1. I was there for two years and my grad student job was with the Student Athlete Department. I went to several games/events as I had students from all sports I worked with (wrestlers were the dumbest, gymnasts the smartest). Better yet, I was there during the Shellenberger era when OU football was pretty much tragic - and I remain a fan.
2. Really…who cares about how the AP jock sniffers vote? People who write about sports are like infantry officers from West Point…bottom of their journalism class. Besides, it has zero bearing on the final selection and the same could be asked why Cincinnati (who nearly lost to Navy) is ranked above Alabama. Here are the facts…if ‘Bama does not win the SEC championship they are out - every one loss (or better) team with a conference championship will get a spot before them. Right now, someone from the Big 10 looks like a lock and maybe even Oregon. I would be super happy with a SEC/Big 10/Big 12/PAC 12 bowl series.
3. I don’t care enough about the SEC or your academic background to do the homework. But I’m certain you are clever enough to know that all my points in #2 are accurate.
1. So where you did undergrad doesn’t have a team?
2. Your new argument is that no one cares about the AP Poll? JFC. Also, you just said conference championships matter. I thought conferences
didn’t matter? So they don’t, but their
championships do? And here are the facts: everybody who has a brain and slightly more than a passing interest in college football knows that about Bama. This is nothing new. My big takeaway would be that Cincy is ranked above OU. Of course they’re ahead of Bama, a one loss team. But the writers are saying that OU, with no losses, is worse than a one loss Bama. Ouch.
3. No research required, other than looking at the username of the individual with whom you’re communicating.
