Texas Mess

Alas, the refs and the NCAA conspired to help give the BCS championship berth to Texas (I thought the clock stopped when the whistle blew, not - as the Big 12 now officiates things in the wake of last night's game - when the ball hits a railing and has to be reviewed.)

In any case, it's fair to ask exactly why Texas got the berth partly on the basis of its strength of schedule. After all, based on final regular season standings, Texas has played ONLY ONE TEAM IN THE TOP 20 THIS YEAR...and that just happened to be Nebraska, who jumped to #20 based on its proud losing performance against Texas yesterday. For comparison's sake, Boise State has also played one one team in the top 20, thought that team - Oregon - is ranked much higher (7) than Texas' opponent and the Ducks also have the claim to be Pac-10 champs.