Texas basically played themselves out of excuses. I don't want to give the Buffs too much credit, but the players filling spots on the roster, notably the OL, for Texas demonstrated they're not helpless. My actual opinion of their performance is somewhere between "very good" and "why haven't they been playing all season?".
Clearly, there's a set of tools in the drawer that any program would be excited over.
Once again, the SEC is in "well, um, we didn't really wanna...you see, the players were disappointed...they could have.." mode. Alabama is setting the pace, and the rest are just swimming in their pool. We were robbed of even mediocre OOC games this season, so these modified bowls are all we have. The Sooners were in a dogfight to the top of the Big 12, then threw the SEC #2 aside in the first 10 minutes.
Looking forward to seeing ISU in action!