Bedlam.
How can one word have so much meaning?
To the college football fan, bedlam is a rivalry game played between two schools from the plains of Oklahoma.
However, according to Webster's Dictionary bedlam is "a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion."
Saturday night in Stillwater, Okla. the Cowboys of Oklahoma State have the chance to truly release bedlam on college football and unleash a storm on the BCS.
How is this possible, you ask? If OSU is victorious, Texas Tech will represent the Big 12 South in the conference championship game next weekend in Kansas City. That's right, folks, Texas Tech would finish the season 11-1, the same record as Texas. Thanks to a last-second touchdown by Michael Crabtree a couple weeks ago, the Red Raiders have a tie-breaker advantage.
With a victory Saturday night, OSU leaves title contenders Texas and Oklahoma sitting on the sidelines, unable to play for their own conference title, and essentially locked out of the BCS championship game.
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Who then is your national title match up? Until now it has been assumed that the BCS championship game would come down to the champions of the SEC and Big 12, this year's best conferences. But, lets assume Texas Tech defeats Missouri in the Big 12 Championship, would the BCS really accept a team that lost by 43 just last week? We think not.Bedlam.
What match up then, in this new "Big 12 champion free world," makes the BCS championship game legit?
Assuming Alabama and Florida make it into the SEC championship without incurring any other loses this weekend, the BCS will place them as one participant, but who shall they play?
If Oregon State defeats Oregon, USC experiences the same fate as Oklahoma and Texas, no conference championship.
This leaves us with just one option, Penn State. Another one loss Big Ten team sitting in the clubhouse watching and waiting for someone to pull a "Greg Norman" as the leaders finish.
Deja vu all over again! A slow, Big Ten team that most will say an undefeated Utah and Boise State stand a better chance against the SEC foe. How much more of this can we take as college football fans?
The choice is yours this weekend. If you are a fan of a college football playoff, then you need to see the Cowboys set bedlam loose this weekend by defeating Oklahoma. If you love your BCS then a Sooner victory allows for the perpetuation of the system with minimal damage.
Will "uproar and confusion" prevail late Saturday night in Stillwater, or will the BCS bring "clarity" to the outcome of college football?
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about 1 month ago
OU (Rock) 65-21 over TT
TT (Scissors) 39-33 over TX
TX (Paper) 45-35 over OU
OU 100-66 (+34)
TX 78-74 (+4)
TT 60-98 (-38)
I'll take Oklahoma and a burrito...
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