You can call this sour grapes all you want. But, no matter whether No. 12 Oklahoma was deserving, the fact some team called Northern Illinois got into a BCS bowl and managed to knock the Sooners from the Sugar Bowl…
Sometimes this Sooners football team is like Inspector Clouseau. You know, the Pink Panther investigator who manages to get his man in the end, despite being his own worst enemy.
Such was the case in Fort Worth on Saturday, when Oklahoma beat TCU 24-17, even though at times it seemed like the Sooners were falling off their own boat, running their car into a tree and landing their plane in the middle of a town square.
An interception. A muffed punt return. A missed field goal. Just when it looked like the Sooners would put this game away, they let TCU hang around. Literally to the last seconds of the game.
In the end Oklahoma snatched a share of the Big 12 conference championship.
Soonerguys prognosticator Tommy C. has won the 2012 Pick ’em contest, accurately predicting 97 out of 134 games and overcoming the significant handicap of having to live south of the Red River. Tommy finished the season with a 72 percent…