CanAm Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 After 7 weeks of football and watching a lot of games from all over the country, is the Big XII conference good or bad? This past saturday watching Baylor and KSU, TT and ISU, UT and OU, KU and TCU I just think that the conference is not real strong this year. Anyone else see any different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Rab Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 After 7 weeks of football and watching a lot of games from all over the country, is the Big XII conference good or bad? This past saturday watching Baylor and KSU, TT and ISU, UT and OU, KU and TCU I just think that the conference is not real strong this year. Anyone else see any different? I find it to be very entertaining but still lacking that truly elite team this season. There aren't very many people that really believe that Texas Tech or Baylor can hold up to finish undefeated and compete for a NC. I saw Texas play to their talent. Baylor is one of the new "it" programs that will only continue to improve under Briles. Kingsbury has brought life back to Lubbock. OU is OU. Kansas St will be fine in a year or so. TCU looks average this year. Iowa State is bad, Kansas is bad, WVU is something, and Oklahoma St hasn't really looked all that great this season either. So the conference is good, deserving of a BCS Bowl, but lacking a true National Championship contender this year. Still fun to watch and follow though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h-town12 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 It is "competitive". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawemoff Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 It is "competitive".Get off it. Last year and this year are completely different. If anyone says the Big 12 is a top conference, they are lying. Its behind the ACC, Big 10, PAC 12 and of course the SEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dago29 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I don't think the Big XII is a top conference, by any means, this season (probably fifth out of the big six, ahead of the AAC), but top to bottom it's the most balanced. I don't think the bottom feeders are as bad as some say they are, and the top of the conference isn't as dominant as the records may show. This season it's conceivable to have an upset on any given week. Heck, Kansas was hanging with Tech for about a half before the Red Raiders woke up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Rab Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Get off it. Last year and this year are completely different. If anyone says the Big 12 is a top conference, they are lying. Its behind the ACC, Big 10, PAC 12 and of course the SEC. The PAC looks like it may be better than the SEC this season top to bottom. I don't see them sustaining this impression on me, but for now, I am sold... Although if Mizzou beats USC and Florida, without Franklin, they will make the impression of the East better, and if Ole Miss wins out of the games they are supposed to, LSU beats Bama, A&M continues to win... the SEC should be the better conference by season's end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bordertown Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I think the Big XII is a balanced conference, but agree there is not an elite team and as a whole the conference seems to be down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyperWoods Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 It's the best conference top to bottom. Kansas proved that being very competitive last week. Our bottom teams can play and defeat any other conferences bottom teams. That shows truly what a top conference we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxFight Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 The biggest problem with the big12 this year is consistency. Heck, Texas, playing with their backup QB just dog stomped Oklahoma saturday. Had Texas played like that in their previous three games we'd be talking about them as a national title contender. But the problem is they may turn around and lay a major goose egg this next week against TCU. Baylor had a chance to go on the road and make a major statement for themselves and didn't do it. Was it an anomaly? Was it the real baylor? We'll find out over the coming weeks. Oklahoma had their chance to make a statement this weekend and flopped. Tech is the major wildcard here. They have yet to play a game with their supposed "starting" qb. If he is that much better than the other 2 true freshmen then they may garner some attention late if they keep winning. But the fact that I just wrote that sentence about tech possibly being the big12 favorite down the road speaks volumes for the big12. Competitive? Absolutely. Balanced? 1-9 absolutely. National Title contender? not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobo97 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 The biggest problem with the big12 this year is consistency. Heck, Texas, playing with their backup QB just dog stomped Oklahoma saturday. Had Texas played like that in their previous three games we'd be talking about them as a national title contender. But the problem is they may turn around and lay a major goose egg this next week against TCU. Baylor had a chance to go on the road and make a major statement for themselves and didn't do it. Was it an anomaly? Was it the real baylor? We'll find out over the coming weeks. Oklahoma had their chance to make a statement this weekend and flopped. Tech is the major wildcard here. They have yet to play a game with their supposed "starting" qb. If he is that much better than the other 2 true freshmen then they may garner some attention late if they keep winning. But the fact that I just wrote that sentence about tech possibly being the big12 favorite down the road speaks volumes for the big12. Competitive? Absolutely. Balanced? 1-9 absolutely. National Title contender? not yet. I don't think Tech is the Big 12 favorite at all. I think that honor currently goes to Baylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxFight Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I don't think Tech is the Big 12 favorite at all. I think that honor currently goes to Baylor. I said possibly. I agree and I think Baylor winds up winning the big12, but Tech has to be in the discussion. They've won with 18 year olds at qb. When their "veteran" gets healthy completely no one knows how good they will be or if he will even make a difference thus the wildcard in the big12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Here is how I see Baylor finishing since Baylor is the Hot topic in the Big XII....again this is after the KSU game this weekend: Iowa State - W Kansas - W OU - L TT - W OSU - W TCU - L Texas - L JMO!!! Tear me up!!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLine06 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 As long as Tech's defense continues to play well, the Red Raiders will be in the ball game. QB play isn't as a concern as having a healthy QB and supplemented by the ground game to ease the burden. I am nervous about playing in Morgantown at noon. I am hoping for more 2:30 or 7:30 games since we are not as great during morning games. I do like Baylor for competing in Manhattan against a coach with a nice grind it out offense that with holds the ball from opponents 7-10 minutes. Baylor still managed their quick strike offense and got scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Rab Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I still get the feeling it will be OU winning this conference. They have to get better QB play or just quit throwing the damned ball all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I still get the feeling it will be OU winning this conference. They have to get better QB play or just quit throwing the damned ball all together. If OU picks the not throwing option then they need to bench Bell and start Knight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dago29 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I was truly shocked that ou didn't even think about using Bell as a rushing option last week. I mean, look at the game films against Texas and tell me that they're not the worst team in the country against running QBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I was truly shocked that ou didn't even think about using Bell as a rushing option last week. I mean, look at the game films against Texas and tell me that they're not the worst team in the country against running QBs. Well honestly that is one of the more unnoticed things about Oklahoma. When Knight was the QB during the first two the offense was built around the read option. However, when Belk became the starter they switched back to an offense more like last season with Landry Jones. Bell never really ran the read option in any game as a starter this season. Most of his rushing yards just came on scrambles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortal13 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Two of the Big 12's perennial mediocre teams seem to be doing quite well in the SEC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav6325 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Two of the Big 12's perennial mediocre teams seem to be doing quite well in the SEC +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFootball Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 A&M did well in the SEC, sure. All it took was a new coach, new QB, new team. They also finished 5th place in the SEC and absolutely DEMOLISHED your co-champion LOL! By your logic, SEC>Big XII And Mizzou went 5-7 last year. "Doing quite well", huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Rab Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Two of the Big 12's perennial mediocre teams seem to be doing quite well in the SEC A Big XII perennial mediocre team and perennial bottom feeder are the 2 favorites to win the conference this year. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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