So that's 4 of last 16 seasons (25%), the other teams best effort crushed their opponent's. What's the point?
In each of your examples both teams were highly touted and ranked 15th or lower. That supposed to negate the truth that rivalry games bring out an abnormally heightened effort from teams with much lower status? Do you ALWAYS assume two teams will give their all and end up close on the scoreboard?
Explain to me how Texas won 2 of the last 3 years (almost all 3) by a combined score of 86-68...
TEXAS:
Unranked each year
4-9 combined record
Double-digit underdogs each game
OU:
12th ranked or lower each year
13-1 combined record
Double-digit favorites each game
Guess that's just the typical course of football competition. How about the RRS underdog easily covering the majority of the spreads the last decade.
Apparently you're unfamiliar with the rare phenomenon that occurs when hated rivals meet. Maybe you normally stand the entire game at DKR and scream at the top of your lungs for every single positive Texas play no matter how small. Debating extraordinary efforts regularly occur in rivalry games has to be the lamest waste of typing to date.
Last edited: Oct 16, 2015