After a monthlong hiatus, the blog returns just in time for the Big 12 basketball season. What better way to kick it off with a preview, plus some ridiculous predictions and team theme songs. Predictions (CliffsNotes version) 1. Kansas (29-2, 14-2) 2. Texas (24-7, 11-5) 3. Missouri (25-6, 11-5) 4. Texas A&M (23-7, 10-6) 5. […]
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College football is unpredictable, if nothing else. How else do you explain: Iowa State losing to Nebraska by one, then Colorado by 20? Nebraska losing to Texas, then blasting Oklahoma State and Missouri? Texas A&M losing by three touchdowns at home to Missouri, then beating Oklahoma by two touchdowns? So it goes. Nebraska’s one win
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Questions abound. Like, where might Texas A&M be if the Aggies had switched quarterbacks earlier? Or, what in the hell was Paul Rhoads thinking? Has Oklahoma lost its edge? And, finally, is Dave Yost the worst offensive coordinator in college football? The answers? 1. Probably in the driver’s seat in the South. 2. Nobody can
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Texas. That’s what may end up standing between Nebraska and a shot at a national title this season after the Cornhuskers whipped Missouri in a game that likely wrapped up the Big 12 North. So what did we learn in last week? Well, Missouri got Pinkeled again. Or maybe it was Yosted or Steckeled. Either way, the
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Oh, the irony. The last several years all we’ve heard about is the South dominating the North. On Saturday, the North scored big. Missouri pushed Oklahoma around in the fourth quarter for a 36-27 win, Nebraska torched Oklahoma State’s Play Station “junior varsity” setting defense in a 51-41 shootout and Iowa State somehow whipped powerful
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We’re a quarter of the way through the conference season, and only three teams (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Missouri) are unbeaten in conference. Each of those teams is 6-0 midway through the schedule. So what did we learn in Week 7? Follow the rapper, yo. This week’s rankings are brought to you by rap videos,
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