This week has been a bad one for Oklahoma State sports fans. It started with a tragedy for the women's basketball program and the school at large. Kurt Budke, the head coach for the Oklahoma State women's basketball team, and Miranda Serna, his assistant, were killed on Thursday when a single-engine plane that was transporting them on a recruiting trip crashed in Arkansas. This comes ten years after the tragic death of ten people associated with the men's basketball program, and left the university reeling.
Despite the tragedy, the school still had a football game to play on Friday night. Oklahoma State was in the driver's seat to play in the Bowl Championship National Championship Game, and Friday's game versus Iowa State was supposed to be an easy stepping stone on the journey to that game. The only problem was that no one let Iowa State know they were supposed rollover and Oklahoma State got the surprise of their season as they were likely knocked out of all possible contention for the championship, losing to ISU in double overtime. As fans rushed the field, the OSU players seemed stunned and hurried to get off the field as the celebration began.
In terms of the college football championship overall, it will be very interesting to see how the BCS rankings look on Sunday as there are a lot of potential one-loss teams that could be playing. Most people seem to feel that it will be either Oregon or Alabama stepping into the number two spot, but I suggest that people not overlook the ACC teams. Assuming that both division leaders win the rest of their games, the ACC will have a pretty good championship game lined up - if no one else loses it will be the one-loss Clemson Tigers versus the one-loss Virginia Tech Hokies (Virginia Tech's only loss coming at the hands of Clemson). If either one of those teams handles the other one soundly, it could leapfrog them into the national title game.
The only other thing I want to point to in this post is that the NFL got see another fun game this week as that former University of Florida QB Tim Tebow, now of Denver Broncos fame, won yet again - this time crushing the Jets with a touchdown run on Thursday night. You have to love his performance in the face of the all the critics. I don't know his future, but the guy makes you want to root for him to keep winning!
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