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Big 12 realignment realities

March 9, 2020 by ianaboyd

Andy Staples collected some fantastic offseason clicks recently with every offseason’s favorite topic, college football realignment. His article on “The Athletic” suggested that the Big 12 could absorb the top half of the Pac-12 to form a super conference that would then include USC, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington, and Oregon. Here’s the link: Here’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big 10, Big 12, Big 12 championship game, Big 12 football, Conference realignment, Pac-12, SEC

First 2020 Big 12 power ranking

January 30, 2020 by ianaboyd

Shortly after the Camping World Bowl between Iowa State and Notre Dame, which was a disaster for the Cyclones, TE Charlie Kolar announced he’d be returning for 2020. That was probably the right call, Kolar has NFL talent but he’s still developing his tool box. He ended up with 51 catches for 697 yards and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big 12 championship game, Charlie Kolar, PFPurdy, Power rankings, Sam Ehlinger, Spencer Rattler

Mike Gundy pushes in his chips again

January 27, 2020 by ianaboyd

This has been about as impressive an offseason in Stillwater as I’ve ever seen, and I can readily recall another recent doozy. Heading into 2017 the Cowboys had Mason Rudolph and James Washington coming off big 2016s and both seemed likely to be NFL draft picks. Instead, they both returned along with a healthy Marcell … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Amen Ogbongbemiga, Big 12 championship game, Big 12 football, Chuba Hubbard, Malcolm Rodriguez, Mason Rudolph, Mike Gundy, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Spencer Sanders, Tylan Wallace

A new Baylor decade

January 24, 2020 by ianaboyd

You could argue that Baylor was the story of the 2010s in the Big 12. Oklahoma obviously dominated most of the decade, winning 6.5 Big 12 titles, making four playoff appearances, and putting up the following record against the rest of the league: A completely inability to deal with Oklahoma was truly the primary obstacle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, Art Briles, Baylor Bears, Big 12 championship game, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns

The Rhule-Riley rematch

December 6, 2019 by ianaboyd

This is a pretty interesting game coming up between Baylor and Oklahoma. This is our third Big 12 title game since they reintroduced it in the round robin era. Overall the round robin era has been a difficult grind that has served to demonstrate the supremacy of spread passing as Oklahoma has been the only … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Uncategorized Tagged: Baylor Bears, Big 12 championship game, Charlie Brewer, Hurts, Inverted Tampa-2, Lincoln Riley, Matt Rhule, Oklahoma Sooners, Power-option

Who’s best positioned to reach the Big 12 title game?

October 15, 2019 by ianaboyd

At this point in the Big 12 season there are really just four or five teams with a realistic shot at making the Big 12 title game. At 1-2, Oklahoma State isn’t “out” of it but they’d have to go 6-0 or 5-1 against a slate that includes Baylor, at ISU, TCU, and Oklahoma. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Alex Grinch, Baylor Bears, Big 12 championship game, Iowa State Cyclones, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns

Scattershooting the B12 heading into week 12

November 15, 2018 by ianaboyd

Week 11 was fun, Oklahoma State came within a missed extra point or converted two point conversion of beating Oklahoma and then Texas Tech raced back from a 34-17 deficit to force a game-winning drive from Texas. The RRS rematch is still in play. Here’s Max Olson’s helpful breakdown of the B12 from here: I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Big 12 championship game, Big 12 football, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, Pump fake Purdy, Texas Longhorns, West Virginia Mountaineers

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