How Can Missouri Win on Saturday?
November 26, 2007 – 12:01 pmI know Missouri is all the rage in college football this week, but how in the hell can they beat the Sooners on Saturday? It might sound absurd that I think a team with only one loss, Missouri, doesn’t have a chance against a two loss team, Oklahoma. But it’s the truth. Missouri doesn’t stand a chance. Their one loss is to Oklahoma, and Missouri hasn’t played big time college football in decades. And people are expecting them to beat a Bob Stoops-coached Oklahoma team in the Big 12 championship game? Bull-loney.
I guess exhibit A in an attack against my theory is the fact that Oklahoma lost the Big 12 championship game to Kansas State a few years back, when they had a birth in the national championship game to play for. They ended up backing into the championship game that year and got beat by LSU, but if they couldn’t find a way to beat K-State that year with that much to play for, how are they supposed to beat Missouri, when they probably won’t make it to the national championship game regardless? Well, one big difference is that Oklahoma was a huge favorite a few years ago. This year, everyone is talking about Missouri, wondering what a Missouri-West Virginia championship game would be like, and Oklahoma is just sitting there, under the radar.
I expect Oklahoma to win, and I expect them to win by at least ten points. Now, being that I’m a Longhorn, I would absolutely love to watch the Sooners get beat, but I just don’t see that happening. They’re the best team in the Big 12, and they’ve been the best team all season. I don’t see that changing on Saturday.
3 Responses to “How Can Missouri Win on Saturday?”
I agree. The National Title will be Ohio State versus West Virginia. OSU has no games left to play and WVU has Pittsburgh.
By Dan on Nov 26, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Here’s what I know (which, unfortunately has little to do with your post):
1) While I’m thrilled that Tennessee is in the SEC Championship, I also know that they’ll be getting their ass handed to them on a silver platter by LSU. Interesting aside, I think it’s hilarious that ESPN got the rankings backwards here (although I’m sure they’ll fix it soon - right now it says #7 UT vs #14 LSU… seriously, TN doesn’t even deserve to be #14).
2) Although it seems I say this every year, it also seems to be more true every year: If this season isn’t an argument for a playoff system, I sure as hell don’t know what is. How many rediculous upsets have there been this year? While it’s clear that there have been some freak occurrences this year (Stanford vs USC, Kentucky vs LSU, Arkansas at LSU, etc), it’s also clear that the rankings are not telling an accurate picture of what’s going on.
By Adam on Nov 27, 2007 at 12:31 am
Well, that answers that. What do you think of the BCS bowl linup, Jeff?
By Adam on Dec 2, 2007 at 8:57 pm