A&M gets hosed

Me and Landry Jones

Sunday evening, I doubt the Texas A&M Aggies thought they were going to be named the Big XII South champions.

Oklahoma had beat Oklahoma State Saturday forcing a three-way tie in the Big XII South with the tie breaker going to the team with the highest BCS ranking. OU got the nod with a No. 9 ranking. Oklahoma State's No. 14 and Texas A&M is ranked No. 19.

A&M got screwed, I think.

In college football with the currently bowl/ranking system, we are led to believe that teams tend to rise up after an early loss and dip after late losses. Essentially, a team with a week No. 1 loss has a better shot at getting into the top five than teams with a loss in the conference championship game.

A&M's last loss was Oct. 16. OSU's last loss was Oct. 23 and then again last week. OU last lost Nov. 6.

To the Texas A&M Aggies.

So, how are the Aggies a full 10 spots behind OU and OSU's just five spots behind OU?

I suspect it's the three overall losses, the third coming to Arkansas, a potential BCS team. However, both are 6-2, A&M has better wins than OSU and it's not like OU tore through their opponents. Just feel like A&M got a raw deal.

Games:

Oklahoma 47, Oklahoma State 41
I was stunned that Oklahoma won this game. OSU showed that it's still the younger stepbrother to the big guns in the Big XII. Until further notice, nobody's knocking OU off the pedastal.

TCU 66, New Mexico 17
Beating the shit out of New Mexico is nice, but TCU's dreams were busted when Auburn came back against Alabama. With Boise State's loss, TCU will get the BCS nod, but it's not enough.

Kansas State 49, North Texas 41
Lil' North Texas gave K-State it's best 1-2 punch. Then K-State countered with their 1-2 and upper cut and the Mean Green couldn't quite handle it. The teams combined for 671 rushing yards and Lance Dunbar must be a the No. 1 option in Denton next season.

Texas Tech 35, Houston 20
Tommy Tuberville got the Raiders to 7-5 in his first year. Not great. Not awful. Need a few headline wins, however. No way Houston was winning in Lubbock at night.

Missouri 35, Kansas 7
Mizzou gets to 10 wins and if not for that loss to Nebraska they'd be top 5 in the national.