Stand Corrected

Boy oh boy, was I wrong when it came to the Fiesta Bowl last night. Oklahoma looked flat while the West Virginia Mountaineers played inspired football under interim coach Bill Stewart, who will be announced head coach at 10am central time.

If Oklahoma wins the Big 12 next year and is left out of the national championship game they may want to consider asking the BCS if they can play somewhere other than Phoenix. When you get nearly doubled up by a team that lost their coach and season ender to their rival it's bad. Really bad.

The Sooners have been a tale of two teams this season, with quaterback Sam Bradford being injured or not. Some games they looked dominate against Missouri in the Big 12 Championship Game and against Texas in the Red River Shootout, but then they looked like dogs against Colorado, Texas Tech and a close win over the Cyclones of Iowa State in Ames.

As I said yesterday, I want the conference represented well but Oklahoma taking one on the chin always makes me smile. Here is a quick fact for you that you may not have realized yet. Bob Stoops and his Sooners have zero wins in their last four BCS games. They lost two national title games to LSU and then USC, and of course the past two years in the Fiesta Bowl. Their only bowl victory in the last five years was a 17-14 squeaker against Oregon in the Holiday Bowl in 2005.

The Big 12's final hope for a bowl victory will come tonight when the Kansas Jayhawks take their 45 point per game offense against a solid Virginia Tech defense. KU is a three point dog in this game which is maybe more than they deserve. Their only game against a team that finished in the top 25 in the regular season they were drilled. The final was close, but the game wasn't. The Big 12 is now 3-3 in their bowl games this season.

I'm not expecting much because it is Kansas and it's not in Allen Fieldhouse. However, last night told me that sometimes you have to leave your expectations at the door. Everyone thought West Virginia would rollover and play dead if Oklahoma got up early and look how well that worked out.