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dmbfan



Joined: 09 Mar 2006
PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:12 pm    Post subject: Fiesta Bowl. Reply with quote
Longhorns win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


24-21.


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JMO



Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
With Texas failing to cover, Tech losing to Ole Miss, would anyone be surprised if Florida stomped on Oklahoma. Starting to think these big XII offenses are not all they cracked up to be.
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dmbfan



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Texas failing to cover, Tech losing to Ole Miss, would anyone be surprised if Florida stomped on Oklahoma. Starting to think these big XII offenses are not all they cracked up to be.




Boo....phukcing....hoo.

They still one. The beat Ohio State, which is not a pushover team. But, yoiu forgot to mention that Missouri won.

The only scandal from the Big 12 is Texas NOT being in the national championship game.

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RJjr



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It was hard for Texas to cover the spread. Ohio State's defense was really good this year. For example, in the USC game, the scoreboard made Ohio State's D look worse than it really was, with Rey Maualuga doing his thing and all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A5Wr3Y9C3k&feature=related

Oops, wrong video. I meant this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QavEGZd8sA

I like Florida's defense better than Oklahoma's, but I don't think either team will have a hard time putting points on the board. I'm expecting a high-scoring game:

Oklahoma 38
Florida 35
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JMO



Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
dmbfan wrote:
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Texas failing to cover, Tech losing to Ole Miss, would anyone be surprised if Florida stomped on Oklahoma. Starting to think these big XII offenses are not all they cracked up to be.




Boo....phukcing....hoo.

They still one. The beat Ohio State, which is not a pushover team. But, yoiu forgot to mention that Missouri won.

The only scandal from the Big 12 is Texas NOT being in the national championship game.

dmbfan


Oh I'm not taking anything away from Texas, I'm just wondering if these results are an indicator of anything for the nat. champ game. I personally think Florida will roll. I'd loved to have seen Florida/USC.

It is a scandal that Texas isn't in the big game but the same could be said for Oklahoma if they didn't make it. Someone had to lose out.

BTW I think Missouri also failed to cover a prettyy large spread.
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JMO



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
RJjr wrote:
It was hard for Texas to cover the spread. Ohio State's defense was really good this year. For example, in the USC game, the scoreboard made Ohio State's D look worse than it really was, with Rey Maualuga doing his thing and all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A5Wr3Y9C3k&feature=related

Oops, wrong video. I meant this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QavEGZd8sA

I like Florida's defense better than Oklahoma's, but I don't think either team will have a hard time putting points on the board. I'm expecting a high-scoring game:

Oklahoma 38
Florida 35


Nah I watched that USC game and I thought USC could have done more damage..but its a matter of opinion. OSU do have a good D but Texas were supposed to be a juggernaught.

I expect Florida to win going away.
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pkang0202



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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the perception is growing that the Big 12 may have been overhyped this fall. Oregon blows past Oklahoma State in the second half of the Holiday Bowl. Texas Tech can�t keep up with Ole Miss in the Cotton Bowl. Even Texas� pulsating win over Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl fell short of expectations in many people�s minds. The Big 12 needed the �Horns to dispose of the Buckeyes much the way USC did way back in September. It didn�t happen. If not for the heroics of Colt McCoy and Quan Cosby, three of the South�s ranked teams would have imploded. None played up to the oddsmakers� measuring stick

College Football News


Exactly. The Big 12 isn't as "mighty" as people believed. The High Octane offenses that would obliterate teams from other BCS conferences isn't there.

Is Texas and the Big 12's offense was so potent, then why didn't Texas Tech or Texas score over 40 points?

The OU-UF game is going to be the final say. Right now, I'd put all my money on UF making OU look like a Pop Warner team.
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dmbfan



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Is Texas and the Big 12's offense was so potent, then why didn't Texas Tech or Texas score over 40 points?



OK, lets go with the facts then, shall we?

Division 1 A Stats

PASSING EFFICIENCY.

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186.3 Sam Bradford Oklahoma
179.6 David Johnson Tulsa
176.7 Tim Tebow Florida
173.4 Colt McCoy Texas
166.8 Zac Robinson Oklahoma State
164.6 Mark Sanchez USC
164.0 Nate Davis Ball State
163.9 Chase Clement Rice
160.0 Graham Harrell Texas Tech
159.9 Case Keenum Houston


PASSING YARDS PER GAME
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393.2 Graham Harrell
386.2Case Keenum Houston
343.4Sam Bradford Oklahoma
316.8Chase Clement Rice
309.6Chase Daniel Missouri
304.4Max Hall Brigham Young
299.1Todd Reesing Kansas
297.4David Johnson Tulsa
296.8Colt McCoy Texas
286.5Tim Hiller Western Michigan


TOTAL OFFENSE PER GAME

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403.2 Case Keenum
392.0Graham Harrell Texas Tech
370.2Chase Clement Rice
348.4Sam Bradford Oklahoma
341.4Colt McCoy Texas
329.7Chase Daniel Missouri
324.3Juice Williams Illinois
316.3Todd Reesing Kansas
313.2Max Hall Brigham Young
307.7David Johnson Tulsa



Now, those are just a few stats but notice all the Big 12 teams in the top 10?

BIG 12 TEAM LEADERS

SCORING
SCHOOL PTS

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1. Oklahoma 54.0
2. Texas Tech 43.8
3. Texas 42.4
4. Missouri 42.2
5. Oklahoma State 40.8


RUSHING YARDS
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SCHOOL YDS
1. Oklahoma State 245.5
2. Oklahoma 205.5
3. Baylor 195.8
4. Nebraska 169.8
5. Texas 168.8


PASSING YARDS

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SCHOOL YDS
1. Texas Tech 413.2
2. Oklahoma 356.5
3. Missouri 330.4
4. Texas 308.3
5. Kansas 305.6



Now, lets compare to the.........SEC, shall we?

SCORING

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SCHOOL PTS
1. Florida 45.2
2. Mississippi 32.1
3. Georgia 31.5
4. LSU 30.9
5. Alabama 30.1


RUSHING YARDS

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SCHOOL YDS
1. Florida 229.8
2. Mississippi 186.5
3. Alabama 184.6
4. LSU 166.8
5. Georgia 148.3


PASSING YARDS

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SCHOOL YDS
1. Georgia 277.7
2. Arkansas 259.6
3. South Carolina 222.5
4. Mississippi 221.2
5. Florida 212.6



Anything else?


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RJjr



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
After watching Utah open a can of whoopass on Bama and thump them a lot worse than the final score indicated, I would take them against anybody right now.
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