LSU vs Auburn, Tigers vs Tigers, was a big moment in the history of the spread offense’s inexorable march across the game of football. We’ve seen a few big time spread battles in the SEC before. Texas A&M introduced the Air Raid back in 2012 and had a pair of big seasons with Johnny Manziel … [Read more…]
Huge week of action in the Big 12. I got in a late shot before the weekend on Friday where I noted suspicions that TCU’s defense didn’t look up to their normal standard (may need revision but I’m still not sure) and also that Baylor might actually be the class of the league. What followed … [Read more…]
I have a few sneaking suspicions about the league this year that I don’t think are ironclad yet. It’s often easy for me to forget that teams change throughout the year. Iowa State always seems to improve, especially after adding young Matt Campbell recruits on offense into the mix. Texas is on an absolute roller … [Read more…]
I may have to take back some of my comments about Les Miles’ errors in pulling the scholarship from Jax “the destroyer” Dineen. There’s two arguments in favor of Miles’ decision that have made it an apparently justifiable move. The first is that by accepting the transfer of his own son, Ben Miles, as a … [Read more…]
It’s very difficult, as you tend to see play out in the Big 12 on a weekly basis. Here’s some notes that the venerable Mike Gundy gave me at B12 media days on the practice: You know, there’s really two ways in our league. You either gotta defend the quarterback, width and length, or you … [Read more…]
That’s the name of chapter three in the book, which tells the tale of how Bob Stoops took over Oklahoma, hired “the Pirate” Mike Leach to bring the Air Raid, and transformed the Big 12 and game of football forever. I posted an excerpt you can read for free over at Texas Tech blog, Staking … [Read more…]
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…]
There were only three games in the Big 12 this week, but all of them were pretty significant and a couple of them had lines that I thought were pretty silly heading into the week. Oklahoma and Baylor both -11 was a bit much and sure enough, neither covered although both pulled out some wins. … [Read more…]
The weekend slate before the Red River Shootout is often a strange and overlooked one within the Big 12 conference. Even though Texas has been truly good in only one of the years since the exodus of Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, and Texas A&M, it was clear when that happened that things were shaping up to … [Read more…]
Now that the Big 12 season is underway, there’s been a few interesting stories and subplots cropping up across the league. I figured it’d be fun to hit on a few of the particularly relevant ones that have been cropping up. Trejan Bridges to safety? This one looks like a nothing burger, but in a … [Read more…]