National media teasing BYU Colorado as a big-ticket championship.
"Kalani Sitake. Nice guy. Keep smiling. Team's tough. He's tough. Team is mean. He's like, 'Eh. Refs. They got a job. Can't get 'em all. Ha ha. We win.""...
"But. Boy oh boy. Mark Harlan. I've never heard an AD come out and just BURN an officiating crew like that publicly."
"And how many people would watch a BYU-Colorado championship game if it comes to that." (starting at 45:10)
On this week's Overreaction episode, Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI's Pat Forde unpack the complex conference championship races that now exist after many unexpected Week 11 outcomes.
Meanwhile, the Big 12 has clear sailing toward its ultimate scenario: an undefeated team (the BYU Cougars) vs. the biggest stars in the league (the Colorado Buffaloes as led by Deion Sanders, Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter). If both win out, they’ll meet in Arlington for a high-wattage, high-ratings showdown. And if they both get there and Colorado wins it, the league might get two teams in the playoff.
Of course, it’s not guaranteed. BYU has had a couple great escapes in the final seconds—most recently against the Utah Utes, to the outrage of athletic director Mark Harlan—and has games left against a Kansas Jayhawks team that plays everyone close, the tougher-than-expected Arizona State Sun Devils, and the revived Houston Cougars. Colorado also plays Kansas on the road Nov. 23, with games against Utah and the Oklahoma State Cowboys on either end of that.