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Big 12 rankings, Week 11: Pokes roll on

Oklahoma State rolls on, Kansas State continues to be the Cardiac Cats and Kansas continues to be historically bad: 1. OKLAHOMA STATE (10-0, 7-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Texas Tech 66-6 | THIS WEEK: At Iowa State THE RUB: The Cowboys continue to put up video game-like numbers, embarrassing the Red Raiders. The last time Oklahoma State […]

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Big 12 rankings, Week 10: Famous people edition

Oklahoma State survived, Oklahoma wins (and loses with Ryan Broyles’ injury) big as we head into the home stretch. This week’s rankings are brought to you by entertainers who graduated from or attended the Big 12 schools: 1. OKLAHOMA STATE (9-0, 6-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Kansas State 52-45 | THIS WEEK: At Texas Tech

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Big 12 rankings, Week 9: The movie villain edition

Oklahoma State and Oklahoma did their thing last week. The rest of the conference is a muddled mess with Missouri climbing and Texas A&M and Texas Tech tumbling. This week’s rankings are brought to you by movie villains. 1. OKLAHOMA STATE (8-0, 5-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Baylor 59-24 | THIS WEEK: Vs. Kansas State

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Big 12 rankings, Week 8: The Gun N Roses edition

If you’ve seen Oklahoma State play, you know the Cowboys have the best team in the Big 12. It’s not just the explosive offense, opportunistic defense or the leadership of a 40-year-old quarterback (OK, he’s 28). OSU appears to be a team of destiny. When they need a big play or a break, they get one.

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Big 12 rankings, Week 7: The “Dodgeball: A true underdog story” edition

I didn’t mean it as an insult Saturday night when I told the girlfriend, a huge Kansas State fan, that I don’t think the Wildcats are all that great, but they take advantage of every mistake their opponents make and find a way to win. The bottom line is they won, again, on Saturday and

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Big 12 rankings, Week 6: “Cheers” edition

Oklahoma made its statement loud and clear, Oklahoma State continues to roll and the old man schools another more talented team in Manhattan. This week’s rankings are brought to you by the characters of the long-running NBC series “Cheers”: 1. OKLAHOMA (5-0, 2-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Texas 55-17 | THIS WEEK: At Kansas Cheers

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“Meltdown: The Collapse of the Big 12” casting call

Conference realignment. Like the jello of the month club, it’s the gift that keeps on giving. I had no idea when I wrote this blog, then this one, that we’d have a trilogy. But, thanks to Missouri, we get a part three. Much like Nebraska last summer and Texas A&M a few weeks ago, plenty

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Big 12 rankings, Week 5: The “Superbad” edition

Texas and Kansas State move up in the rankings, but both face crucial tests in their second week of Big 12 play. This week’s rankings are brought to you by “Superbad.” 1. OKLAHOMA (4-0, 1-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Ball State 62-6 | THIS WEEK: Vs. Texas THE RUB: Poor Ball State. Up next, the

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Big 12 rankings, Week Four: The professional wrestling edition

The (last?) Big 12 season is under way. As we head into October, this week’s rankings are brought to you by professional wrestling .. 1. OKLAHOMA (3-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Missouri 38-28 | THIS WEEK: Vs. Ball State THE RUB: The Sooners are stylin’ and profilin’ after avenging last year’s loss to Missouri …

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Big 12 rankings, Week Two: The awful music videos edition

So many horrible music videos, so little time (not to mention a dwindling number of teams). The Week Two Big 12 (minus-3) rankings are brought to you by god-awful music videos so bad that Vanilla Ice didn’t make the cut. As always, the weekly rankings don’t reflect my predictions for the season, simply how the teams

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