After attending a certain college football game in Laramie, Wyoming this past weekend, I have come up with a theory. My theory has to do with money, ie. revenue that the game generated. Now, this may all be paranoid fantasy, but what if...
What if the network carrying the game this past weekend needed a hook to draw attention to their game. Sure Texas and Wyoming fans were probrably going to watch, but what about the rest of america? What would make them tune into this game?
Of course this is all purely speculation, but I wonder what the rating was in the 2nd half of the game compared to the 1st half? Let's review the facts...
Texas was ranked #2 in the nation. Texas was 32.5 point favorites according to the boys in Las Vegas. Wyoming was not a ranked team. Should be a blowout, why watch?
How about #2 Texas is losing to Wyoming with 38 seconds left in the 1st half? Really? What is going on up there in Laramie? Maybe we ought to tune in and find out.
What if Texas intentionally kept the game close? What if Colt McCoy just happened to have his worst half in a long time, maybe ever? What if Texas tries a fake punt from their own goal line and just happens to come up short? What if a player from Wyoming comes in untouched to block a punt and they recover for a touchdown? Seem crazy?
Try 35 unanswered points from Texas from that point forward in the game. Try Colt McCoy ending up 30-47 for 337 yards with 3 touchdowns through the air and one on the ground. Wow, really?
Heck, they had me going. Besides the fact that we were surrounded by Wyoming fans, my wife had never seen me so quiet. Texas was losing 10-6 and the entire stadium was going nuts. We all bought into it, both sides. A fan in front of me was slobbering with glee as he screamed to take those 32.5 points and shove them where the sun don't shine. Wyoming was here to win. Really...
I turned to my wife calmly and proceeded to explain to her that I had seen many games where the score was backwards early and then, before you knew it, the team would in the words of Barry Switzer, "hang half a hundred on 'em".
Final score from Laramie: Texas 41 Wyoming 10.
Colt is still in the Heisman race. Texas is still #2. The network is probably tickled pink at the ratings. I wonder if Texas gets a percentage of the take from TV? How else can we explain why they left the band home for the 1st time in 25 years? Could it have to do with money?
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