was Bama in the first minute of the 4th quarter. Other than OU and Bama, Texas NEVER TRAILED in the second half of any game. In 8 games Texas led for more than 45 minutes, and there were 2 others where Texas led for more than 40 minutes, and one where it led for 30 minutes. That means that Texas had the lead for at least half of the game in 11 of 12 games played. On average, Texas led for 44:38, trailed for 5:23, and was tied for 9:59. I'm too lazy to look up the numbers for Bama, UW, or Oregon.

But he could have been a legend.

All the metrics are wrong. They don't take into account that Bama wasn't really a good team until the third week.

This game was like a champagne bottle being opened after being shaken for 14 years. The cork finally popped when Arch came in.

I do, I am, and I do.

He has one for each of MTG's toes.

We should trademark "Fisch Camp"

My bad. What I meant to day is that Michigan will steal quietly away.

My bet is that OSU beats UM by 2 TDs or more, and Michigan quietly goes away.

Gold Jerry, gold. 1. Why is a "top professional leader" posting theoretical aspirational speeches on a football message board at 2:30 a.m.? 2. Talks about the need for leaders to be empathetic, then immediately pivots to insults (flipping burgers at McDonald's) and ad hominem attacks (calling those who responded brats and idiots). 3. Calls one guy out for a spelling gaffe (ackward rather than awkward), yet calls someone else a "simplton". 4. Objects to aggy being called weird, preferring "different". No, you're weird.

This. This is why we need to destroy TT and give the committee an objective differentiator with Oregon.

But can we see how the Texas opponents' penalty stats compare with the other Big 12 teams in conference games?

Good point. Is there a data base that breaks it down by conference game?

Under the string multiverse theory in physics there are potentially an infinite number of parallel universes. In some versions of the theory the universes are different in their essence and follow different fundamental laws of physics. That means that it is theoretically possible that in some parallel universe aggy is winning championships.

That's why Harbaugh's not there? I had heard he skipped the game to interview with aggy.

Most are flat dumbasses.

Captain Obvious here to point out that 2008 wasn't a 2- way tie. There were 3 teams tied and each was 1 and 1 against the others.

Better than this.