I didn’t see a thread to discuss the Big 12 Championship Game between BYU and Texas Tech

It’s early but I’d prefer to play Texas Tech over any of the other currently ranked top 4 teams. They are a good team but nothing special, IMO.

Their QB may be the worst of any of the playoff teams (ranks #29 in QBR) and Texas Tech’s SOS is ranked 59. They may be a paper tiger.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by OregonDucks

BYU 7, Texas Tech 0

BYU’s defense got a stop and their offense marched right down the field.

It's odd:

Texas Tech's reward for winning would be likely playing a warmed up Oregon after being off themselves for a few weeks.

BYU gets a playoff spot if they win and are left out if they lose, so they have everything to play for.

The TTU head coach is probably wondering how he can lose this game without getting punished too bad for it.

If he pulls the starters after halftime nobody knows how the committee would handle that.

1 minute ago, Solar said:

It's odd:

Texas Tech's reward for winning would be likely playing a warmed up Oregon after being off themselves for a few weeks.

BYU gets a playoff spot if they win and are left out if they lose, so they have everything to play for.

The TTU head coach is probably wondering how he can lose this game without getting punished too bad for it.

If he pulls the starters after halftime nobody knows how the committee would handle that.

I agree that BYU has more to play for and I’m looking at the players, schemes and potential matchups.

Texas Tech has some good players but no one that has wowed me. Their QB is mediocre.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by OregonDucks

Well the official and the network worked very hard to ignore an obvious push off by the WR on the touchdown throw.

After NTU/Tulane last night I'm highly sus there are some big thumbs on the scale for these playoff play-in games.

3 minutes ago, Solar said:

Well the official and the network worked very hard to ignore an obvious push off by the WR on the touchdown throw.

After NTU/Tulane last night I'm highly sus there are some big thumbs on the scale for these playoff play-in games.

It really bothers me that wide receiver push offs are mostly ignored. Offenses have all the advantages in today’s game. No reason to give them another.

Edited 57 minutes ago57 min by OregonDucks

This BYU OL is completely in over their head. Now they are playing desperate football because of it. This could get out of hand fast.

8 minutes ago, Solar said:

This BYU OL is completely in over their head. Now they are playing desperate football because of it. This could get out of hand fast.

They are having some success running right at them right now. Not so much on pass pro.

Texas Tech’s second level defenders look fast but a bit undersized. If you can find a way to neutralize Texas Tech’s d-line, you’d have to like the matchups.

Edited 44 minutes ago44 min by OregonDucks

26 minutes ago, Solar said:

The TTU head coach is probably wondering how he can lose this game without getting punished too bad for it.

If he pulls the starters after halftime nobody knows how the committee would handle that.

If I was on the committee and TTU pulled their starters at halftime and lost. I would vote to have them eliminated from the playoffs. I would not reward such behavior and that would send a message to coaches in future years.

Just now, JB89 said:

If I was on the committee and TTU pulled their starters at halftime and lost. I would vote to have them eliminated from the playoffs. I would not reward such behavior and that would send a message to coaches in future years.

I really hope this doesn’t happen but…What would happen if there were a season ending injury to a key player in the B1G or SEC Championship Games?

Would that conference finally move to end the conference championship game?

Edited 40 minutes ago40 min by OregonDucks

Halftime Entertainment.

Tech looks to be the better team, up at the half 13-7. BYU qb is gimpy on a bad ankle and TT's front seven is handling BYU's O-line. Their LB Rodriguez is a load and their best defensive player.

Tech's qb is a bit undersized but evasive, like UW's Williams. Given a clean pocket he is fairly accurate but gets sloppy when rushed or pressured without an easy scramble out. He has thrown two balls that could/should have been picked off.

They have two good and tall WRs (#1 and #7) and the BYU DBs are a bit over-matched. The RB (#8) is solid but he coughed up a fumble that should have been a TO and instead bounced right to a Tech WR that got 10 more yards on the FG drive before the half.

Interesting that three of TT's drives on BYU's side of the 50 stalled out and resulted in 3 FG attempts with 6 total points.

Oregon will match up much better than BYU both on the D-line and in the back end. I'm pulling for a TT win so they stay at #4, OBD stays at #5 and they meet up in the quarters. I think Oregon wins that contest.

Go Ducks!