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Published October 25, 2008 12:19 am - MANHATTAN, Kan. — All right, Oklahoma can still get to the Big 12 championship game and the Sooners can get there two different ways. Both involve running the table. They can win the Big 12 South outright if Texas loses two games and they can win it via being the top-ranked BCS squad of three one-loss Big 12 South teams, all of which beat each other, like OU, Oklahoma State and Texas, or OU, Texas Tech and Texas. Got it? Awash in the game, from every angle Clay Horning The Norman Transcript MANHATTAN, Kan. — All right, Oklahoma can still get to the Big 12 championship game and the Sooners can get there two different ways.
Both involve running the table. They can win the Big 12 South outright if Texas loses two games and they can win it via being the top-ranked BCS squad of three one-loss Big 12 South teams, all of which beat each other, like OU, Oklahoma State and Texas, or OU, Texas Tech and Texas. Got it? OK. But can OU get to the national championship game? Sure it can. Sunday, don’t be shocked if the Sooners are the new No. 2 team in the nation. Penn State is on the road at Ohio State, as is Alabama at Tennessee. Heck, don’t be surprised if the Sooners are the new No. 1 team in the nation, because OSU could beat Texas and that would be losses handed to Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Oh, wait, if OSU beats Texas and Penn State beats Ohio State and Tennessee beats Alabama, OSU should be No. 1. Crazy, but true. And then how big would Bedlam be? But isn’t the SEC the toughest conference in the nation? Isn’t the winner of the SEC championship game supposed to go to the BCS championship game? Two losses weren’t enough to keep LSU out of the title game last season. So just how does OU climb past the SEC. Who’s going to beat Florida? The Gators, No. 5 in the AP poll, get Kentucky today, but follow with road games at Georgia and Vanderbilt. The Dawgs are still a top 10 team and Vanderbilt is having its best season in ages. But if Florida goes down, what about LSU? The Tigers lost to the Gators (by 30), but they’ve still got Alabama on their schedule (Nov. 8). And if the Crimson Tide can get to that game unbeaten, maybe even No. 1 if OSU takes down Texas today, will anybody really care that Florida beat LSU if LSU takes down top-ranked Alabama? 
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