Gil Lebreton is a columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He says it was man, not machine that failed on Sunday. He says Oklahoma deserves to be in the title game based on their 20-point win at Bedlam, which he calls "as significant a road victory as any team in the Big 12 Conference achieved this season."

Lebreton used his column to take Texas head coach Mack Brown to task over his phone-in during the Bedlam game to make his case for the Longhorns.

"In the end, what could Brown have done for me," Lebreton asks. "He could have just shut up and allowed his team's memorable 11-1 season do the talking for all of Longhorns, Inc. Instead, Brown began to show up on TV more than that Geico lizard."

Lebreton says Bob Stoops was asked to do a phone-in during Texas' Thanksgiving victory over Texas A&M, but refused, saying he didn't think it was right.

Want to read the whole column? Visit Lebreton's page on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website at http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/columnists/gil_lebreton//story/1066534.html

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