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Baylor Bears – Big 12 Champions For The First Time
It’s been a very long time since Baylor won a conference championship – 19 years to be exact. It was hard for some people to see them hosting Texas as the favorites for what turned into the Big 12 championship game, but things have changed since Art Briles has taken over the program, lifting it to new heights through Bryce Petty and a surprisingly efficient defense, taking the program to the Fiesta Bowl and a BCS one in general for the first time.
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Big 12 – Texas vs Baylor Predictions
Some are suggesting this is the undercard in the Big 12 conference title, as whoever wins the game between Baylor and Texas will need to hope Oklahoma State lose their game in order to earn that BCS berth and ticket to the Fiesta Bowl.
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Big 12 – Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State Predictions
There is no Big 12 championship game, so fans have to take the semi encounters they’re given. The first of them will be another chapter in the Bedlam series, as Oklahoma State try to wrap up the conference title which will send them to the Fiesta Bowl, while Oklahoma are here mainly to try and spoil the party.
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SEC – Texas A&M & Missouri Teaching Us It’s an Overrated Conference
It was hard to argue with the continuous brainwashing about the SEC being the best conference in College Football as they claimed six consecutive national championships, but the immediate success of Texas A&M and Missour over the last couple of years after coming over from the Big 12 as part of the huge conference realignment wave teaches us that it might not be as strong as some may think.
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Iowa Hawkeyes – Getting Bo Pellini Closer to Getting Fired
A rivalry rekindled between Iowa and Nebraska has been a one-side affair for quite some time, but no longer. The Hawkeyes came away from Lincoln with a 38-17 win, their first against the Cornhuskers since 1981 after five consecutive losses and their first on the road since 1943, making it that much tougher for Bo Pellini, stuck on 8 regular season wins this season, to keep his job after they year he’s had.
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Texas Longhorns – Big 12 Championship Hopes Still Alive
The best way to get over being beaten by 25 points? Hand someone the same kind of treatment yourself. Texas were overwhelmed by Oklahoma State to pick up their first conference loss of the season, but thanks to a 41-16 win over Texas Tech, their way of compensating for losing their bigger in-state rival to the SEC, their hopes of winning the Big 12 for the first time in four years remain alive and well.
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Baylor vs Oklahoma State – Clint Chelf Turns the Big 12 Upside Down
It seems Clint Chelf always gets to be at his best when he faces Baylor, but this time it ended up with a win. Oklahoma State beat the number 4 team in the nation 49-17, overturning the situation in the Big 12, which means the Cowboys now need to win their inner state rivalry game against the Sooners in order to win the conference for the second time in three years.
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Big 12 – Oklahoma vs Baylor Predictions
Thanks to an easy schedule and a scary offense, Baylor are the only remaining undefeated team in the Big 12, ranked 5 in the nation, heading into the program’s biggest game ever. For Oklahoma, who are now #10 and can’t afford another loss if they want to win the conference, it’s about proving their improved defense is good enough to contest the biggest challenge they’ll see this season.
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College Football Realignment – Big 12 Thinking About UCF and Cincinnati
Even though the Big 12 might not be the most stable conference among the major ones in College Football, there are powers trying to push for an expansion to big TV markets, with Central Florida and Cincinnati the likeliest of candidates.
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Big 12 – TCU vs Texas Tech Predictions
The TCU Horned Frogs didn’t expect to be without their starting quarterback so soon, making their visit to Lubbock and their game against the quite hot Texas Tech to look a lot more complicated than they initially thought, especially when thinking about last season’s encounter between the team.