Seems Like I Say This Every Year

So far the big four from the Big 12 South are 0-2 in bowl games, with Oklahoma State losing to Oregon (from the allegedly weak-sister Pac 10) and Texas Tech losing to four-loss Ole Miss.

If When Texas loses to big underdog Ohio State and Oklahoma is crushed by Florida, is anyone in the sports prognosticating world going to recognize that they had been over-ranking the Big 12 all along and Texas beating Oklahoma, who beat Texas Tech, who beat Texas did not mean they were all top eight teams? Better yet, will this somehow prevent all three or four teams being ranked in the top 10 next year so that they are guaranteed at least one slot in the national championship game? I'm not holding my breath.

And yes, the SEC will probably have a national champion Florida, but since Florida is only there because they beat undefeated, undisputed Alabama to get there and Alabama proceeded to lay an egg against Utah, is it possible that we might be able to, next year, suggest that the SEC is not a unstoppable footballing conference? I didn't think so either.

All of this is to say that, while a team from the SEC or Big 12 (or both!) can feel free to drop a game and still have a shot at the national title, a team like, just picking at random, Oregon had better win all its games or it has no shot. This despite the fact that we have one-loss Boise State, undefeated Utah, one-loss USC, and Cal, Arizona, and Oregon State - who all won bowl games - on the schedule next year.

There is no justice in this world!

[Update]: Obviously Texas squeaked out a win, but I don't believe for a second they could hang with USC and I believe that even Oregon would have a decent shot. I stand by my "overrated" chant with regards to the Big 12.