Obviously Oklahoma won the Big 12 championship in 2019. This was the fifth consecutive time they’ve done that and the sixth time this decade (2011-2019). It’s also worth pointing out that Oklahoma drew a playoff berth as a result of finishing 12-1 and that this is the fourth time in five years that they’ve been … [Read more…]
Since I coined the term “inverted Tampa 2” to describe Iowa State’s defense I’ve been getting questions regularly on how this newfangled anti-spread scheme works. Particularly since Baylor essentially stole it and made it a major part of their package while turning their bust-prone defense into a unit that paved the way for an 11-1 … [Read more…]
That was it, the last week of regular season Big 12 football for the 2019 season. It was an interesting year, we’ll recap it in a variety of ways over the coming weeks including with my All-B12 thoughts and some breakdowns of Baylor v Oklahoma round II. The final weekend spelled out well some of … [Read more…]
I was preparing for my Kansas State preview over at Inside Texas (those drop on Thursdays and I believe this one will be free) today and went down a statistical rabbit hole that proved interesting. I was looking up how much of Kansas State’s pressure comes from their DL and the DL’s share of the … [Read more…]
Week 10 was destined to be one of little consequence for this season in the Big 12 unless disaster befell some team or another. I guess there were some disastrous events for the TCU Horned Frogs, but they weren’t a team of much consequence for this season save for as a potential spoiler, a role … [Read more…]
How do you control the line of scrimmage with only three or four players? That’s a central question in today’s Big 12, although it’s been a useful skill for some time now. Back in 2008 when Will Muschamp took over the Texas defense, he was surprised by a number of things he found waiting for … [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…]
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…]
Week 5 is the first real slate of Big 12 football games that will start to shape the conference race. Obviously Oklahoma State had a big chance in week 4 to catapult to the top of the league with a victory over Texas but I suspect that only people living in Oklahoma really thought that … [Read more…]