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Fiesta Bowl: West Virginia 48, Oklahoma 28 (final)

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Part of me wants to see OU go down to shut up the incessant talk of them being one of the many teams not playing for the NC that talking head x thinks is the "real" best team in America/team that no one wants to play.
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The hilarious part of that mantra is how they were destroyed just a few years ago, and really ruined the NC game two years in a row. But that's not as easy or fun of a stereotype, so suddenly those games are no longer held against them by the kneejerk media. Must be the convincing win against Boise State :roll1:
 
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jwinslow;1025245; said:
The hilarious part of that mantra is how they were destroyed just a few years ago, and really ruined the NC game two years in a row. But that's not as easy or fun of a stereotype, so suddenly those games are no longer held against them by the kneejerk media. Must be the convincing win against Boise State :roll1:
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I had this conversation with a few SEC fans at the game.

If anyone besides OU got killed in B2B NC's games(one of wich followed a drubbing in their CCG) AND lost to Boise in a 4 year stretch they would get crucified by the media. Their conference spits the bit regularly in Bowl games (unless Vince Young is playing) but no one ever questions the strength of the B12.

OU and Stoops are as teflon as FSU in their heyday.
 
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Jaxbuck;1025751; said:
I had this conversation with a few SEC fans at the game.

If anyone besides OU got killed in B2B NC's games(one of wich followed a drubbing in their CCG) AND lost to Boise in a 4 year stretch they would get crucified by the media. Their conference spits the bit regularly in Bowl games (unless Vince Young is playing) but no one ever questions the strength of the B12.

OU and Stoops are as teflon as FSU in their heyday.
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Perception is funny. OU fans are always complaining that the media bashes the B12 conference and hates them.
 
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methomps;1025765; said:
Perception is funny. OU fans are always complaining that the media bashes the B12 conference and hates them.
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I'd like to know how they arrive at that. They start every year in the top 5 and as soon as they drub some hapless B12 team by 60-70 points the greatest of all time talk starts.

Lose to Colorado and TTech? No worries they are still the best two loss team in America, no one wants to play them right now.
 
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Jaxbuck;1025887; said:
I'd like to know how they arrive at that. They start every year in the top 5 and as soon as they drub some hapless B12 team by 60-70 points the greatest of all time talk starts.

Lose to Colorado and TTech? No worries they are still the best two loss team in America, no one wants to play them right now.
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The same way every fanbase does: by scouring everything written or said about college football, extracting anything that can be characterized as a slight against alma mater, and inventing a single-minded media biased against them.
 
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methomps;1025893; said:
The same way every fanbase does: by scouring everything written or said about college football, extracting anything that can be characterized as a slight against alma mater, and inventing a single-minded media biased against them.
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I've never seen an Ohio State fan do this... :paranoid:
 
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methomps;1025893; said:
The same way every fanbase does: by scouring everything written or said about college football, extracting anything that can be characterized as a slight against alma mater, and inventing a single-minded media biased against them.
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Some have to scour, others can just pick a media source blindfolded and get their "slight".
 
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methomps;1025893; said:
The same way every fanbase does: by scouring everything written or said about college football, extracting anything that can be characterized as a slight against alma mater, and inventing a single-minded media biased against them.
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This coming from an SC fan who never has anything but praise heaped upon his team. (Sorry Methomps, the devil made me do it:biggrin:)
 
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BB73;1025238; said:
One benefit of a WV win is that it could help tOSU become preseason #1 next year. That could lift tOSU into the most times #1 all-time in the AP poll.
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I think beating LSU on Jan 7th will lock the pre-season #1 ranking for us, regardless of what OU does to WVU...
 
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Switzer fan of WVU's offense

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 3:03 AM



Associated Press
Shhh, don't say it too loud. Barry Switzer is a fan of West Virginia.

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The former Oklahoma coach won't be rooting for the Mountaineers when they face the Sooners in the Fiesta Bowl. But he does gush about how West Virginia's no-huddle offense works.
Switzer helped transform Oklahoma's wishbone into one of the most prolific rushing games in college football. He likes what he sees in West Virginia's run-based spread formation.

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This just looks too easy.

I cannot see WVU winning this game, let alone come within seven points of the Sooners.

I just don't see the Mountaineers having the heart and passion that they showed up until the Pitt game, and with Rodriguez bolting for Michigan, I'm almost expecting a downtrodden and sluggish West Virginia team.

Sooners win - 42-21.

I'm all in.
 
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I hate to be a contrarian (not really, but I'm humble:biggrin:) but did you folks see Colorado last night, one of the teams that beat this juggernaut OU?

These bowl games have so much to do with emotions and motivations, look at OU last year against Boise. I agree on paper it appears that OU has all the factors on its side, but who knows, they may come in flat and WVU may want to show rr what he missed out on.

What's the line again? I may want to go all in on OU myself. :tongue2:
 
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GrizzlyBuck;1043892; said:
I hate to be a contrarian (not really, but I'm humble:biggrin:) but did you folks see Colorado last night, one of the teams that beat this juggernaut OU?

These bowl games have so much to do with emotions and motivations, look at OU last year against Boise. I agree on paper it appears that OU has all the factors on its side, but who knows, they may come in flat and WVU may want to show rr what he missed out on.

What's the line again? I may want to go all in on OU myself. :tongue2:
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OU has a lot to gain by winning this game impressively.

If (theoretically) Ohio State and LSU play a clunker of a game and LSU doesn't win decisively, we could see another split MNC if OU blasted WVU......

Just saying.....
 
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