I am aware. I am not losing any sleep over the fact that Texas will probably not be going to the playoff. This isn't 2008. We don't have a truly great team that just fell short in some tragic way. We sucked in some games and deserved each of our three losses. Probably should have lost a few more. I am perfectly fine calling it a season at this point. But hey if by some weird fluke Texas gets in, well let's fucking go.
If we were going to the SEC title game and had a chance to beat Georgia and get in, and lose and we were out that would be fine by me. If we were in the same situation BYU was in that would be great. But Texas doesn't have that opportunity, we are sitting at home hoping a series of unlikely miracles occur. BYU can play their way in.
I guess my logic is you want to be in the playoff it is because you think you are good enough to win it. Not just to be there. If you don't think you can beat Texas Tech then you probably won't beat Ohio State. Besides the Big 12 Championship is clearly sort of a playoff game anyway. The winner moves on, the loser goes home. I like it. Nice and pure.
Or maybe Texas Tech gets in either way, that's lame. But what can you do?