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Enid News and Eagle: OU’s BCS bowl hopes could be Flash dashed
By Dave Ruthenberg, Sports Editor Enid News and Eagle
The wailing, moaning and crying that may be coming out of Norman could reach deafening levels before the Sooners play their regular season finale at TCU on Saturday. Why? Even with a win, OU could very well be shut out of a BCS bowl game ... by Kent State.
A good portion of the No. 11 Sooners’ postseason fate rests in Detroit on Friday night in the Mid-American Conference championship game between No. 17 Kent State (11-1) and No. 21 Northern Illinois (11-1).
A Golden Flashes win, and a move up in the polls to at least No. 16, would likely take a second BCS bowl away from the Big 12, which means the Sooners, who would have otherwise been projected to play in a BCS bowl if they and No. 6 Kansas State (which plays No. 18 Texas) both win Saturday, will be tuning into the MAC title game with a rooting interest in Northern Illinois.
Coupled with a loss by No. 16 UCLA to No. 8 Stanford in the Pac-12 title game Friday, a Kent State victory could, no make that should, propel the Golden Flashes into a BCS bowl. ...
http://enidnews.com/sportslocal/x1752038222/OU-s-BCS-bowl-hopes-could-be-Flash-dashed
By Dave Ruthenberg, Sports Editor Enid News and Eagle
The wailing, moaning and crying that may be coming out of Norman could reach deafening levels before the Sooners play their regular season finale at TCU on Saturday. Why? Even with a win, OU could very well be shut out of a BCS bowl game ... by Kent State.
A good portion of the No. 11 Sooners’ postseason fate rests in Detroit on Friday night in the Mid-American Conference championship game between No. 17 Kent State (11-1) and No. 21 Northern Illinois (11-1).
A Golden Flashes win, and a move up in the polls to at least No. 16, would likely take a second BCS bowl away from the Big 12, which means the Sooners, who would have otherwise been projected to play in a BCS bowl if they and No. 6 Kansas State (which plays No. 18 Texas) both win Saturday, will be tuning into the MAC title game with a rooting interest in Northern Illinois.
Coupled with a loss by No. 16 UCLA to No. 8 Stanford in the Pac-12 title game Friday, a Kent State victory could, no make that should, propel the Golden Flashes into a BCS bowl. ...
http://enidnews.com/sportslocal/x1752038222/OU-s-BCS-bowl-hopes-could-be-Flash-dashed
