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ManiacalClown · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:43 am

Oh PLEASE

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/big12/0-8-18 ... erisk.html

pearljamfan80 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:16 am

This is pretty hilarious.

Electromatic · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:34 pm

They are correct, it was a 3 way tie for first. Oklahoma was properly granted the right to represent the Big 12 South according to the rules but they all share the Big 12 south title.

They only need tie breakers to find representation for the league title. Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma all won a share of the Big 12 south last season.

Orpheus · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:09 pm

Personally, I only care that we beat them by ten points on a neutral field.

Green Habit · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:28 pm

Has the Big 12 fixed it so this clusterfuck won't happen again?

Charlie · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:49 pm

Electromatic wrote:

They are correct, it was a 3 way tie for first. Oklahoma was properly granted the right to represent the Big 12 South according to the rules but they all share the Big 12 south title.

They only need tie breakers to find representation for the league title. Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma all won a share of the Big 12 south last season.

dogbelly · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:05 pm

Did they have a parade too? Dumbasses.

ManiacalClown · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:35 pm

Electromatic wrote:

They are correct, it was a 3 way tie for first. Oklahoma was properly granted the right to represent the Big 12 South according to the rules but they all share the Big 12 south title.

They only need tie breakers to find representation for the league title. Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma all won a share of the Big 12 south last season.

According to the article, they have separate lists. They posted the Big 12 south title, which they won a share of in the three-way tie, but also posted that they won the Big 12 title, which is completely ridiculous.

Orpheus · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:38 pm

Sour grapes: Aggies have forgotten that they have a football team of their own to follow.

likeatab · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:42 pm

hell yes i'm bitter about it. always will be. it was a straight up smooth buttfucking and anyone with anything resembling logical thought processes just can't disagree. you just can't.

likeatab · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:55 pm

dogbelly · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:09 am

I hope Mack and Deloss get their stories straight this time.

Charlie · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:22 am

its amazing how many of you chose to ignore electromatic's post

pearljamfan80 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:35 am

Charlie wrote:

its amazing how many of you chose to ignore electromatic's post

Probably because it's not a list of Big XII South Championships, but Big XII Championships.

Electromatic · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:41 am

ManiacalClown wrote:

Electromatic wrote:

They are correct, it was a 3 way tie for first. Oklahoma was properly granted the right to represent the Big 12 South according to the rules but they all share the Big 12 south title.

They only need tie breakers to find representation for the league title. Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma all won a share of the Big 12 south last season.

According to the article, they have separate lists. They posted the Big 12 south title, which they won a share of in the three-way tie, but also posted that they won the Big 12 title, which is completely ridiculous.

oh well in that case I stand corrected. That's a little much.

flavdave · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:48 am

This is almost as good as that One Peat billboard near the USC campus paid for by LSU fans from a few years ago.

dogbelly · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:52 am

This will never get old. What idiots. :haha:

ManiacalClown · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:07 am

Orpheus wrote:

Sour grapes: Aggies have forgotten that they have a football team of their own to follow.

Don't lie. You know we don't have a football team.

ManiacalClown · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:11 am

likeatab wrote:

hell yes i'm bitter about it. always will be. it was a straight up smooth buttfucking and anyone with anything resembling logical thought processes just can't disagree. you just can't.

I wholeheartedly agree that something like the BCS standings, which is a subjective measure, should not be the second tiebreaker. Someone was going to be buttfucked because of the three-way tie/circle of death. Even with all three teams being 1-1, there ought to be SOME kind of legitimate statistical measure that can break a tie before defaulting to what amounts to nothing more than opinion.

That doesn't mean I can't make fun of the butthurt, though.

ManiacalClown · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:17 am

On another note, why the fuck can't anyone get the spelling of "Big 12" correct?

From the conference website:

Quote:

When referring to the Big 12 Conference, please remember the conference name (which is a registered trademark) should be listed as follows:
Big 12 Conference

The following should NOT be used in text when referencing the
Big 12:
Big XII
Big Twelve

This is not a problem unique to UT. A&M's list of championships in Kyle Field spelled it wrong, for example. Not sure if they fixed it when they redid the signage and moved the list to the exterior.

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