The Big 12 is way overrated

GTKyle

GTKyle

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At least on paper. Scoring massive amounts of points on each other does not impress me at all.

Check out this post
http://accfootballreport.blogspot.com/2008/10/out-of-conference-report-midseason.html

The big 12 plays the 2nd least amount of out of conference games against BCS opponents and not only that, but those opponents are the worst BCS opponents any league faces. On top of that the Big 12 is 7-8 against these teams.

Let's look at the OOC opponents for the Big-12's top 25 teams so far...

Texas
Florida Atlantic
UTEP
Rice
Arkansas (BCS)

This is schedule pussification at its finest. Texas' only BCS win is against a crappy Arkansas team.

Oklahoma
Chattanooga
Cincinnati (BCS)
Washington (BCS)
TCU

This is actually a decent schedule with @Washington and TCU. Respect to the Sooners.

Oklahoma State
Washington State (BCS)
Houston
Missouri State
Troy

Their lone BCS opponent happens to be the crappiest BCS team in the nation. Embarrassing schedule.

Texas Tech
Eastern Washington
Nevada
SMU
Massachusetts

Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. TTU still has not played a decent team yet 7 games into the season.

Missouri
Illinois (BCS)
Southeast Missouri State
Nevada
Buffalo

Way to eek out a win against an overrated Illinois team. Missouri plays this game every year so it shouldn't even count when comparing scheduling. Pathetic. Oh, and get a defense.

Kansas
Florida International
Louisiana Tech
South Florida (BCS)
Sam Houston State

This just proves pollsters are morons. There is no way Kansas should be ranked. They lost their only decent OOC game and they got blown out by the Sooners. Their best win is over a 4-3 Colorado team. This team joins Auburn in the category "Teams with two losses that suck ass, but manage to stay in the polls."

The Big 12 is in this bubble. They basically only play each other so there's no good way to tell how good they are. Every other conference has had a marquee matchup.

ACC/SEC - Clemson/Bama
Big 10/Pac 10 - OSU/USC
The Big East has had a couple, but the Big East is horrible.
 
Not so fast my friend. Did you watch the Texas/Okie game? Best two teams I have seen all year so far. Both played (almost) flawless football on offense with some great outstanding talent. My top 4 so far would be Texas, OU, USC west and Oklahoma St. After watching CFB this year the TU/OU game was a breath of fresh air. A game that finally lived up to expectations, with the exception of our games of course. :fingersx:
 
olgoldandwhite said:
Not so fast my friend. Did you watch the Texas/Okie game? Best two teams I have seen all year so far. Both played (almost) flawless football on offense with some great outstanding talent. My top 4 so far would be Texas, OU, USC west and Oklahoma St. After watching CFB this year the TU/OU game was a breath of fresh air. A game that finally lived up to expectations, with the exception of our games of course. :fingersx:
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How does that prove the Big 12 is good? They're in the same league. Logic > you.

I did watch the Texas/OU game and the lack of defense appalled me.
 
Their league is heads and shoulders offensively, above everyone else right now. Reminds me of the Ohio State people the last two years claiming a good "D" would whup the SEC.

I guess it is all in the way you look at it. No hard feelings, but I would not want to play either team.
 
olgoldandwhite said:
Their league is heads and shoulders offensively, above everyone else right now. Reminds me of the Ohio State people the last two years claiming a good "D" would whup the SEC.

I guess it is all in the way you look at it. No hard feelings, but I would not want to play either team.
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Or their defenses are really bad?
 
What other league are the pollsters going to over value this year? The Pac 10 is God awful, except for the fighting condoms. The Big East is just God awful. The ACC's marquee teams are bad, although somehow Free Shoes has snuck back in there. The Big Ten is off limits thanks to THE Ohion State's ability to get raped in title games. I'm not going to argue with you about pollsters being retarded, but who else are they going to rank?
 
GTKyle said:
How does that prove the Big 12 is good? They're in the same league. Logic > you.

I did watch the Texas/OU game and the lack of defense appalled me.
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For such an offensive heavy conference, Texas also leads the nation in sacks. I am not waxing the B12, but making comparisons with the teams you chose was not a good one. Texas, OU, Mizzo, and OKS all have quarterbacks that could make it at the next level. Alot of good Clemson's OOC game with Bama proved.....that Clemson sucks.

As good as the ACC's defenses are, I think they would be more tarnished going up against some of the offenses that the Big 12 produces this season.
 
Check out Stewart Mandel's mailbag for this week. One reader makes an interesting point about Big 12 defenses. Namely, that Big 12 defenses, per play, give up the same number yards as do other defenses across the nation. The reason that scoring is up in the Big 12 is because teams play no huddle and have more possessions.

Not saying I buy it, but has some logic to it....
 
Screw schedules and statistics...have you watched those guys play? If you have and still think they're overrated I don't know what to tell you.
 
Allen Koholic said:
What other league are the pollsters going to over value this year? The Pac 10 is God awful, except for the fighting condoms. The Big East is just God awful. The ACC's marquee teams are bad, although somehow Free Shoes has snuck back in there. The Big Ten is off limits thanks to THE Ohion State's ability to get raped in title games. I'm not going to argue with you about pollsters being retarded, but who else are they going to rank?
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good point

People are prone to bitch about all sorts of things without having a clue about a better alternative. I believe it has turned into a serious national weakness.
 
College Football is becoming more like College Basketball.

Every week is a struggle. This is a good thing.
 
I think that considering any BCS conference much better than the rest of the BCS conferences is overrating that conference. What people continue to neglect is that fbs football has more and more parity as the years continue. It's the same phenomenon that occurred in college basketball over the past 20 years or so. This is yet another reason why fbs football should make a tournament system. It would generate a renewed excitement for post season college football.
 
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