How 'bout them Longhorns !!!

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

I was rooting for Nebraska, and Texas did mangle the clock in the closing minute, but the call was correct. Replay showed the clock was clearly at 1 second when the ball hit the railing out of bounds.

By rule, this is a correctable error using replay.


Edited to add: For all you conspiracy theorists who think the Big 12 officials cooked this up to put Texas in the title game, think about this: If Nebraska wins, they get a BCS game and the league get to split up the $17 million AND Texas would still have gone to a BCS game as an at-large bid (probably ousting Boise St.). The league would have received an additional $4.5 million. The Texas win cost the Big 12 $4.5 million.

I wonder if they went back and added a second to the clock for every other incomplete pass thrown in that game and a second or two ran off the clock. Hell, Texas would have had nearly a minute extra to play with.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I wonder if they went back and added a second to the clock for every other incomplete pass thrown in that game and a second or two ran off the clock. Hell, Texas would have had nearly a minute extra to play with.

I read an article today that 24 passes in that game went out of bounds and on every single one the clock ticked an extra second or two off the clock after the ball hit something. To arbitrarily go back and put the second back on the clock so Texas could get one more play was wrong IMO.

Interesting that the Big XII replay officials didn't extend the Missouri v Kansas game by 2 seconds as there were 2 full seconds on the clock when Mizzou kicked the game winning field goal through the uprights and the ball hit the net. Missouri ran on the field like they'd won it and nobody said a word....game over.

Next year I expect the Big XII to review every single pass that goes out of bounds to make sure they get that clock exactly right.

I sincerely hope Bama destroys Texas.