Daily Mullets (December 5)

Football season is over (except for the bowl), but hoops is just getting started. We’ll have tons of post-Bedlam coverage this week as we turn towards the bowl game and also the heart of basketball season.

CU’s lack of bowl success

Oklahoma State’s bowl opponent Colorado hasn’t been great in the postseason for a while.

The Buffs reached the pinnacle of college football in 1990 with a shared national championship (Georgia Tech) with an Orange Bowl victory over Notre Dame, but they have since found little postseason success since. CU is 12-16 all-time in bowl appearances and has lost its past two (2007 Independence against Alabama and 2005 Champs Sports against Clemson). The Buffs’ last postseason victory was the 2004 Houston Bowl, beating UTEP 33-28. [NewsOK]

It always amazes me to read that Colorado split a national championship with Georgia Tech.

Here is the full B12 bowl schedule.

Big 12
Sugar: Oklahoma-Auburn
Alamo: OK State-Colorado
Russell: WVU-Miami
Texas: K-State-A&M
Liberty: TCU-Georgia
Cactus: Baylor-Boise

— Max Olson (@max_olson) December 4, 2016

The Playoff is set

Berry Tramel rips into the CFB Playoff committee’s reasoning when it comes to choosing the four teams.

OU did not deserve a spot in the four-team field. The Sooners lost twice in September, then won the Big 12, which clearly was the worst of the Power-5 conferences. But Hocutt’s explanation, when asked about the Sooners, was off the mark. “We talked about how impressed the selection committee was on the offensive side of the ball, but they weren’t as much of a complete team as those that we’re looking at in this football season,” said Hocutt, the athletic director at Texas Tech. That’s the kind of code talk the previous chairman, Arkansas AD Jeff Long, used. And it’s madness. [NewsOK]

It really is insane. Trying to measure different teams across the country playing unbalanced, inequitable schedules. And then trying to determine which team had the better defense? Where are we at in society?

More playoff thoughts below.

A team that didn't play in its conference championship game made the Playoff weeks after the Big 12 decided we had to have one. Perfect.

— OurDailyBears (@OurDailyBears) December 4, 2016

Color me skeptical that a league featuring Northwestern, Purdue, Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois, Rutgers, and Maryland deserves 3 of top 6.

— Mick Shaffer (@mickshaffer) December 4, 2016

People may disagree but the bitching back & forth between fan bases, reporters, etc. is what makes college football great. Twitter is fun.

— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) December 4, 2016

Equally true:
If Oklahoma's non-con schedule was easier Sooners would be in.
If Ohio St's non-con schedule was easier Buckeyes would be out.

— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) December 4, 2016

Spencer and MacIntyre old pals

Good stuff here on Glenn Spencer and Colorado’s head man.

Spencer and MacIntyre crossed paths after both played at Georgia Tech. Spencer played defensive tackle from 1982 to 1985 and MacIntyre, who played for his father at Vanderbilt for two seasons until his father was dismissed at Vandy, was at Georgia Tech as a defensive back from 1986 to 1988.

“Mike and I go back in that we both played football at Georgia Tech together and the families have spent a few years together at Black Mountain at FCA camps together,” Spencer revealed. “He’s a dear friend and I can’t wait to see him down there and see the family again. It’s just neat how things worked out.” [Go Pokes]

It’s hilarious to think about Spencer playing defensive tackle, isn’t it?

More OSU News

OSU women smoked Georgia by 20 over the weekend … I’m not sure who got the worst of it, but this is the Calvin Bundage-Samaje Perine hit I wrote about after the game.

Check out this big hit from Calvin Bundage (@CalvinBundage) on Samaje Perine. #OKState pic.twitter.com/XH0guXbWOz

— Nate Feken (@TheGreat_Nate) December 4, 2016

PFB News

Why didn’t OSU throw it deep more often in Bedlam? … OSU wrestling shuts out a top 25 Pittsburgh team … How OSU lost on one non-play … Here’s a look at OSU’s bowl opponent Colorado … Not sure what to make of Barry Sanders’ tweet here … Why didn’t OSU try more deep passes in Bedlam? … OSU finished No. 13 in the final Coaches Poll, Gundy ranked them No. 9 … Rudolph shoulders blame for Bedlam misery.