Klatt says not so fast on B12 ...

[surly]

 

[CycloneErik]

Gotta keep those viewers tuned in.
I love Klatt's "please keep me employed" takes.

 

[Stewo]

No one that lost last week was going to give OU a run for the title anyway. It's basically Texas and OSU along with OU at the top.

 

[dualthreat]

On the bright side, a polished turd has a chance at going 6-3 in conference this year

 

[clonedude]

There's 3 good teams and the rest is garbage..... maybe 4 if WV proves to be any good. But I think that's fairly typical with a lot of conferences.

 

[DeereClone]

Gotta keep those viewers tuned in.
I love Klatt's "please keep me employed" takes.

Klatt is one of the best in the business, I don't think he is worried about employment.

He's right, it was a disappointing showing, but freaking out over one week of results is over-reacting. Iowa State and K-State faced tough opponents and lost, while Kansas was busy being Kansas. The top 3 teams should all be good, with a drop off after that, just like any conference.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

No one that lost last week was going to give OU a run for the title anyway. It's basically Texas and OSU along with OU at the top.

I still think ISU has the personnel to beat any of those teams.

Just don’t have the consistency.

 

[JM4CY]

I still think ISU has the personnel to beat any of those teams.

Just don’t have the consistency.

I hope that’s the only issue.

 

[Al_4_State]

And he doesn't even mention that the Big 12 is literally the only conference that played non-conference games.

Every other P5 league would have suffered similar losses if they had actually played games OOC.

 

[MartyFine]

If Texas and OU are alive and undefeated, then the league is not dead. This isn't 2014.

If tOhio St. and Penn St. are undefeated, then the Big Ten is fine no matter to whom the rest of the league loses.

If 'Bama and LSU are undefeated, then the SEC is fine no matter to whom the rest of the league loses.

 

[Stewo]

I still think ISU has the personnel to beat any of those teams.

Just don’t have the consistency.

100%

 

[cmjh10]

I love Joel Klatt

 

[coolerifyoudid]

I still think ISU has the personnel to beat any of those teams.

Just don’t have the consistency.

My optimistic take: Missing Kolar hurt a lot. Instead of drops that killed drives early, Purdy could have possibly sustained some drives and countered some of that momentum that UL built before it snowballed out of control. It wouldn't offset the other issues, but it would likely have changed our responses to some of the setbacks.

My unproven and probably stupid theory: Early on, I think in games where there wasn't a lot of separation between the two teams, away teams may have had a slight advantage. Everyone has been bottled up at home, so getting the chance to change scenery has to be a breath of fresh air. Also, a home team that walks out into their home stadium without any of their normal fan craziness has to mess with their minds a little bit.

 

[Neptune78]

Klatt is one of the best in the business, I don't think he is worried about employment.

He's right, it was a disappointing showing, but freaking out over one week of results is over-reacting. Iowa State and K-State faced tough opponents and lost, while Kansas was busy being Kansas. The top 3 teams should all be good, with a drop off after that, just like any conference.

Agree. But all the talk about Iowa State being a league contender has stopped after week one. Haven't heard one talking head, including Klatt, mention Iowa State as having a shot.

 

[heitclone]

Looking around the country, did we have the toughest opponent of any p6 team? Seems like it.

 

[knowlesjam]

My optimistic take: Missing Kolar hurt a lot. Instead of drops that killed drives early, Purdy could have possibly sustained some drives and countered some of that momentum that UL built before it snowballed out of control. It wouldn't offset the other issues, but it would likely have changed our responses to some of the setbacks.

My unproven and probably stupid theory: Early on, I think in games were there wasn't a lot of separation between the two teams, away teams may have had a slight advantage. Everyone has been bottled up at home, so getting the chance to change scenery has to be a breath of fresh air. Also, a home team that walks out into their home stadium without any of their normal fan craziness has to mess with their minds a little bit.

Dropped passes, injuries, missing targets, garbage special teams, throw in a couple of momentum building pass interference calls that were missed...not good. But again, when has a CMC team ever started a season ready...might be my greatest issue with the guy. Let's see how the TCU game goes before we bury the body.

 

[KnappShack]

Last week was a dumpster fire for way too many Big 12 teams

We had the stage and pissed the bed. A joke of a performance

 

[DeereClone]

Agree. But all the talk about Iowa State being a league contender has stopped after week one. Haven't heard one talking head, including Klatt, mention Iowa State as having a shot.

Well, yeah. What did you expect after that performance? Until we can prove otherwise, we don't belong in the conversation of upper-echelon teams.

 

[ArgentCy]

Actually what happened could bode well for the Big XII. The league is not as deep as it has been in the past making it more like the other conferences. In that we have a couple very good teams and several really bad teams. You just can't have the OU-OSU-Texas lose to bottom tier. And then there's ISU, that game will probably be a little different. But we clearly are not in the top tier until we can take these G5 games seriously.

 

[heitclone]

It's also laughable that anyone outside of the big 12 is really impacted by ISU, KSU and KU losing. No one has every used those 3 programs as the litmus test for the league. A lot of the reaction is only coming because we are playing and a certain league that the media caters to isn't playing.