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Dec 1, 2015
7:52:39pm
moknowssports Walk-on
What is with all of the Oklahoma hate on CB? Or is it just B12 in general?
OU isn't Baylor/TCU last year where they literally played one or two difficult games all season. The Big 12 had more quality teams at the top and OU beat all of them. They won on the road against a respectable Tennessee team (which gave Bama all they wanted in Tuscaloosa and should have beat Florida in the Swamp). They destroyed OK State, completely controlled the game for 55 minutes against TCU, and answered everything Baylor threw at them in Waco. They gave Bill Snyder the biggest beat down of his entire storied coaching career.

Yes, they lost to their rival, a team they had no business losing to. But BYU fans should be able to relate to that: over the last 20 times we played Utah we had a better team than them in all but maybe 4-5 of those seasons, yet when we won we had to eke by and we frequently lost in spite of having a better team.

I just don't get the rationale for the hatred/thinking them undeserved of a playoff spot. Stanford should not jump them with a win. They lost twice, in one game only scoring 6 points against a Big Ten team not named Michigan State or Ohio State. That's embarrassing. Yeah, I recognize we scored less against a Big Ten team not named Michigan State or Ohio State...also embarrassing. Would you rather see Ohio State get in? Didn't even win their division. Barely beat Northern Illinois. Barely beat 6-6 Indiana. Struggled against two coachless Big Ten teams.

It seems to me some BYU fans have a hatred towards the Big 12 due to lack of invitation and hating on OU's playoff resume is a way to make them feel better. I can see arguments against them, but I don't see a rationale for being 100% opposed, given the other alternatives are Stanford and Ohio State.
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