Big XII Power Rankings - Week 5

 

Week 5 Big XII Power Rankings

1 - Oklahoma

2 - Oklahoma State

3 - Texas

4 - Baylor

5 - Iowa State

6 - Kanas State

7 - Texas Tech

8 - West Virginia

9 - TCU

10 - Kansas

Big XII Weekly Awards - Week 5

Quietly through the first month, the Oklahoma State Cowboys have been just playing some good football and now its October and they are at the top with their in state counterpart Oklahoma in the Big XII.  How good will Bedlam be this year?  Especially with the OU to the SEC nugget.  TCU still is a bit of a thorn in Texas's neck but the Longhorns pulled it out.  And KState almost pulled a trifecta on OU.  Also this just in Kansas is still bad at football.

 TEAM OF THE WEEK

Oklahoma State

GAME OF THE WEEK

Oklahoma 37 - Kansas State 31

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

35 rush - 216 yds - 2 tds

2 rec - 22 yds

Big XII Power Rankings - Week 4

 

Week 4 Big XII Power Rankings

1 - Oklahoma

2 - Baylor

3 - Oklahoma State

4 - Texas

5 - Kansas State

6 - Iowa State

7 - West Virginia

8 - TCU

9 - Texas Tech

10 - Kansas

Big XII Weekly Awards - Week 4

 Could we have got the Big XII all wrong?  The favorites, Oklahoma & Iowa State are not looking like the dominant teams we though.  Oklahoma has struggled putting teams away.  Iowa State starting slow again the first month and are looking at 2-2 going into October.  The Sooners have stayed unscathed and joined are joined at the top of the standings after 1 month with Baylor and Oklahoma State.

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Oklahoma State

GAME OF THE WEEK

Baylor 31 - Iowa State 29

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Spencer Sanders - Oklahoma State - QB

22-34 - 344 yds - 2 td

9 rush - 18 yds - 1 td

Big XII Power Rankings - Week 3

Week 3 Big XII Power Rankings

   

1 - Oklahoma

2 - TCU

3 - Kansas State

4 - West Virginia

5 - Iowa State

6 - Oklahoma State

7 - Texas

8 - Baylor

9 - Texas Tech

10 - Kansas

2021 Big XII Predictions

 

 

2020 Week 8 Big XII Awards

Team of the Week : Kansas State : With a lot of the focus in the conference on the showdown in Stillwater, the Wildcats showed up and did what was expected; they DESTROYED Kansas.  K-State was helped along with 2 punt returns for scores by Phillip Brooks.  55 yards in the first quarter and then 52 at the end of the first half.  The Wildcats are no 4-0 in the Big XII and along with Oklahoma State have big jump ahead of the rest of the conference to get to Arlington and the Big XII Title Game.  With the 55-14 win the 'Cats have won 12 straight Sunflower State Showdowns.  The longest by either school in the battle for the Governors Cup.

One heartbeat

Game Highlights vs KU ⤵️

#KStateFB ⚒ pic.twitter.com/hsli0l6XaY

— K-State Football (@KStateFB) October 24, 2020

Game of the Week : Oklahoma State 24 - Iowa State 21 : The showdown in Stillwater felt more like a Big Ten Game rather than a Big XII shootout.  With these 2 teams defenses I'm not really shocked though.  The Cyclones scored first, but after OSU scored to tie it seemed they had control of the game.  The Pokes in the second half etched out a 10 point lead early in the fourth quarter.  The Clones scored late with 49 seconds left, but couldn't recover the onside kick to make it more interesting.  Oklahoma State along with K-State now are jockeyed ahead of everyone in the conference for the bids to the title game.  The Cowboys needed this one more though with their next 3 games vs Texas, KState and Oklahoma.  Don't count Iowa State out of anything either.  They own the tie breaker over Oklahoma and get Texas and K-State coming up.

Player of the Week : Phillip Brooks - PR - KState : Brooks set school records for KState for Punt Return yardage and scores in a game with his 2 scores vs Kansas.  Brooks 4 returns totaled 189 yards for the Wildcats.  His first return of 55 yards put KState on the board first.  His other score closed out the first half, essentially putting the nail in the coffin for the Jayhawks.

Brooks does it AGAIN!

He returns his SECOND punt for a TD in the first half for @KStateFB 🔥 pic.twitter.com/UGfYuj8Ezq

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 24, 2020

Big XII Scores

Oklahoma State 24 - Iowa State 21

Oklahoma 33 - TCU 14

Texas Tech 34 - West Virginia 27

Texas 27 - Baylor 16 

Kansas State 55 - Kansas 14

2020 Week 6 Big XII Awards

Well this post is gonna be an easy one.  With another postponed game this week (Oklahoma State at Baylor) the Big XII was down to 1 game again this week.  Kansas heading to Morgantown to take on the Mountaineers.  

Team of the Week : West Virgina : It took a little bit for the Mountaineers to get going, but late in the first quarter, took the lead in the 2nd quarter and then Leddie Brown hit the turbo button for an 87 yard touchdown scamper and the Defense clamped down on the young JayHawks.

Game of the Week : West Virgina - 38 Kansas - 17 :  Well it didn't have any competition so this is the game of he week.  Kansas came out swinging early to get up 10 nothing then reality set in.  West Virginia would have made Pat McAfee proud by clamping down down on the Jayhawks allowing only 157 total yards while putting up over 544.  The Jayhawks did score late to give any betters a bad beat if you took the Mountaineers at +22.5

Player of the Week : Leddie Brown - WVU - RB : Leddie Brown WENT OFF.  The Mountaineer back rushed for 195 yards, added 5 receptions for 36 yards and had 2 scores.  The later coming on a 87 yard dart where he was shot out of a cannon like Mario after scooping up a star.  After that score the Jayhawks were officially done. 

Leddie Brown. The baddest man in Morgantown! @___lb4#HailWV pic.twitter.com/H8kQYyY9Yp

— WVU Football (@WVUfootball) October 17, 2020

2020 Week 5 Big XII Awards

Game of the week : Oklahoma 53 - Texas 45  4OT :  The Red River Shootout was all that on Saturday.  The first half was tug here and tug there, OU going up by 10, Texas tying the game, and then the 2 entered halftime at 17 a piece.  The 3rd quarter and most of the 4th quarter it looked like OU had a 14 point win locked up and ready to head to Norman.  Then Sam took over and lead the 'Horns to 2 touchdowns in the last 3:28.  Both scored TDs in the first OT and then again in the 2nd OT with the Horns scoring on a great 25 yard scamper by Ehlinger.

Ehlinger AGAIN! @TexasFootball gets the TD to send the Red River Showdown to 3OT pic.twitter.com/MIrJof3rwr

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 10, 2020

In the third quarter both teams missed field goals. Texas had their's blocked by the Sooners and OU shanked it like one of my golf shots.  Then immediately in the 4th OT, the Rattler hit Drake Stoops in the endzone for a score, and added a 2 pt conversion.  

🗣 SPENCER RATTLER PUT THAT ON A DIME@OU_Football bounces back with the TD in 4OT 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Ul9A6gpWPy

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 10, 2020

Their D then sealed the win with a pick of Ehlinger.  Both teams now have 2 conference losses early in the season.  

Team of the Week : Iowa State : Could we be looking at the best team in the confernce even with a loss to Louisiana.  Take away 2 special teams gaffs and the Cyclones might be unbeaten.  The D did whatever it wanted to vs Texas Tech, a team that put up 500+ yards on Texas.  This week though they could only muster up 270 total and 95 through just the first 3 quarters.  Take away another special teams play the Red Raiders would have been held to 8 points.  Brock Purdy looked like Brock Purdy of what we remember.  He threw for 302 yards and 2 scores.  

The All-American @charliekolar_ with his first TD of the season to put the Cyclones up 21.

🌪️🚨🌪️ pic.twitter.com/iRn3jHPfWR

— Cyclone Football (@CycloneFB) October 10, 2020

Breece Hall, the ISU back, may have taken the lead of Big XII Player of the Year too with another solid outing of 135 yards and 2 touchdowns.  Iowa State gets a week off before a matchup with Oklahoma State in which the winner gets way out in front of everyone in a trip to Dallas and the Big XII Title Game.

Player of the Week : Breece Hall - RB - Iowa State : If there has been a model of consistency, its the Cyclones Breece Hall.  The Cyclone back has tallied 4 straight 100 yard games so far, racking up 8 touchdowns in the process far.  Saturday he added 135 and 2 vs the Red Raiders and made the running look effortless.  The way he is running reminds me sort of like another back from the state of Iowa in 2008 (Shonn Greene).  If Hall keeps posting the 100+ and multiple td games, he SHOULD be a finalist for the Doak Walker Award and that will most certainly keep Iowa State near the top of the Big XII all year long.

TD No. 7 for No. 28. #TheBeast

🌪️🚨🌪️ pic.twitter.com/xGOOsWDhJU

— Cyclone Football (@CycloneFB) October 10, 2020

2020 Week 4 Big XII Awards

Team of the Week : Iowa State - This was a close one with TCU, BUT when you get a win over a team for the first time on your home turf since 1960s you get the nod.  The game, played in front of some 15,000 fans, went back and forth after the first quarter.  OU marched down easily their first drive but the Cyclone D held them to a field goal.  Back and forth in the second half, with late in the 4th quarter OU recovered a Purdy fumble and went up 30-23.  Iowa State responded with a long kick return and scored 2 plays later to tie it up.  After a 3 and out from OU, the Cyclones and Breece Hall ran on the Sooners to go up 37-30.  Spencer Rattler then threw a pick sealing the ISU win.   OU is now 0-2 going into the Red River Shootout.  ISU moves to 2-0 in conference play with their only blemish being the loss to Louisiana in the opener. 

For the lead ⤵️

🌪️🚨🌪️ pic.twitter.com/k5jfKTAGLS

— Cyclone Football (@CycloneFB) October 4, 2020

Game of the Week : TCU 33 - Texas 31 :  The Big XII had really 3 good games this week and it could be easy to say the Iowa State - OU game, but I'll give the nod to TCU vs Texas.  For the second week in a row the Longhorns played from behind.  TCU started the scoring and from the play of Max Duggan and 2 turnovers took a 23-14 lead at Campbell-Williams Field.  Sam Ehlinger did his best to gun sling the Horns back for a second week in a row tossing for 4 scores but in the end was bested by Duggan and his legs.  Duggan threw for 231 yards, and added 79 on the ground with 2 scores.  If the Horns are going to compete for the Big XII they need to shore up the defense and get to where they aren't playing from behind.  Fun fact, the Horned Frogs are 7-2 vs Texas since joining the Big XII.  The state is turning purple from its burnt orange and maroon colors.

2020 Week 3 Big XII Awards

Team of the Week : Kansas State - 2 years in a row the Sooners went into a game vs KState and 2 years in a row they come out with an L.  Rattler didn't look as sharp as he did in Game 1, but the competition was a step up also.  The Wildcates went into the game short handed, and were also DOWN 21 in the second half and still came back to knock off the Sooners.  Chris Kleiman, after joining Kansas State from North Dakota State, is now 2-0 vs Oklahoma.  

Game of the Week : Texas 63 - Texas Tech 56 - This thing was a Wild West Shootout in Lubbock.  The Red Raiders got up by 15 on the Longhorns in the 4th quarter.  Then Ehlinger took out his six shooters and the Horns also got a lucky bounce on a onside kick.  It lasted one OT and Texas applied its grip on Tech to escape with a win.

Player(s)of the Week : Breece Hall - RB - Iowa State : The second year RB opened the scoring with a 75 yard scamper in the 2nd quarter vs TCU.  He helped the Cyclones seal the win with 2 more scores in the 4th quarter.  Hall finished with 155 yards with those 3 scores.  

7️⃣5️⃣ yards to paydirt for @BreeceH

🌪️🚨🌪️ pic.twitter.com/Js8QsRRfZl

— Cyclone Football (@CycloneFB) September 26, 2020

Sam Ehlinger - QB - Texas : Arguably the leader in the clubhouse for the Heisman.  Versus the Red Raiders, Ehlinger tossed 5 tds, ran for another and lead the Horns back from down 15 in the last 3:13 of the game to force Overtime.  Also tossed a two point conversion to tie the game at 56 to send it to OT.  The Longhorns QB rushed for 70 yards and tossed 262 along with those scores.

🤘 @sehlinger3 did it all today for @TexasFootball pic.twitter.com/BE95QmrS7A

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 27, 2020

2020 Week 2 Big XII Awards

With Baylor - Houston cancelled it was a 1 game week in the Big XII so this will be pretty simple of an awards post.  

Team of the Week : Oklahoma State

Game of the Week : Oklahoma State 16-7 over Tulsa - The game was really ugly, IMO, to watch.  Neither team looked crisp which I would expect in the world of Covid College Football.

Player of the Week : Chuba Hubbard - RB - Oklahoma State - Hubbard scored the Cowboys only touchdown in the game and rushed for 93 yards in the 16-7 win.

 

Pistols Firing! #TouchdownTuesday #LetsRide pic.twitter.com/ezozXvfgnY

— OSU Cowboy Football 🇨🇦🤠 (@CowboyFB) September 22, 2020

2020 Week 2 Big XII Picks

1 week in the books and on the bright side, there are no SunBelt teams on the schedule this week.  The SBC went 3-0 vs the Big XII last week with wins over Iowa State, Kansas & Kansas State.  Houston Baptist almost got one for the Southland vs Texas Tech.  The good news for those that lost, they are still 0-0 in conference play.  The good of week 1, Texas and Oklahoma did Texas and Oklahoma things.  Spencer Rattler and Sam Ehlinger looked AMAZING.  West Virginia had a good showing on the ground game and got some confidence going into conference season.    Now week 2.  It's a light week, 2 games.  

Baylor opens up the 2020 season and the Dave Aranda era vs SWC Rival Houston. Baylor was a surprise team last year under Matt Rhule that went 11-3 and a New Years 6 Bowl.  Aranda comes in after a National Championship as Defensive Coordinator at LSU.  It will be curious how the team blends to his mind as a Defensive Coordinator and the offense that it put up last year under returning QB Charlie Brewer.  Houston is starting year 2 under Dana Holgorsen.  Dana is no stranger to Baylor being at WVU prior.  Will Houston take the strides to get back to the AAC title game and as a contender?  This game is a quick schedule add also in the world of college football in the Covid landscape.  

I think you see poor tackling and teams having issues with penalties holding, etc.  Both teams going back and forth offensively and taking the lead.  In the end I think Baylor gets a score or 2 in the 4th quarter to get the win and cover.  Baylor 41 - Houston 36

Big XII Game of the Week
Houston vs Baylor

11 - FOX - Baylor (-4)

Tulsa vs Oklahoma State

11 - ESPN - Oklahoma State (-22.5)

Week 1 Picks

2020 Week 1 Big XII Awards

Week 1 of the 2020 Big XII Season is in the books.  2 Games ended up being cancelled due to COVID-19 (Baylor & TCU).  I don't foresee the conference teams not named Texas or Oklahoma scheduling SunBelt teams in the future as the SBC went 3-0 as visitors vs the Big XII.   This weeks Big XII Results.

Team of the Week :  West Virginia - The Mountaineers had one of the worst rushing offenses in college football last year.  Week one they go out and roll up 329 yards rushing and racking up 5 touchdowns on the ground.  Alec Sinkfield and Leddie Brown both scored twice and ran for 123 yards against Eastern Kentucky.  Now can the keep that up against conference competition.  

Game of the Week :  Arkansas State 35 - Kansas State 31 - Yes its a loss for the Big XII and an 0-2 week for the conference vs the SunBelt, but this game was back and forth all day.  KState pushed to a big lead.  Some trickery helped the Redwolves come back initially.  Some wind was taken out of the Wildcats sails with Arkansas State driving for the go ahead score, Safety Wayne Jones was taken off on a stretcher.  The RedWolves then marched down to score with 38 seconds left  on Jonathan Adams 3rd touchdown reception.  They then and held off a last hurrah by the Wildcats for the upset win in Manhattan.

Player of the Week :  Sam Ehlinger - QB - Texas - What ever you can do I can do better?  Spencer Rattler goes off in the first half vs Missouri State and looked like he might have this wrapped up.  In comes the gunslinger.  Sam threw for 426 yards and 5 touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.  He opened up with a 78 yard touchdown, came back then with scores on throws of 20, 40, 5, and 6 in route to a lead of 45-3 lead over UTEP at the half.  The Longhorns won 59-3 with Sam watching from the sidelines the majority of the second half.  The next 9 games the competition will get more difficult, but If Sam keeps this up OU may have a hard time claiming another Big XII title.  How great will the duel between Ehlinger and Spencer Rattler be in the Red River Shootout.

🎯 to @_TheJoshuaMoore #ThisIsTexas #HookEm

📺 https://t.co/WCUxy4elqi pic.twitter.com/hEEvUeKsT1

— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) September 13, 2020

Hope you enjoyed this opening weekend with major college football.  Who knows how long we'll have it in this crazy year.  The ACC is already talking about how many schools need to be playing to not cancel the season.  The Big Ten is talking about a revote early this week for an October start. 

One update to note, Baylor will now host Houston next week at noon on Fox.  

We have a fun one for you next week 🍿 pic.twitter.com/yuB6Xhx85M

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 13, 2020

2020 Week 1 Big XII Picks

If you followed my twitter feed in the past, or way before that my posts on my old blog Wide Right, I am a Big Ten fan.  I follow it the most, I bet on it, and usually have conference only pick'ems for it on Yahoo Fantasy or CBS Fantasy.  With the Big Ten being on the sidelines, as of now, I'll be focusing on the Big XII.  I usually follow them the second after the B1G, and have conference only pick'em for them also.  Here are my picks for this week for Week 1.

Game of the Week

Louisiana vs Iowa State

11 AM - ESPN - Line ISU (-11.5)

Louisiana is a favorite to win the SunBelt conference; Iowa State is a dark horse to make it to the Big XII title game and is a Top 25 team (Top 10 for Tim Brando).  Iowa State has a history of starting slow out of the gates and had trouble with UNI last year in its opener.  They can't take the Cajun's lightly here.  With only family, and cheer squad and band in the stands the atmosphere won't be raucous as it usually is in Jack Trice.  I think you see Louisiana come out swinging here and take a lead maybe up to 10 points but I don't think Brock Purdy lets the Clones lose.  

PICK : Iowa State 34-21

BIG XII Weekly Picks

Like most opening weeks, going straight chalk.  From experience in the past something always happens and there is a slip up.  Enjoy the first week of big time college football COVID-19 style.

BIG XII Scoreboard

Garwin Rankings

Thankfully though technology sometimes can suck…it can be restored and rebuilt, with that, welcome back new and improved Garwin Rankings!

Alabama takes the spot this week as Oregon State plummets with the Pac-12 conference showing some flaws.  Alabama is reaping benefits of Michigan hashing out Big Ten wins.  The SEC holds strong too taking 3 of the Top 10 slots with the Big XII slotting 2.

School	REC	G PTs	Conf
Alabama	7-0	26.05	SEC
Oregon	7-0	24.24	Pac-12
Florida	7-0	24.16	SEC
Kansas State	7-0	24.07	Big XII
Notre Dame	7-0	22.92	Independent
Texas Tech	6-1	21.55	Big XII
Oregon State	6-0	21.25	Pac-12
Mississippi State	7-0	20.99	SEC
Florida State	7-1	20.92	ACC
Rutgers	7-0	20.35	Big East

The Big XII continues to hold the top conference slot too well ahead of the SEC in 2^nd and the Big Ten comes in 3^rd. 

Conf	GarPTs
Big XII	13.43
SEC	9.81
Big Ten	7.45
Big East	6.99
Pac-12	6.88
ACC	5.25
MWC	-0.76
Sunbelt	-1.56
MAC	-1.74
WAC	-2.30
CUSA	-7.20

Full Garwin Rankings