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
Showing posts with label Baylor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baylor. Show all posts
9/27/2021
9/26/2021
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
22-34 - 344 yds - 2 td
9 rush - 18 yds - 1 td
9/16/2020
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
11 - FOX - Baylor (-4)
12/19/2011
2011 College Football Awards
I’ve normally in the past split these out in to separate blogs, but I’m combining them into one big one this year.
Offensive Player of the Year – Robert Griffin III : QB : Baylor - No other player was as important for his team than RG3 was. He started the season on fire vs a strong TCU defense lighting them up and ended it 9-3 with a huge performance vs Texas’s strong D. He was a little Michael Vick and Tom Brady all in one leading Baylor to their best season since 1986
Defensive Player of the year –Tyrone Mathieu : DB : LSU – The Honey Badger may have made more plays in college football than any other player this year. It seemed every week there was a pick, forced fumble and recovery or TD for Mathieu, and capped it with a few huge plays in the SEC championship game over Georgia.
Coach of the Year – Mike Gundy : Oklahoma State – Gundy’s a man! The Cowboys had an amazing year that should have ended in the BCS championship game but an overtime loss in Ames, Iowa (and an SEC Bias in human polls) have the 11-1 Big XII champs in the Fiesta Bowl.
Big Ten Player of the Year – Monte Ball : RB : Wisconsin – Mr Touchdown! The Badger back tore through defenses behind the Badger OL for 32 touchdowns and 1759 yards. He was dinged up a bit in the first game vs Michigan State and the Badgers National Title hopes were dashed, but then kept going and helped Wisconsin get to Back-to-Back Rose Bowls.
Big XII Player of the Year – Robert Griffin III : QB : Baylor – Griffin threw for almost 4000 yards and 36 touchdowns to only 6 picks. The Bears QB lead Baylor to its best season since 1986 and an Alamo Bowl berth vs Washington. He also took home the Heisman and Davey O’Brien awards. Want to know something scary…he can come back next year too and the Bears may be even a better team!
Games of the Year (in no particular order)
7/25/2011
2011 Big XII Predictions
Welcome to the new Big XII, or as I like to call it, the Texa$ Ten. No more divisions, no more championship game…a round robin schedule of 9 games too. The conference was on life support last year and may not be out of the neck of the woods yet with the rumblings going on in Norman, Austin and College Station about the new ESPN juiced LongHorn Network. Somehow the conference has 9 bowl tie-ins for 10 teams. That’s gonna change soon, and how did the Holiday bowl slip to #5 in the pecking order.
The conference, in my opinion won’t be around like it is come 2015 but that’s the future. Let’s talk about this year:
The conference will be split into 3 tiers, the top will be very good, the bottom very bad, and the middle average.
The Conference Championship (and one half of the National Championship) is determined on Nov 5 in Norman when the Sooners host the Aggies.
Texas will be better than last year but will not move into the elite of the top 3.
Baylor’s record could easily flip flop if Robert Griffin III gets hurt, and they will score the upset of the first week when the Bears beat TCU.
Iowa State record won’t be great but they have a stud on the OL in Osemele, and the new scoreboard is going to be a nice addition to Jack Trice Stadium.
The state of Kansas will continue to be under a heat wave in the college season as the coaches seats will be getting warmer. I think this is Snyder’s last year at KState and will select his successor and Turner Gill needs to win next year or he will be done at Kansas.
Now for the picks…Norman, Oklahoma should be happy.
Oklahoma 9-0 12-0 National Championship Game vs Alabama
Texas A&M 8-1 11-1 Fiesta Bowl vs Wisconsin
Oklahoma St 7-2 10-2 Cotton Bowl
Texas 5-4 8-4 Alamo Bowl
Baylor 5-4 8-4 Insight Bowl
Missouri 5-4 7-5 Holiday Bowl
Texas Tech 3-6 6-6 Texas Bowl vs Michigan State
Kansas 1-8 3-9
Kansas State 1-8 3-9
Iowa State 1-8 2-10
BIG XII AWARDS
Coach of the Year – Bob Stoops : Oklahoma
Player of the Year – Landry Jones : Oklahoma
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