College Football – Week 13 – Fantasy Season at Texas Tech is Over, Oklahoma Kills the Dream, 65-21
Monday, January 23rd, 2012It was a big, beautiful 10 weeks in the No. 2-place Texas Tech Red Raiders, complete with undefeated 10-0 record and victories over the years huge Nebraska, Texas A & M, Texas and Oklahoma State. Theys considered unbeatable, unstoppable and went to the BCS National Championship Game.
Then a funny thing happened when they travel to No. 5 Oklahoma-place Texas lost what had taken 5 weeks ago. Either someone forgot to tell the Red Raiders, they had forgotten or listen to the led the nation with 23 consecutive home wins Oklahoma.
No one had to remind the Sooners, they remembered quite well, the Red Raiders clubbing on the side of the head with a 2×4 in a stunning 65-21 defeat. Previously quarterback Sam Bradford threw for 300 yards and 4 touchdowns, and DeMarco Murray and Chris + Brown ran for five more points.
Both teams with explosive offenses in cam. Both Were Three Two of the top teams in the country on the edge of offense and scoring offense, averaging a combined 788 yards and 98 points a game. Statistically, both teams in rushing defense and scoring defense Equal. Both were were the same in passing defense and pass defense stats both her arm.
What would have been exciting year, big game scoring a great game for Oklahoma. Texas Tech ended up sucking pond water in Louisiana.
Three ranked teams lost classified Other Other opponents. No. 16 Brigham Young lost on the way to No. 8 Utah, 48-24. No. 17 Michigan State lost on the way to No. 7 Penn State, 49-18. No. 20 Pittsburgh lost on the way to No. 19 Cincinnati, 28-21.
Four teams lost to unranked place other opponents, never a good idea if you want the people’s favor in the weekly national rankings attract participants. Thesis kind of loss costs Cdn teams thousands of dollars in lost revenue through the bowl of powers to be shared with shells larger payouts.
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