thinkthenspeak

If the Big 12 wants to add programs to increase its competitive strength in football, Utah and Oregon make sense. Unfortunately, neither team adds much TV market share and their revenue per team would probably go sideways or down, not up. Its too bad, but its the reality of the markets those teams play in.

That was written with obviously zero time spent researching the rebels opponent. I've only seen the bears a couple of times this past season but I can tell you what jumps out on film: They protect their QB and allow few sacks and little pressure - as he can just run from it if the pocket does collapse. Their defense applies pressure quite well and forces a lot of turnovers. their offense is anemic and leans on their defense to win. Their secondary can get blasted and their CB's get burnt over the top often.

So what you are saying, is that ole miss would have had a shot if Baylor's defense didn't pressure the qb so much?

who has the cliff notes on that?

I saw baylor play a few times this year. They looked bad @ oregon and @ iowa st. Not saying they shouldn't be #1 at the moment, but they are definitely not as good as last years team. Not even close. Its going to be "shocking" when the lose their first couple games, but not to people that watch a lot of basketball.

Every part of that just feels wrong

An argument against a true playoff is pointless. *Every* major sport has one, except FBS football. Hopefully it happens before I die lol

What if you don't need a QB, you would still take him?

Every agent will be telling these kids "look what happened to Corral".

Some games are fun to watch, but they are pretty much meaningless. who cares if you when the doritos bowl, or cheeze whiz bowl? Whoopity do. post season FBS ball won't be fun to watch until a real playoff exists.

If he is considering going pro, he should skip the bowl game. They don't mean anything, why play and risk injury?

The B12 is better than the B10, P12 and ACC, so being 2nd sounds about right. although it is weird seeing no real potent offense in that conference this year.

His rant was at least 12 years ago. let it go

I've noticed 3 things about Baylor -Their offense is average at best and probably closer to mediocre -They don't roll anyone, so even if an opposing QB is like 5-20, that won't equate into a big lead for Baylor -Their secondary can get torched and I disagree its their strength on defense. BYU and TCU took full advantage of their weak CBs. Watching them is like watching a Big 10 team. kind of meh lol Ole miss by > 13

The point of football is to beat your opponents, not cheer for them.

Miss St. vs. Texas Tech is the one to watch. That's Leach vs. his old program. Pretty sure he is going to cook up some extra stuff for his former employer.

I should say, I don't know much about Venables defenses and how good they were / are. I do know he was at OU for 9-10 years so there is an obvious connection there.

Not saying these guys are targeted by OU, just my thoughts. -Coach bro (kliff) isn't leaving the NFL to go coach OU. Even if he wanted to, why would you want that guy? Was his time at Tech not bad enough? -Rhule, that's funny. He's currently coaching in the NFL with a massive contract. I do realize the average NFL coaching tenure is rather short, but anything about Rhule going back to college is 2-3 years premature. -I know nothing about Beamer. -Venables. I don't know much about the guy. -Jim Knowles. Thats an intriguing name. Problem is, who does he bring in as OC and DC? -Fickell. He's not going to OU. -Mark Stoops. That would be a disaster. -Aranda. He's not leaving Baylor (yet). Check back in 3 years.

Aranda isn't in consideration. Whenever you see an article saying he is a candidate and actually look at the article, you find out its just a blogger who thinks he should be considered. Sort of click bait + info manipulation. Plus, Aranda didn't turn around Baylor. They were 11-3 the year before he got there..

He's spot on. You can't have some conferences play 8 conference games, while others play 9 and you can't have patsies in Nov while others play theirs in September. Just apply what NCAAF, its rankings and the absurd CFB to another major sport. Lets to MLB. So there are only 4 teams invited to the MLB playoffs and they are invited based on win totals, or who is perceived to be the best. Well guess what - Atlanta would not have made the playoffs this year. There is no legitimate argument that the current 'system' in place for post season games is anything more than exhibition games pitting teams for the sole purpose to make people money.

The CFP lacks credibility. It's not a playoff, its an invitational. It's not even sanctioned by the NCAA and as such, there is no recognized NCAA champ in the FBS. So all of this BCS and BCS V.2 (CFP) stuff - pointless. It only serves to make people money.

They should hire art briles

UT alumnus here. It's quite aggravating that the 'powers that be' are not taking into account what these ridiculous "cross the country" conferences do to fans. I'm not spending thousands of dollars on airfare/hotel/car to see an out of state game. No effin way. The fun and excitement of CFB is founded in local / close geographical rivalries. I went to high school with a lot of guys who went ended up at schools scattered across Texas. We trade off and go visit each other, see our teams play. The more they get away from that, the less people are going to attend. I could give a rats behind about playing, well anyone in the SEC. I don't know anyone from those schools and I'm not ever going to fly to see an away game. I hope every 'away' team has zero fans show up to these dumb *ss matchups and maybe they will get the hint.

UT hasn't won a B12 title in over a decade.OU has owned that conference...

The Pac12 declined adding UT years back because UT insisted on keeping their longhorn network and the P12 said they were a conference first organization, not an individual institution organization. That's all you need to know about UT..