Parity in the Big XII
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I think the top of the Big 12 is about as good as anyone. The bottom however is worse than it's been in quite some time. It's no longer KU on the bottom rung. ISU, Tech, and Texas will all likely not be bowl eligible by seasons end. Can't have 40% of your conference in the dumper and still get a lot of respect.
The problem is that it isn't the traditional powers that are leading the conference anymore. That is making the national commentary look at this conference and see weakness.
Today's ESPN talking point:
"SEC West = gauntlet, Big12 = mediocre"
Today's ESPN talking point:
"SEC West = gauntlet, Big12 = mediocre"
:huh: Playing a 9 game conference schedule likely means one less win for half the teams and 40% of your conference not making a bowl is not atypical.
Compare that botom four to the bottom four of the other conferences. There is not much difference. Plus, the top 60% is what determines respect, not the bottom 40%, which is not that bad anyways.
Any lack of respect, if there is any, is by far due to the same issues that come up in realignment talk. It has very little to do with quality of teams.
We just need more conference members! Scott van pelt tweeted a comparison of the SEC vs Big 12. He pitted the top 10 SEC teams against the entire 10 from big 12. He seemed to think it was fair.
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I think you can call it parity becuase the games among the top teams have generally been close and several teams played close with fsu, bama and auburn although in close losses.
Today is about the first time that the top teams start to play each other (KSU/OU, TCU/OSU) and the bottom teams start to play each other (UT/ISU, KU/TTech). Some of those top teams will take losses and those bottom teams will get wins and it will start to look little more evenly spread from top to bottom.
We've got a chance for wins today and later against Tech and Kansas. Maybe WVU and hell who knows about OU, they haven't been dominant the past couple weeks. At this point I like our chances against OU more than TCU.
We've got a chance for wins today and later against Tech and Kansas. Maybe WVU and hell who knows about OU, they haven't been dominant the past couple weeks. At this point I like our chances against OU more than TCU.
Also because no computers in favor of pure committee opinion. Even 1/3 computer like the bcs could work in our favor potentially.
The winner of the big 12 would be in if selection were based on results. Unfortunately selection is based on opinion.
I'm not too sure about that, Purdue almost beat a really good bowl eligible goofers team today.
Today is a critical game for CPR. First step to respectability is winning these types of games (dominating those at the "kid table"). Time to show some of that potential we keep talking about. Guys need to rise to the occasion. UT is ripe for the picking. New coach, new players, still installing new culture. Probably some letdown from OU last week. K State is showing us how to do it.
Especially this. It annoys me when I hear their podcast points on Championship Drive. It's all about the SEC West anymore. Since when do we care about divisions? Ignoring the East doesn't make them magically disappear so you can make the conference look better. They suddenly bash Baylor and TCU for their high scoring game saying things like "That's horrible football." or "There is no defense in the Big 12."
The media is so biased against the Big 12 and so pro SEC. They are just trying to project their perception onto the voters of the committee and the rest of the country regarding college athletics. It's so old. Danny Kanell is the only one at ESPN who respects the Big 12 and PAC 12 for that matter anymore.
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