Tulsa World: Thunder joins BCS on list of bad stuff

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	Report Comment Dad, Up North (11/13/2008 7:08:56 AM) Monday nighter is Buff and Cleveland??? Yikes. Dancin' with the stars should have great ratings.
	Report Comment stroudrb, (11/13/2008 7:30:54 AM) Texas is ahead of OU because the Longhorns beat them head to head, which is a tiebreaker used in every district, division and conference since the beginning of time. Win the game and then you can complain.
	Report Comment J T from Jenks, ACWORTH (11/13/2008 7:32:44 AM) OK, Which is it. "If Texas goes over OU, each with one loss, it will be the biggest miscarriage of justice in global sports history. " Or the other day you said, "If OU goes over Texas, each with one loss, it will be the biggest miscarriage of justice in global sports history. I know your confused, now I am?
	Report Comment Hard Harry, broken arrow (11/13/2008 8:36:21 AM) This is the worst "Picker" article I've ever read. An 8 team playoff with the winner of each major conference? Even though the BCS top 10 is loaded with Big XII south teams? So leave OU, Texas, OSU out (assuming Tech wins out) of the playoff? Dumb, just plain dumb. Any why are you writing about "Dexter, Dr. Lou and The Shield"? This is a sports article right? And last but not least - why are you ALWAYS dogging ESPN? I bet you watch Sportscenter just as much or more than the average guy reading this article. You're jealous of them aren't you?
	Report Comment Clint_brown1982, Owasso (11/13/2008 10:53:54 AM) this article sucks
	Report Comment Tina, (11/13/2008 11:12:25 AM) Just another example of why we refer to him as "the nose picker" in our house.
	Report Comment The Bugle, Tulsa (11/13/2008 11:17:00 AM) Does anyone remember that movie "Big Trouble"? It has Tim Allen, Renee Russo and Dennis Farina is a mob hitman? He has to listen to sports radio and the only thing the callers ever talk about is who is better: Gator fans versus Georgia fans (I think). The level of discourse in the responses to this column remind me of that. OU is better. Texas is better. OSU is better. Ad naseum. As for the column: 15% substance, 45% repeat and 40% conjecture.
	Report Comment sidster, Tulsa (11/13/2008 1:30:09 PM) Right now Texas should be over OU. Last time I remember, OU got beat by the Longhorns. And no, TU will tame the Cougars at Houston this weekend. In basketball, a seson isn't determined after the first game of the season. TU vs. ORU should be a good game and should draw a great crowd if some of these lazy people get out of their houses. Oh yeah, you didn't say nothing about a game that will be played on ESPN tonight, Miami Hurricanes vs Va Tech. Watch out for those Canes, it seems they are getting their SWAGGER back!!!!!!!!
	Report Comment The Picker, Tulsa (11/13/2008 2:00:34 PM) Harry, your Big 12 is the most overrated conference in the country. It should get one team in an eight-team playoff, same as the others. Outside of the Vince Young year, when was the last time the Big 12 did much of anything in the bowls? Which is about the only way you can measure teams under this lousy system. You think the Big 12 is good because of rankings? Rankings done by people who don't even see the games? If a Big 12 team plays any SEC team anywhere, we'll see who is best won't we.
	Report Comment The Picker, Tulsa (11/13/2008 2:10:40 PM) Swami, I like your look. Now, down to business, how much?
	Report Comment The Picker, Tulsa (11/13/2008 2:54:22 PM) And what about the most perfect playoff system ever dreamed up? Six major conferences, two mini-majors. Four games during the lull when school is out, no time missed; two playoff games on big bowl day; finals two weeks later. Rotate the two big bowls. What's the matter, don't you people know how to praise?
	Report Comment trahernsfriend, (11/13/2008 3:07:12 PM) They need to do away with the automatic bids and invite the top 10 BCS rated teams to the big bowl game. Here is how it would break down if today was pairing day: BCS National Championship game: #1 Alabama vs. #2 Texas Tech Orange/Fiesta/Sugar #3 Florida vs. #4 Texas #5 OU vs. #10 Georgia #7 Utah vs. #9 Boise State Rose (Keep the big 10/PAC 10 Homers happy with this matchup #6 USC vs. #8 Penn State
	Report Comment Coxy24, (11/13/2008 3:15:46 PM) Picker, how about you answer JT's question and tell us all why you have flip flopped and said that if Texas goes over OU it would be "the biggest miscarriage of justice in global sports history" when just last week you had that reversed. Really losing your credibility...
	Report Comment The Picker, Tulsa (11/13/2008 3:24:44 PM) Coxy, you and JT are right, I seemed to have flop-flipped on that one. Sorry. What I meant to say was that with one loss each, Texas has to go to the title game instead of OU. The reasons are obvious. Tex won on a neutral field. And losing on a dropped inteception is better than getting soundly throttled in Dallas. It is clearly idiotic that in the coach's poll now, Texas is rated over OU, proving flunkies vote.
	Report Comment Hard Harry, broken arrow (11/13/2008 9:21:44 PM) picker picker picker... tsk tsk - you're honestly saying to all the good people of Tulsa that the Big XII conference should not get any more teams into an 8 team playoff than the Big 10? One team from each?? Big XII is overrated???? I'll admit my Pokes "played" some horrible defense - ok they didn't play defense at all Saturday night. But tell me who from the Big 10 or the Pac 10 or the ACC or any of the other crap conferences (besides SEC) is going to beat Tech or OU or Texas??? None of them.
	Report Comment Hard Harry, broken arrow (11/13/2008 9:23:05 PM) We'll praise you when it's worthy. This isn't worthy. Playoff? YES!!!! 1 team from each major conference? NO!!! Top 8 in BCS rankings is the only fair way to do it.
	Report Comment norsemustang, (11/14/2008 12:00:46 AM) Picker, this is just my opinion but I think that an ordinary mascot name like Pirates, Bulldogs, or Tigers would have been better than the Thunder.
	Report Comment soonerguy, Tulsa (11/14/2008 12:50:03 AM) Oh Picker. No wonder you think you are the best in all the land. You flip flop and confuse yourself enough that you think you got all the picks right by the end! In your response to JT, which was about how you flip flopped the OU/TEXAS debacle, you did it again! OU is rated OVER Texas in the coaches poll. Wake up! Also, your arguement that the SEC is better than the Big 12 is hogwash. Since we can not tell how good the Big 12 is (since you think they beat up on their overrated conference buds) how can we know they SEC is any better? The same argument could be made (which is much more likely) that after years of SEC love everyone thinks the SEC is the best. Look at Georgia for example, I doubted them in the beginning, and look where they are now.
	Report Comment soonerguy, Tulsa (11/14/2008 12:55:05 AM) Also, I love your short term memory. As I recall OU was beating Texas "soundly" until the end of the third when they lost Reynolds. Also, a 10 point victory when 7 of those came on a gimme kick return (ANY team is just as likely to run one back on OU this year, it was not a statement of TX ability) is a FAR cry getting "soundly throttled". I am also interested in your logic of keeping OU behind TX, even if they win out. So, if TX TECH loses to OU, they should remain ahead of Texas since they have only one loss and they beat Texas? So then, what do you DO with OU? They can't be behind Tech since they beat Tech. Its a circle, you can't use logic sometimes and not others.
	Report Comment Jimm, (11/14/2008 1:48:07 AM) Cut the Thunder some slack! The sooners have been around for over 100 years and they don't have a mascot.
	Report Comment Rhymeister, Tulsa (11/14/2008 2:51:01 AM) They need to bring Jay Cronley back as the picker, he was hilarious, this guy is not entertaining at all. I've seen people write it's Dave Sittler, but I doubt Sittler would pick ever K-State over Nebraska but then again maybe he thinks the Huskers are going to get upset. I think Kansas has a good chance to shock Texas but for that to happen the Horns are gonna have to be sleepwalking. They have had their share of bad luck in the wheat state though...
	Report Comment D.Wade, Tulsa (11/14/2008 2:51:21 AM) You know it finally hit me after all this time, you simply do not know one thing about football, I mean you even know less then Lee Corso, now THATS impressive, I say if your going to do anything do it the best, and you are the absolute best at knowing nothing about football. Your parents must be proud! You go!
	Report Comment SoonerDJ, Lisbon, Portugal (11/14/2008 7:26:05 AM) If the Big 12 South does end in a tie then OU should go. Each team will have one loss to one another, but what team has wins over 2 current top 25 teams? OU does. Both have a chance to win thier conference and if Cinci does they are going to a BCS bowl. How could OU not be picked if the cards fall that way over the next 3 weeks? I vote for a 16 seed playoff. That would give the "little guy", ie non-BCS conf., a greater chance to compete.
	Report Comment Dave in Houston, Houston (11/14/2008 8:54:07 AM) SoonerDJ, Lisbon, Portugal (11/14/2008 7:26:05 AM) ...but what team has wins over 2 current top 25 teams? OU does. ________________________________________________________________ I had to read your comment twice to confirm how dumb it was. That comment makes no sense. Actually look at the Top 25 and you'll agree. If there is a three-way tie, you can bet Tech will be out b/c they will have the most recent loss. I doubt the Human Polls will put OU ahead of Texas because Texas proved they were better on the field. The Computer polls are the big unknown. By beating Tech, OU will actually devalue a win, in terms of the computer formulae, over OSU since they lost to Tech. I still think the Human polls, being 2/3rds of the makeup, will control in the end. IMO: 3-Way tie = Texas goes to Big XII Champ
	Report Comment MajorTom007, (11/14/2008 10:55:55 AM) Plucker, When it comes to talk being cheap, yours is the cheapest. You picked Houston to go over Tulsa last year. We all know what a little pearl of wisdom that pick turned out to be. More like a nugget... Just plop back in your la-z-boy and watch some more bad TV. I hear "Funny Farm" is on this weekend...

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