Drinking the big-12 Kool-Aid

Texas should be voted number 1.  Nobody in the country can beat them right now.  Can there be any doubt?

Those are the sentiments just expressed on national television by Texas coach Mack Brown and quarterback Colt McCoy.  And, no doubt, are the feelings of the big-12 Kool-Aid drinkers who actually believe their conference is worth a crap.

Let's take a quick look at the big-12's bowl results so far.  Missouri, with its supposed high-powered offense, needs overtime to squeak by mighty Big-10 powerhouse Northwestern.  (1-0).  Oklahoma State, which many Cowboy fans believed was good enough to win any other conference, got physically taken behind the woodshed by Oregon. (1-1).  Kansas doubles up on Minnesota, which managed to go 3-5 in the laughing stock that is currently the Big-10. (2-1).  Nebraska eeks out a win over Clemson, a .500 finisher in the ACC - a basketball conference.  (3-1).  Mississippi, an at-best mediocre SEC team, puts a beat down on Texas Tech. (3-2).

Not exactly the stuff of dominance, and about as far from impressive as you can get without joining the MAC (0-4 so far).

And tonight, Mighty Texas manages to squeak by on a last-second TD, aided by lucky break via the zebras, against what can only be described as the second-best team in the worst major conference in the country, having gone a 1-6 this bowl season.  Let's face it, Ohio State's star-in-the-squandering-QB Terelle Pryor couldn't hit the ground if the threw up, much less hit a receiver if he threw a pass.

Texas could beat anybody?  Dudes, right now you couldn't beat Stanford if the Trees spotted you seven.

Nonetheless, now we have to hear about big-12 superiority over all mortal football teams because they squeaked out a lucky break on national TV.    Worse, the east-coast media echo chamber will now be touting how a great Texas team gutted it out against national powerhouse Ohio State. 

All I can say is "Jeebus."