Boomer (Champion?) Sooner

I was puzzled at the fact that the BCS, a system which seems set up to screw a different team every year, managed to always give special treatment to the Oklahoma Sooners. Amazingly, this is Bob Stoops's 4th trip to the BCS title game, and even this year's controversy pales in comparison to that surrounding some of the other trips.

Oklahoma's first BCS trip was totally legit. They were undefeated and ranked #1.

Their 2004 trip was controversial in that there were 3 undefeated teams but, as always, there were only 2 spots in the title game.

Things were screwy this year in favor of Oklahoma, and they got a Big-12 Title, a BCSNCG trip, and possible a Heisman Trophy as a result of the Sooner Friendly BCS. But its not really right to blame the BCS entirely, as the Big-12 was dumb enough This years BCS inclusion of Oklahoma is more controversial than 2004 but it doesn't come close to being the most controversial selection for Stoops's Troops. That honor goes to their inclusion in the 2003 Sugar Bowl.

Oklahoma's 2003 title game appearance was perhaps the biggest BCS screwup of all time (or maybe not, there are so many its hard to keep track). Oklahoma lost the Big-12 title game that year. Didn't just lose, got hammered, 35-7, by a Kansas State team led by the original Pocket Hercules Darren Sproles. Despite not winning their conference and getting stomped badly on national TV, the BCS computers still ranked Oklahoma high enough that they were put in the Sugar Bowl against LSU. This led to the infamous split title of 2003, which stupid LSU fans are still bitching about to SC fans despite the fact that SC had nothing to do with it. Freaking hicks, go feed your stupid Tiger.

The Pac-10, the SEC, the ACC, the Big East, smaller schools, Texas, all have been on the short end of the BCS stick. Its truly impressive how many teams have been screwed in only a decade. But why does Oklahoma seem to always reap the benefits of the BCS computations?

Bob Stoops is married to Carol Stoops. Bob and Carol Stoops. BCS! They're behind the whole thing! Its all so simple people!

Wait...

If Bob Stoops is so powerful, why has he lost so many BCS games?

Weird.

Seriously though, I have something to say to the Oklahoma fan base. Let me preference this by saying that I am NOT a Texas fan. I don't have any reason to hate Oklahoma, either the team or the state. In fact, in the short time I spent in Texas and Oklahoma, I definitely preferred Oklahoma.

A lot of Sooner fans have recently accused Texas and its fans of being whiners and crybabies as a result of their BCS snub. Some even made banners and posters about the subject and took them to the Big-12 Championship game to display on TV. There seems to be a special delight among Sooners in rubbing this into Texas's collective face.

To any and all Oklahoma fans who are engaging this type of activity, I say this:

SHUT THE FUCK UP!

Essentially, you won a coin flip. It could just have easily been Texas which won the Big-12 South, Big 12 Title game, had their ticket punched for Miami and had their QB win the Heisman. You got lucky. Which is fine, luck is part of life, and I have no real argument against Oklahoma being selected. But seriously, try to show a little class. You were the beneficiary of a flawed system (again, I might add), so don't pretend like Texas fans don't have a legitimate beef with how things played out.

I know (I KNOW!) that if the tables were turned, and Texas had been selected, that the very same Sooner fans now delighting in taunting Texas fans for their anger would be up in fucking arms over the injustice of it all. And they'd have just as much a reason to be upset as Texas fans do now. So please, Sooner Fans, grow up and realize how lucky you are, enjoy it, and don't spoil it with poor sportsmanship. Florida already has Jesus taking the snaps, so it would be wise not to have too much bad Karma on your trip to Miami or you'll be up against not one but two different supernatural belief structures, and I don't even think Sam Bradford can deal with that.

I'll never understand how people can pull out the "don't be a whiner card" in situations like this. Jesus, these football teams are more important that anything else to some of these fans (not the greatest thing, but true nonetheless). You spend the whole year following, learning about, discussing, arguing, living and dying by every action your team makes. Now your team was screwed out of a lot of good shit for no real reason, essentially because you lost coin flip, and you're expected to not get pissed off about it? You shouldn't get mad and wonder who you have to screw to get a little justice?

By the way, the answer is Bob Stoops.