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#2 Oklahoma – Big 12 Championship Game

//posted 12.4.2004

2004 – Game Twelve – Colorado v. Oklahoma – Big 12 Championship – December 4, 2004

Big 12 North Champions

There was reason to cheer for Iowa State the day after the Buffs’ win over Nebraska. An Iowa State win would give the Cyclones the Big 12 North title, relegating Colorado to a minor bowl bid. After the Nebraska win, the Buffs were 7-4, on a three-game winning streak, and the darling of the media for the first time in several years. Why not root for Missouri? Who wanted to spoil the positives of the last three games with a potentially disastrous confrontation with #2 Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game?

Well, me, for one.

It had bothered me over the past several seasons that Nebraska had gotten too much credit for their 2001 season. When Frank Solich was fired after the 2003 season, comments were made like: “Nebraska, only two seasons removed from playing for the National Championship … ”. Then when Bill Callahan was hired, the comments were like: “Callahan will try to restore the Cornhuskers to championship game form from three years ago ……”.

Wait a second.

In 2001, Nebraska got to the National Championship game…

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2004 – “Shoulder to Shoulder” – National and Big 12 Recap

National and Big 12 Recap

USC, left out of the BCS Championship Game in 2003, left little doubt as to the nation’s best team in 2004, closing out a 13-0 campaign with a 55-19 thrashing of previously unbeaten and 2nd-ranked Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. Heisman trophy winner Matt Leinhart led the Trojans with 332 yards passing and five touchdowns in the title game.

There was, of course, the annual controversy surrounding the BCS selection process. In 2004, no fewer than five teams finished the regular season undefeated. The Auburn Tigers were the odd-men out in 2004, as the undefeated Southeastern Conference champions were relegated to the Sugar Bowl, where they dispatched the ACC Champion Virginia Tech Hokies, 17-14, for a second-place finish in the final polls. Also undefeated were the Utah Utes, becoming the first team from a non-BCS conference to play in a BCS bowl, concluding a 12-0 season for a 4th-place finish after handling Big East Champion Pittsburgh, 35-7, in the Fiesta Bowl. The final regular season undefeated, Boise State, settled for a 12th place ranking after losing, 44-40, to Louisville in the Liberty Bowl. …

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