Over on Twitter I recently had a brief conversation with Travis Roeder and Cameron Soran about new Baylor offensive coordinator Larry Fedora’s fondness for power run schemes. I think this is the tweet that kickstarted the convo about his power run game. Baylor has been uniquely power run oriented since their rise under Art Briles. … [Read more…]
One of the more fascinating subplots of 2020 in the Big 12 was always going to be what Baylor made of one of Matt Rhule’s favorite young talents, Matt Jones. The 6-3, 240 pound freshman played in three games last year early before shutting it down to redshirt and preserve eligibility for the future. He’s … [Read more…]
Heading into 2019 one of the big questions for Iowa State was, “who’s going to replace Hakeem Butler?” The “infrastructure of the team looked stronger than at any previous point under head coach Matt Campbell, they were returning all five starters on the offensive line, Brock “pump fake Purdy” at quarterback, and then had three … [Read more…]
If you told me a year or two ago that Kenneth Murray was on the verge of leaving Oklahoma early in order to be drafted by the second round I would have been surprised, to say the least. He’s always been a great athlete and a willing student of the game, but the Mike Stoops … [Read more…]
There’s a number of players across the Big 12 that are going to be highly influential in the events of 2020 that are currently, in my estimation, flying under the radar. Of course, once I write up this bit then they won’t be overlooked much longer… I’ve got my eye on West Virginia as a … [Read more…]
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…]
Now that we’ve finished examining the cadets for every Big 12 program, I like to try and wrap it all up while linking all the breakdowns in one place. Here are the breakdowns: Oklahoma Texas West Virginia Kansas Oklahoma State Texas Tech TCU Baylor Kansas State Iowa State As a reminder, since I still get … [Read more…]
No matter what else has happened over the last decade, a constant themehas been Texas and Oklahoma’s superiority in the recruiting rankings, in that order. The Longhorns are the most resource-rich program in the B12 by a decent margin (although the Sooners are obviously competitive) and are located in one of the hottest towns in … [Read more…]
It’s more than a little interesting to observe the TCU-Baylor rivalry these days. The Frogs aren’t even really a strictly Texas school anymore, their admission is over 50% comprised of out of state students, and the football program has served them well as an advertisement for kids from California and other locales. Baylor on the … [Read more…]
These three schools all share the common trait of being fairly distantly removed from the biggest metro areas of the Big 12. Those major metro areas and talent hubs are, in order by population: Obviously D.C./Baltimore and Pittsburgh are irrelevant for everyone in the B12 save for West Virginia but they very much matter for … [Read more…]