Is the Big 12 overrated this season?

October 19, 2009

big12_logo With Texas being the only team that is undefeated left in the Big 12, people are starting to talk about how the Big 12 is overrated this season. Oklahoma has dropped out of the Top 25 for the first time since 2005. They barely stayed in the AP poll only because they only lost my three points to Texas this past weekend. The real question here is whether or not the Big 12 is overrated. I say its not for a lot of reasons. First reason is that Oklahoma has three losses. If you disect those losses Bradford got hurt in the BYU game, did not play at all in the Miami game, and got hurt 8 plays into the Texas game. So you tell me that Oklahoma is horrible having shut out two other teams without Bradford. They might not be able to step up against the likes of Miami and Texas, but they are still no pushover, they will be in a highly anticipated bowl game (more than likely either the Cotton Bowl, Alamo Bowl or Holiday Bowl). Yes sir, when it comes down to it, I dont think I would like to face any of the top 6 teams in the Big 12. I don’t think any team could call it an automatic win.

Secondly, even though the Big 12 only has 3 teams in the top 25, they have three teams just outside the top 25 and next week, if all those teams win, they will more than likely be right back up in the top 25. There are two teams with one loss and 3 teams with two losses. In fact, there is only one team in the Big 12 that has a losing record at this point and thats Colorado. They are coming off a huge win against a top 25 opponent and long time rival Kansas handing them their first loss. My point is that even Texas A&M (which in the past few years has kind of been a joke in the Big 12) is putting up huge numbers against teams. They started out great with three huge wins against some decent teams, but has hit a rough patch going 0-3 in the past three games and being outscored 145-64 in those games. Thats a crazy stat considering they outscored their opponents 135-54 for the first three games of the season. Wake up boys, thats all I have to say. You need to step it up and make the Big 12 proud. I look forward to the Texas-Texas A&M game at the end o the season because both teams have the potential to put up some crazy numbers. All in all I would have to say that the SEC wont look as pretty as they do at the end of the season either because they are all going to have to beat up on each other. We might have lost one of our giants in Oklahoma, but to be honest with you, I am pretty sure most of the Big 12 teams could hold their own against SEC opponents. I look forward to the Cotton Bowl this season as I plan to attend and watch the Big 12 battle the SEC in a high profile bowl game. The Big 12 is not going away people. They are here to stay.

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