dr. freeze
Texas & OU are living off their past reputation just as much as Nebraska. Those teams aren't in the top 5 in the country. No way!
If you can count to 12 you would realize that 75% of that conference sucks w/ Baylor, Kansas, TT, Missouri, Nebraska, OK St., K St., Texas A&M & Colorado.
If you think K State is a good team, take a look @ the last 9 teams they beat:
W Kentucky
LA-Monroe
E Illinois (not Illinois)
Missouri (perrenial Big 12 bottom feeder)
LA Tech
Iowa St.
Kansas (see Missouri)
New Mexico St
USC (Pete Carroll's 1st game as coach & revenge is coming soon)
Every so-called Big 12 power team plays weak non-conference schedules. I'm tired of hearing people praise this mediocre conference. Funny you would compare this conference w the Big East, because I think both these conferences are the easiest for an average team to go undefeated in. Big East just because of weak programs & the Big 12 because of scheduling.
The Pac 10 & The SEC are by far the best conferences in the country. A) Because more than 2 teams compete for the conference title on a yearly basis. B) Nearly all the teams in these conferences have to recruit against one another. Bluechip recruits do not go to KU, BU, OSU etc., etc., etc.
Oklahoma will lose as soon as they test themselves on the road! Texas will lose as soon as they play a team w a functional offense. And neither one of those situations will occur in conference. That's unbelievable! Both of those teams have major weaknesses & deserve their rankings just as much as Nebraska & Colorado did!
You can't find a truly weak program in the Pac 10. Cal had a bad year last year, but I think they played 7 teams who played in bowl games (5 in conference), including 3 conference champs (Illinois --not E Illinois, BYU & Oregon)! Look at them now! Could you imagine Baylor going into East Lansing & kicking ass! Never!
Please give this Big 12 stuff a rest! East coast writers have anointed this conference as the best in the country, but if you really watch the games you would know it's not true.