# Who takes The College Football Belt away from Oklahoma? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 3, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802 "2014-01-03T16:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/1 "2014-01-03T16:02:12Z")
First off: Be aware that the first game available to pick is not until Aug/30/2014! So there’s no need to hurry making your pick. It just seemed like a way to keep the football chatter going through the dismal months ahead. Refer to [Who takes The College Football Belt away from Baylor?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703138) for some backstory, if you need it. The data for the poll is from [this site](http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-14/big-12/2014-oklahoma-sooners-football-schedule.php) and as of today it looks like this: > [@](#): > > 2014 Oklahoma Sooners Football Schedule > Date Opponent Time/TV > > Saturday Aug. 30 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs > Gaylord Family OK Mem. Stadium, Norman, OK TBA > > Saturday Sept. 6 Open Date > > Saturday Sept. 13 Tennessee Volunteers > Gaylord Family OK Mem. Stadium, Norman, OK TBA > > Saturday Sept. 20 at Tulsa Golden Hurricane > H.A. Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK TBA > > Saturday Sept. 27 at West Virginia Mountaineers > Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV TBA > > Saturday Oct. 4 at TCU Horned Frogs > Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX TBA > > Saturday Oct. 11 Texas Longhorns > Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX TBA > > Saturday Oct. 18 Kansas State Wildcats > Gaylord Family OK Mem. Stadium, Norman, OK TBA > > Saturday Oct. 25 Open Date > > Oct. 30 or Nov. 1 at Iowa State Cyclones > Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA TBA > > Saturday Nov. 8 Baylor Bears > Gaylord Family OK Mem. Stadium, Norman, OK TBA > > Saturday Nov. 15 at Texas Tech Red Raiders > Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX TBA > > Saturday Nov. 22 Kansas Jayhawks > Gaylord Family OK Mem. Stadium, Norman, OK TBA > > Nov. 29 or Dec. 6 Oklahoma State Cowboys > Gaylord Family OK Mem. Stadium, Norman, OK TBA Until you feel ready to vote in the poll maybe we can discuss other related matters here. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/2 "2014-01-03T16:15:33Z")
I think Iowa State, coming the week before Baylor, will get overlooked and get one of thier underdog, Cinderella upset wins in a game where Oklahoma is looking too far ahead. That may change depending on who Texas ends up hiring. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/3 "2014-01-03T16:48:59Z")
I’m jumping the gun and picking Tennessee even though I have _serious_ doubts that the Vols will be ready by then. It looks like the only way to get The Belt into the SEC early on. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/4 "2014-01-03T18:26:34Z")
I’d love to see The Belt in the SEC, but I don’t see Tennessee getting it done on the road. I went ahead and voted for Texas. They’ll have a new coach, and give whoever it is a big win over a hated rival. Plus it will annoy Jim Ross and Bill Watts, both of whom took unseemly joy in the unfortunate events of last night. Roll Tide any-damn-way! ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/5 "2014-01-03T19:02:02Z")
I can see Baylor taking it right back. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/6 "2014-01-06T22:18:48Z")
Things seem to be up-to-date now at [The College Football Belt](http://collegefootballbelt.com/index.htm) except that the LaTech home page points to Temple Owls. I have written to them several times about such things – every time a new school is in the running, their home page is delayed until the game is played – with no response and with no changes. Your guess is as good as mine as to why. Other pages appear to have been changed to reflect OU beating Bama in the Sugar Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/7 "2014-01-06T22:27:35Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Things seem to be up-to-date now at [The College Football Belt](http://collegefootballbelt.com/index.htm) except that the LaTech home page points to Temple Owls. I have written to them several times about such things – every time a new school is in the running, their home page is delayed until the game is played – with no response and with no changes. Your guess is as good as mine as to why. > > Other pages appear to have been changed to reflect OU beating Bama in the Sugar Bowl. However, [http://collegefootballbelt.com/Schools/Louisiana%20Tech%20Stats.htm](http://collegefootballbelt.com/Schools/Louisiana%20Tech%20Stats.htm) does exist if you look through the [http://collegefootballbelt.com/Schools/School%20Names.htm](http://collegefootballbelt.com/Schools/School%20Names.htm) index. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/8 "2014-01-07T03:55:07Z")
Open Date is not an option? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/9 "2014-01-07T05:27:16Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Open Date is not an option? I wouldn’t be betting money on it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/10 "2014-06-28T01:32:53Z")
It’s getting closer, people. Two full months and a few days and we’re back in business for College Football. Other topics on the general subject are welcome here until there’s something specific worth starting a new thread about. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/11 "2014-08-03T01:27:50Z")
Bumping to get this in view! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/12 "2014-08-28T13:46:45Z")
If you look at the updated info on [2014 Oklahoma Football Schedule | FBSchedules.com](http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-14/big-12/2014-oklahoma-sooners-football-schedule.php) you can see that Tulsa has moved into what had been an Open Date on Sep/6, which means they will actually play BEFORE Tennessee does. For what that may be worth… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/13 "2014-09-14T02:06:54Z")
Your chances are not looking too promising, **Zeldar** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/14 "2014-09-14T03:55:50Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Your chances are not looking too promising, **Zeldar** 10-4. Bummer. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/15 "2014-09-14T16:16:56Z")
Okay, so **Munch** and I are out of the running and it’s too late for actual voting in the poll proper, but now that we have seen us some Sooner football, does anybody want to add a vote – or change from the one that counts? Here’s the stack of originals: View Poll Results: Who takes The College Football Belt away from Oklahoma? \*\*This poll closed on 08-30-2014 at 11:05 AM \*\* ```auto Louisiana Tech Munch 1 6.67% Tennessee Zeldar 1 6.67% Tulsa 0 0% West Virginia eschereal 1 6.67% TCU basset hound, Disheavel 2 13.33% Texas Nauplius, Oakminster 2 13.33% Kansas State Max Torque 1 6.67% Iowa State Death of Rats, Jackmannii 2 13.33% Baylor hende, txtumbleweed 2 13.33% Texas Tech AncientHumanoid 1 6.67% Kansas 0 0% Oklahoma State Rex Goliath 1 6.67% Nobody this year DMC 1 6.67% Voters: 15. ``` ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/16 "2014-10-05T02:12:40Z")
I guess we should congratulate **basset hound** and **Disheavel** and start a new thread. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/17 "2014-10-05T14:29:17Z")
Congratulations to **basset hound** and **Disheavel** TCU did it! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-takes-the-college-football-belt-away-from-oklahoma/677802/18 "2014-10-05T14:54:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I guess we should congratulate **basset hound** and **Disheavel** and start a new thread. Done – and done! > **[Who takes The College Football Belt away from TCU?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=736392)** > > See Who takes The College Football Belt away from Oklahoma? for background details on how TCU now holds The College Football Belt. See TCU’s Home Page for their upcoming schedule: 10/11/14 at Baylor \* TV Waco, Texas 2:30 p.m. CT ... Who takes The College Football Belt away from TCU?