yahoo says texas lost championship game

[rangerjohn]

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=jo-replay111006&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

they say texas should not have won because the refs screwed up a couple instant replay.

[manintheboat]

That is precisely why some writers end up writing for Yahoo sports. USC was not stopping Texas at all that night. The horns would have scored on the very next play if the call got overturned. There were some horrible spots that went USC's way too in that game. It all evens out in the end.

[Charles Helm]

I noticed a lot of "may" and "might" in there.

I'm not a big fan of the replay. Offciating has been part of the game forever and can go either way. There was at least one non-call last night that "might" have changed the Louisville-Rugers game...

[txjoker]

I think that is one of the reasons that instant replay should be taken away. I would much rather have a ref make a call on the spot and get on with the game. Now, all that will happen is more speculation as to whether or not the outcome of the game would have been different if the correct replay had been seen. If there was no replay, this would not even be an issue.

[Red]

Yahoo! sports. Aren't they Cauliflowers?

[flatzman]

Here's some irony. Texas may not get into the BCS championship because of the same reason. The blunder in Oregon that gave Oklahoma a loss on paper weakened the Big 12 and consequently Texas(assuming they win out). OU would be a 1 loss team right now with the only loss to Texas. I believe the BCS rankings take into account your strangth of schedule even after you've beaten an opponent. So if OU would have ended the season 9-1, Texas would appear to be stronger than beating an 8-2 opponent especially since the loss was to a PAC 10 opponent who is ranked 3rd in the conference.

[neckdeep]

Sour grapes by the sports writers who are west coast biased, thet's why the SEC is always behind and Auburn go screwed.

[rangerjohn]

Here's some irony. Texas may not get into the BCS championship because of the same reason. The blunder in Oregon that gave Oklahoma a loss on paper weakened the Big 12 and consequently Texas(assuming they win out). OU would be a 1 loss team right now with the only loss to Texas. I believe the BCS rankings take into account your strangth of schedule even after you've beaten an opponent. So if OU would have ended the season 9-1, Texas would appear to be stronger than beating an 8-2 opponent especially since the loss was to a PAC 10 opponent who is ranked 3rd in the conference.
well the other issue (like the guys on 610 last night where tlaking about) is this, say texas does make it in the champ game the (almost obvious)other team would be ohio right? wlel that is the team that beat texas. assuming both teams go the rest of hte season with out losses, ohio has the point of why should we have to beat texasAGAIN to prove we are the best? and what if another team is undefeated and texas makes it past them? then that leaves ohio kinda srcewed.

oh but wait isnt it basketball season? who cares about college football? LMAO

[the waterman]

I think that is one of the reasons that instant replay should be taken away. I would much rather have a ref make a call on the spot and get on with the game. Now, all that will happen is more speculation as to whether or not the outcome of the game would have been different if the correct replay had been seen. If there was no replay, this would not even be an issue.
You realize that Tech would have lost to A&M this year and to OU last year if there were no instant replay?? Remember the INT. that was ruled a INT but really wasn't at the end of the game?? I was wishing for once there was no replay but that goes both ways.

The problem with all this is that in a 1-3 point game everyone wants to find that one play that would have changed the outcome of the game. In most every game played there are probably 4-5 plays that could decide the outcome of the game. It is unfair to say that one play cost this team or that team.

[Gottagofishin]

IR or no IR, the officiating will never be perfect and both sides are subject to the vagaries of human error. That's alway been part of the game and always will be.

[Hook 'Em]

Well I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't baised about the Horns. But if they want to review this game they should go on and review all golf tourneys, baseball, basketball and every thing else for the last 15 years.

[zihuatanejo]

USC would not have been there had the officials called leinert for "assisting" bush into the end zone on their drive against Notre Dame. And how about that reggie bush investigation that is supposedly on going into him getting paid...going from an apartment to a 750k house for free? Clearly a west coast loving putz and usc fan. I actually sent him a scathing email and told him it would not be smart to show his pale skinny butt in Austin anytime soon....and the bottom line is we have the trophy!!

[zihuatanejo]

Dan Wetzl's own words last year in response to a letter.



You failed to mention that Young's knee was on the ground when he lateraled the ball. Pete Carroll got caught flat-footed on that, but it was on the other side of the field. Also the reviewers got blindsided?

Don DuBois
Portland, Ore. It is only in rare circumstances that I mention the officials because, like it or not, they are part of the game and things often even out. Yes Young's knee was down, but Texas very likely would have scored on that possession anyway. As for Carroll, he was caught flat-footed 20 times in that game (out-coached by Mack Brown?) and still almost won.

[Red]

Well said, waterman.

Yahoo should place more value on their credibility as a worldwide organization than this (even though I'm having a hell of a lot of fun emailing to some other 'friends' :D ). Anyone can put anything on the Interweb, nowadays.